Milbank LLP has advised funds advised by EMH Partners (“EMH”) on a significant minority investment in Stonebranch. EMH will support Stonebranch in its next phase of growth to become the leading global IT Automation provider, alongside the existing shareholder Elvaston.
Stonebranch is a provider of service orchestration and automation solutions that transform business IT environments from simple IT task automation into sophisticated, real-time business service automation. Using the Stonebranch Universal Automation Platform, enterprises can seamlessly orchestrate workloads and data across technology ecosystems and silos. Founded in 1999, Stonebranch serves a loyal global customer base of 350 blue-chip enterprise clients, including many of the world's largest financial, healthcare and technology institutions.
EMH is a growth investment firm that partners with technology businesses and entrepreneurs. EMH helps businesses through strategic capital, deep industry expertise and a shared vision for growth. EMH has more than EUR 1.5 billion in committed capital to build long-term value alongside entrepreneurs and management teams.
The Milbank team that advised EMH on all aspects of the transaction was led by partner Leopold Riedl (Corporate/M&A) and included partners Paul Bennett (Corporate/M&A), Matthias Schell, Edward Lemanowicz (both Tax) and James Beebe (Executive Compensation) as well as associates Steven Buschle, Nicolas Glaudemans, Lukas Krogmann, Sarah-Maria Resch (all Corporate/M&A), Arne Hammerich, Joo Hyeon Lee (both Tax), Christina Welch and Justin Hill (both Corporate/M&A).
