Project description: The transaction included the acquisition by an investor of a controlling interest in a company specializing in the design and production of automated systems of collecting charges for services and products, especially for the public transport sector, software for devices of this type and several affiliates handling servicing. Crido Legal’s lawyers represented the company’s owner to date and founder in the negotiations with the buyer, which was an investment fund, and both parties in obtaining debt financing for the whole of the joint venture, as well as advising on the development of a concept of the whole transaction. Expert’s view: ‘The sale of a controlling interest in the company, which is the leader in the production of ticket machines, is yet another project in which Crido Legal advises Polish entrepreneurs in the process of safely selling a business. In transactions of this type, when the investor does not acquire all the shares in the company, but purely a proportion of them, it is particularly important to regulate the relationships between the parties to the transaction so as to assure the company of stable development and the shareholders of conflict-free cooperation,’ says Jakub Ziółek.