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Eversheds Sutherland advises DocuWare on the acquisition of natif.ai GmbH

April 19, 2024

Germany
Germany
Germany

Eversheds Sutherland has advised DocuWare GmbH, a leading provider of document management and workflow automation solutions, on the acquisition of natif.ai GmbH.

natif.ai GmbH has established itself as a pioneer in the field of intelligent document processing by integrating innovative AI and a proprietary deep OCR into automated document processing. The acquisition of natif.ai reflects the importance of AI for DocuWare's product strategy.

The Eversheds Sutherland team was led by Anthony Cross (Partner, Corporate/M&A, Munich) and Christian Lindner (Counsel, Corporate/M&A, Munich). Further team members were Nils Müller (Partner, Tech, Munich), Sophia Münzel (Senior Associate, Corporate/M&A, Munich), Jannick Thonemann (Senior Associate, Tech, Munich) and Janina Gärtling (Associate, Corporate/M&A, Munich).

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