At an early stage, CARL decided to conduct the process in tandem with the specialized partner advisors from SGP Schneider Geiwitz Corporate Finance. Due to the sensitive data hosted in ITecon's data centers, the process was primarily characterized by an extremely high degree of discretion. With regard to the clientele of the ITecon Group, a large number of BaFin regulations also had to be taken into account, which made the transaction additionally demanding. In order to ensure an efficient process and to meet the high confidentiality requirements, suitable investors were selected and approached very selectively. Thanks to a successful selection of investors, concrete negotiations with interested investors could be conducted within a very short period of time.

Thanks to the professional analysis of the consulting team, the great potential of the ITecon Group was already recognized in an early phase and communicated to the interested investors through a coherent presentation in a value-optimized manner. Finally, the transaction team of CARL and SGP Schneider Geiwitz Corporate Finance succeeded in obtaining purchase offers that significantly exceeded the expectations of the shareholders. The entire transaction was completed in just five months to the utmost satisfaction of all parties involved. In the end, the contract was awarded to synaforce, a buy-&-build platform in the field of high-end data center services of the Munich-based private equity investor Afinum. With the acquisition, synaforce significantly complements its service offering for banks and financial service providers as well as other operators of critical infrastructure and sustainably expands its geographic presence in the greater Frankfurt area. The previous owners of the ITecon Group, Stephan Hölger-Winhardt and Heiko Zißner, will remain active as managing directors of ITecon. Both expressed their delight about the transaction and the upcoming common future.