Paris—Dentons advised Group Up on the merger of its subsidiary Cityzen with Medisys to form the new leader in medico-social software.

Group Up provides vouchers, cards, web platforms, and mobile applications focusing on employee benefits, public and social program management, employee incentive, loyalty and reward program management, corporate, and merchant service aspects.

Cityzen (a subsidiary of group Up) and Medisys are publishers of software for social action management as well as software for organizations providing support services, care and hospitalization at home or in medical facilities.

Ther merger was supported by investors Activa Capital (majority shareholder of the newly formed group and already a shareholder of Medisys), Turenne Santé and group Up.

The newly formed group, with 450 employees, will become the leader in digital transformation and software solutions for social action, as well as medico-social and personal services. Its software's offer covers all functionalities, allowing for a 360° management of the beneficiary’s pathway, and equipping more than 80 Départements (French counties) and around 11,000 private companies and public local organizations.

The multi-disciplinary team was composed of partner Olivia Guéguen and associates Laura Godard and Nouçayba Soltani from the M&A team, partner Katell Déniel-Allioux covering employment law issues, as well as senior associate Sophie Mandel working on the intellectual property aspects of the deal.

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