DLA Piper has advised the British company ASE plc on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Austrian Edentity Software Solutions GmbH, an IT company specialising in used car management and dealer-benchmarking. The transaction team was led from the firm's Vienna office by partner Christian Temmel (Corporate) and included partners Franz Althuber (Tax), Stephan Nitzl (Employment), Sabine Fehringer (IT) and senior associate Suzy Park (Corporate).

"I am very pleased that we were appointed to advise ASE on this transaction. As a global specialist for dealer-profitability in the automotive-sector, ASE will develop and strengthen its activities in Austria and in Germany as a result of this transaction," said Christian Temmel.