Bär & Karrer advises GRO on its investment in Akselos

GRO, a renowned Northern European private equity firm with an exclusive focus on high-quality B2B software companies with strong growth prospects, has made a strategic investment in Akselos, a creator of the world’s most advanced engineering simulation technology. The investmenthas has the aim of accelerate the company’s organizational expansion, global commercial scaling, and product leadership.

Founded in 2012 and with operations in Europe, the USA, and Southeast Asia, the company’s products are designed specifically to help design and protect the world’s critical infrastructure. Akselos’ digital twin technology is currently in use by customers across the energy industry, including upstream and downstream, and renewable energy, and is trusted by clients including Shell, Lamprell and Pan American Energy.

Bär & Karrer acts as legal advisor to GRO in this transaction. The team is being co-led by partners Raphael Annasohn (pictured left) and Thomas Rohde (pictured right) and includes Romina Lauper, Luzius Bill and Djawad Kleist (all m&a and corporate), Christoph Suter and Alice Johnson (both tax), Laura Widmer and Luljeta Morina (both employment), Mani Reinert and Tim Meyer (both competition Law), Christine Schweikard (IP / IT) as well as Fabian Turtschi (notarial services).