Beqom secures USD300m strategic investment from Sumeru. The advisors

beqom, a company sponsored inter alia by Goldman Sachs and Eurazeo, receives a USD300 million investment by Sumeru Equity Partners and co-investors. Majority of the investment will fuel additional growth in product innovation to better support Compensation and HCM leaders worldwide.

beqom specialises in cloud-based compensation management software; its platform is used to streamline compensation management processes for Global 5000 customers and manages over USD300 billion in compensation.

The advisors

Lenz & Staehelin advised beqom and its shareholders in this transaction. The team was led by partner Andreas Rötheli (corporate and m&a, pictured) and consisted of partner Floran Ponce (tax), partner Sevan Antreasyan (IP), associates Lara Alec, Ralph Kaufmann (both corporate and m&a), Patricia Pinto, Sophie Moine (both employment), Didier Nsanzineza (tax) and junior associates Noé Luisoni, Alix Lauener (both corporate and m&a) and Anne-Laure Laplace (IP).

id est avocats advised the management team of beqom in this transaction.

Bär & Karrer acted as legal counsel to Sumeru Equity Partners in this transaction. The team included Ralph Malacrida, Faton Aliu and Janine Wüst (all m&a), Micha Schilling (financing), Susanne Schreiber, Martin Leu and Kerim Tbaishat (all tax), Laura Widmer (employment), Tobias Rebmann (IP) as well as Thomas Stoltz and Mario Bünter (both notarial services).