Dentons has advised Slovakia-based Minit, a leader in process mining technology, and its shareholders in connection with the sale of the group to Microsoft. Minit currently enables businesses to transform the way they analyze, monitor and optimize their processes. Its solutions have helped businesses gain deep insights into how processes run, uncover root causes of operational challenges and help mitigate undesired process outcomes.

Minit’s growth is part of the wider European success story that is playing out across the process automation sector, with many of the current front-runners coming from this side of the Atlantic.

“US technology companies are increasingly focused on Europe, particularly Central Europe, as a source of startups with cutting edge software. We’ve been very impressed with the Minit team and are excited to see what they can further accomplish with the backing of Microsoft,” said Rob Irving, Co-chair of Dentons’ Global Private Equity group.

James Dening, CEO of Minit, commented, “We are looking forward to what it means to become part of an industry leader like Microsoft and what that brings us – how we can use that scale and excellence to continue to deliver great solutions to our customers.”

The multi-jurisdictional transaction team was co-led by Partner Rob Irving (Budapest) and Associate Kamran Pirani (Budapest), and supported by Partners Juraj Gyárfáš, Stanislav Durica (Bratislava), Alex Thomas (London) and Christopher Colclough (Milton Keynes), Counsel Bram Bloemers (Amsterdam), Alastair MacLeod and Sonal Khimji (London), and Associates Nick de Rooij (Amsterdam), Ivan Jelocnik (London), Sebastian Ishiguro (Budapest) and Tamás Enzsöl (Budapest).

Other recent technology deals involving US buyers that Dentons has advised on include the sales of Slovakia-based Sli.do. to Cisco Systems, Poland-based RemoteMyApp to Intel Capital and Exponea to Bloomreach.  

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