Bird & Bird advises EFESO on the acquisition of Aioneers GmbH

Based in Paris, EFESO Management Consultant is a global consulting firm specialising in operations strategy and performance improvement. Together with aioneers, EFESO aims to strengthen and accelerate its growth globally by bringing in robust capabilities and a proven track record in supply chain planning and transformation. They will generate substantial value and competitive advantages for their customers.

aioneers consisted of two business units. The consulting team is now part of EFESO and will serve its clients under the brand AIONEERS-EFESO. The aioneers technology team will continue its journey to focus on expanding its software business, especially on the development of AIO, its leading AI-powered supply chain analytics and decision intelligence platform. The cooperation between AIONEERS-EFESO and the aioneers technology team, which has been fostered through several projects, will continue and intensify.

The core Bird & Bird team was comprised of partners Stefan Muench and Bertrand Levy, counsels Dr. Christina Lorenz, LL.M. and Michael Gassner, as well as associates Marina Dolina, LL.M. and Louisa Graf, LL.M. (all Corporate/M&A, Munich), partner Dr. Henriette Picot, counsel Michaela von Voß and associate Paulina Jacob (all Commercial/Tech & Comms, Munich), partner Dr. Ralph Panzer, counsel Sandy Gerlach, associates Dr. Maximilian Koch, Cara Marlene Fuchs and Christoph Lutz (all Employment/Munich), partner Dr. Rolf Schmich (Tax, Frankfurt), partner Dr. Stephan Waldheim (Antitrust, Düsseldorf), partner Dr. Joseph Fesenmair, and associate Markus Witzmann, LL.M. (both IP/Munich).