Our firm advised the founders and selling shareholders of AIOPSGROUP. The acquisition of a majority shareholding interest and a business combination of AIOPSGROUP and valantic GmbH will undoubtedly be among the major deals in the thriving Bulgarian IT sector.

We acted as sellers’ lead counsel, organised and coordinated a roster of multi-jurisdictional legal teams in Bulgaria, India, Germany, and Serbia.

AIOPSGROUP is a multidisciplinary digital company with e-commerce expertise. It was founded in 2019 and operates from three locations in Bulgaria, India, and Serbia.

Valantic is a IT development and services tech group, and a portfolio company of the German private equity house DPE.

Our deal team included Pavel Hristov, Dragomir Stefanov, Biliana Shagova, and Dinko Yordanov, outside tax law counsel, with the support of Hogan Lovells Germany on German law aspects and Legal Advisory Group on Serbian law aspects.

Valantic counsel on buy-side included Heuking Kuhn, Boyanov & Co., Spectrum Legal India, and Serbian counsel BDK.

valantic CEO Holger von Daniels commented: “We are expanding our expertise in the European Salesforce and retail market by joining forces with AIOPSGROUP. I am greatly looking forward to working with the AIOPSGROUP team to become Europe’s number one CX consulting and solutions powerhouse!”

Don Santrac, CEO of AIOPSGROUP said: “I’m very excited about our new goals and challenges that lie ahead, as a valantic family member. Our aim is to become Europe’s number one CX service provider with a reputation for innovative solutions and outstanding service.

“Hristov & Partners have done an amazing job! It’s not every day you find individuals or firms that go the extra mile like they do. I’d totally recommend them to anyone looking for a real M&A partner. Trust me, they’ve got the expertise, reliability, and dedication to clients that make them stand out. When it comes to M&A services, they’re the real deal—reliable, trustworthy, and sure to deliver exceptional results.”, added Don.

“We are tremendously satisfied that our firm helped the brilliant founders of this fast growing, e-commerce specialist, tech company join a European market leader that will elevate the combined business to an entirely new level”, added Pavel Hristov.