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Marin IT AS is a provider of IT solutions to maritime sectors, including seafood and offshore industries.<\/p>\n

Legal Advisory Scope<\/h2>\n

The transaction included the acquisition of Marin IT AS, a provider of IT solutions to maritime sectors such as seafood and offshore, and its subsidiaries in Brazil, the USA, and Australia. The process involved a comprehensive restructuring of the group\u2019s international operations and renegotiation of key customer contracts.<\/p>\n

Legal Team and Coordination<\/h2>\n

Hjort\u2019s team, led by Thomas Aln\u00e6s<\/a> and including Mariann Andersen<\/a>, Monica Syrdal<\/a>, Jens Kristian Johansen<\/a>, and Helene Eng Schartum<\/a>, coordinated a global due diligence process in collaboration with local advisors in multiple jurisdictions.<\/p>\n

Thank you to Sopra Steria for the opportunity to assist in this strategic acquisition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hjort acted as lead counsel to Sopra Steria, a leading European IT company listed on Euronext Paris, in connection with the acquisition of shares in Marin IT AS and its global subsidiaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":15473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[354,1053,1032,1055,1052,1054,1035],"class_list":["post-24665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-law","tag-acquisition","tag-global-due-diligence","tag-legal-advisory","tag-marin-it-as-en","tag-maritime-it","tag-sopra-steria-en","tag-transactions-practice"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSopra Steria\u2019s Acquisition of Marin IT AS and Global Subsidiaries - Hjort<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hjort advised Sopra Steria on the acquisition of Marin IT AS, providing legal support for global due diligence and restructuring.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hjort.no\/en\/sopra-sterias-acquisition-of-marin-it-as-and-global-subsidiaries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sopra Steria\u2019s Acquisition of Marin IT AS and Global Subsidiaries - 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