PRESS RELEASE
Frankfurt, 8 February 2021
GÖRG advises SITS Germany Holding GmbH on the acquisition of AV- TEST GmbH
GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB advised SITS Germany Holding GmbH, a subsidiary of Swiss IT Security AG, on the acquisition of AV-TEST GmbH under the lead management of Dr. Tobias Fenck and Markus Beyer.
The acquisition of AV-TEST GmbH is the 15th addition to the Swiss IT Security Group since its foundation in 2017. Since then, the team led by Dr. Tobias Fenck has been providing advice in Germany.
Advisors SITS Germany Holding GmbH
GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB Dr. Tobias Fenck, Partner, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt Dr. Adalbert Rödding, Partner, Tax, Cologne Dr. Lars Weber, Partner, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt Markus Beyer, Associated Partner, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt Dr. Holger Dann, Counsel, Tax, Cologne Dr. Jan-Peter Müller, Associated Partner, Subventions, Public Commercial Law, Frankfurt Dr. Heiko Reiter, Associated Partner, Labour and Employment Law, Frankfurt Dr. Clemens Jestaedt, Associate, IP/IT, Frankfurt
About Swiss IT Security Group Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Wettingen, Swiss IT Security AG, 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 expertise, resources and services. Its goal is to detect and effectively ward off threats and attacks of all kinds. With the help of leading IT security solutions and technologies, they offer customers comprehensive IT security from a single source. This includes customised strategies, architectures and processes, well-founded sensitisation of employees to IT security risks and far-reaching service packages.
About AV-TEST GmbH The company has existed in Magdeburg since 2003 and employs more than 30 people with significant professional and practical experience. The security of IoT and eHealth products, applications for mobile devices as well as the area of data protection of applications and services form the core area. AV-TEST GmbH works at an internationally recognised level and uses analysis systems developed in-house to enable guaranteed test results for all common operating systems and platforms that are uninfluenced by third parties and traceable at all times. In addition, the company is developing the distribution of various IT security products of its own (virus scanners, malware analysis) in order to be able to grow worldwide in this area.
Your contact at GÖRG Dr. Tobias Fenck Tel. +49 69 170000 250, E-Mail: [email protected]
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