Filip & Company has assisted the investment fund Agista on the sale of its entire stake in Dendrio Solutions to Bittnet Systems and the acquisition of a new stake in the cybersecurity company Fort, listed on the AeRO market.
According to Filip & Company, as a result of this exchange transaction, Agista has now become the majority shareholder in Fort, together with Impetum Investments. The transaction remains contingent on regulatory approval.
Agista is part of the Impetum Group, a Romanian private equity company.
Founded in 2007, Bittnet Systems is a Romanian IT company. Fort is a cybersecurity company and hitherto part of Bittnet Systems.
Dendrio Solutions is a cloud, security, networking and full mobility solutions-based integrated IT service.
Earlier in 2024, Filip & Company advised Centrokinetic and Agista on their acquisition of a majority stake in Socrates Clinic (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on May 21, 2024). Back in 2023, Filip & Company advised Agista on its initial minority investment in Romania's Centrokinetic medical clinic network (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on August 31, 2023).
The Filip & Company team included Partners Alexandru Birsan and Olga Nita, Senior Associate Roxana Diaconu, and Associate Anca Badescu.
Filip & Company did not respond to our inquiry on the matter.