Osborne Clarke France advised the US group WideOrbit (leading provider of advertising management software for Media Companies) on the acquisition of the French company FIVIA from Australian investment fund IPMG.

FIVIA is internationally renowned for having developed and distributing AdFront, a software package which allows to manage the sales and inventory, trafficking, billing and revenue recognition of digital advertising businesses. Designed to streamline and simplify digital operations, AdFront integrates with all major ad servers, CRM and accounting systems yielding one complete workflow solution.
Scope of Osborne Clarke’s assistance :

    Legal and labor law due diligence.
    Drafting and negotiating of the legal acquisition documentation and of the commercial agreements implemented in the framework of the transaction.

Teams having worked on the project:

In France:

    Corporate : Catherine Olive (Partner), Stéphane Catays (Of Counsel), Florent Gurlie and Eve Huchon.
    Labor law : Maxime Pigeon (Partner) and Clémentine de Guillebon.
    IT : Béatrice Delmas-Linel (Partner) and Grégoire Dumas.
    IP : Claire Bouchenard (Partner) and Julia Darcel.

In the USA (Palo Alto Office):

    Steve Wilson (Partner) and Sian Story

In India:

    Prashant Mara (Partner BTG Legal)