Acted as legal advisor to Translate.One in connection with its acquisition of Vertaalbureau Perfect and Fairlingo.

Translate.One announced that the acquisition of Vertaalbureau Perfect and Fairlingo strengthens its position in the Benelux and Germany and further expands its technology capabilities through Fairlingo’s cloud-based language platform. The transaction forms part of Translate.One’s broader European growth strategy.

The work covered the Dutch M&A aspects of the transaction, including the transaction structure, the asset purchase agreement, other transaction documentation, negotiations, signing and completion, and further implementation of the acquisition.

The transaction had a clear international component, involving Dutch, German and employment law aspects. The Dutch M&A workstream was coordinated by Dirk de Waard, with specialist counsel involved for specific employment law and German M&A matters.

Technology-enabled language services transactions require careful attention to asset transfers, customer and supplier contracts, software and platform rights, employees, data, continuity of services and cross-border implementation.

Need legal advice on a technology or services acquisition?

For questions about Dutch M&A, asset deals, technology-driven transactions or cross-border acquisitions, please contact Dirk de Waard, partner at Venture Lawyers, at dirk.dewaard@venturelawyers.nl.

Deal highlights
transaction type – acquisition / asset deal / technology-enabled services M&A
client – Translate.One
targets – Vertaalbureau Perfect and Fairlingo
sector – language services / translation technology / localization
role – legal advisor to Translate.One
legal work – Dutch M&A, asset purchase agreement,  transaction documentation, negotiations, signing and completion, implementation, coordination of international workstreams
international aspects – Benelux, Germany, employment law aspects and German M&A matters

Link
Press release: https://www.translate.one/translate-one-acquires-vertaalbureau-perfect/

Translate.One LinkedIn post:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/translate-one_translateone-localization-translation-activity-7478102688501641218-sJ6I

Vertaalbureau Perfect LinkedIn post:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7478085004049223680/

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