Noerr has advised Michael Jaffe, the insolvency administrator of Wirecard Sales International Holding GmbH, on the sale of all shares of its subsidiary Wirecard Romania SA to SIBS.
Financial details of the sale were not disclosed.
Noerr describes SIBS as a “fully-integrated payment services provider present across Europe and Africa." According to the firm, "SIBS offers a wide range of digital and e-commerce solutions via ATM and POS networks, card production, and personalization services.”
Wirecard Romania, which was launched over 25 years ago, offers cashless payment services to banks.
Noerr’s multi-office team included, in Germany, Partners Dominik Rompza, Christian Pleister, Florian Becker, and Kathrin Westermann, Associated Partner Torsten Kraul, Senior Associate Christian Burmeister, Associates Jin-Sa John Jun, Alison Heinze, Nicholas Palenker, and Nils Wilfert; in Romania, Partners Rusandra Sandu and Joerg Menzer, Associated Partner Gabriel Popa, Counsel Magdalena Alexandra Lupoi, Senior Associates Cristina Stamboli and Roman Mircea-Catalin, and Associates Catalina Maria Oancea, Adrian Georgescu-Banc, Denisa Moldovan, and Denisa Margas; and in London, Associated Partner Sebastian Diehl.
Editor's note: After this article was published, Stratulat Albulescu announced that it had advised SIBS on the deal. The firm's team included Managing Partner Silviu Stratulat, Partners Andrei Albulescu, Ana Kusak, and Corneliu Popa, Counsels Octav Stan and Adriana Dobre, Managing Associates Anca Ulea, Tudor Ciambur, George Chiocaru, and Andrei Balus, Senior Associates Sandra Frunzulica, Elena Stan, and Ana-Maria Nacea, and Associates Ruxandra Ene, Madalina Spataru, Sergiu Dima, Bogdan Florea, Roxana Ioncu, Alina Virlan, Bodan Ionita, Alexandru Gojnea, and Alina Stanciu.
Subsequently, Taylor Wessing Germany announced that it too advised SBS on the deal. The firm's team included Dusseldorf Partners Martin Gerner and Klaus Grossmann, and Ingo Gerdes, and Associate Marcel Leines, as well as Hamburg Partner Martin Heidrich.
