PRESS RELEASE

Frankfurt, 2. June 2020

GÖRG advises SITS Holding GmbH in another two acquisitions in the 1st quarter

GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB advised SITS Germany Holding GmbH, formerly Swiss IT Security Germany GmbH, a subsidiary of Swiss IT Security AG, on the acquisition of Dunkel GmbH under the lead of Dr. Tobias Fenck and Markus Beyer. In addition, Dr. Tobias Fenck and Markus Beyer played a leading role in the acquisition of ESC Electronic Service Center Gerhard Oppenhorst & René Stolzenburg GbR (now ESC - Enterprise Security Center GmbH), which was completed in March 2020.

Advisors SITS Germany Holding GmbH GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB Dr. Tobias Fenck, Partner, Corporate/M&A, Dr. Adalbert Rödding, Partner, Tax, Dr. Florian Schmitz, Partner, IP/IT, Frankfurt Dr. Lars Nevian, Partner, Employment, Frankfurt Dr. Andrea Zimmermann, Partner, Corporate/M&A, Cologne Dr. Holger Dann, Counsel, Tax, Cologne Markus Beyer, Associated Partner, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt Dr. Karl-Georg Küsters, Associate, Tax, Cologne Taro W. Stenger, Associate, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt

About Swiss IT Security Gruppe Swiss IT Security AG, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Wettingen, the parent company of SITS Germany Holding GmbH, is a leading group of companies in the DACH region. Consisting of top-class IT security providers, it combines experience and competence, resources and services. Our goal is to identify and effectively fend off dangers and attacks of any kind. With the help of leading IT security solutions and technologies, we offer the customer comprehensive IT security from a single source. This includes tailor-made strategies, architectures and processes, the well-founded sensitization of employees to IT security risks and extensive service packages.

The acquisitions of Dunkel GmbH and ESC - Enterprise Security Center GmbH are already the 11th and 12th acquisitions to the Swiss IT Security Group.

About Dunkel GmbH Dunkel GmbH was founded in 1984 and is an established IT security service provider specialized in Managed Cloud Services in the areas of Managed Cloud & Hosting, Storage & Disaster Recovery and Managed Services & IT Security.

About ESC ESC - Enterprise Security Center GmbH is a system house specializing exclusively in IT security with more than 20 years of experience in this field.

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