Global IT Group has joined forces with enthus Group
February 2024 — Global IT Group, an IT services company, and enthus Group GmbH, an IT solution provider operating in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, have joined forces. As a result, enthus Group will significantly expand its market position in Switzerland. The sellers of Global IT have reinvested in the buyer and will ensure that local management continues to run the company as part of the succession planning.
Headquartered in Neerach, Switzerland, Global IT Group is an IT services company which offers individual services and complete IT solutions to a wide range of companies and government institutions. Its core competencies are in the areas of cloud infrastructure, servers, storage, virtualization, backup and recovery, printers, desktop services/VDI and support.
enthus Group GmbH, headquartered in Böblingen, is a German IT solution provider with operations at 17 locations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. enthus Group is a portfolio company of One-Equity-Partners (OEP).
Our role in the transaction
Oaklins’ team in Switzerland acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to the shareholders of Global IT Group through the entire transaction. The team in Germany identified and contacted enthus Group and supported the transaction in its early phase.
Spiros Lekatsas
Former owner, Global IT Group
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Daniel Eichenberger
Oaklins Switzerland
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