DLA Piper has advised the Webhelp Group on the takeover of Ocon Office Concept GmbH, a business process outsourcing service provider, by Webhelp Holding Germany GmbH.

Ocon Office Concept GmbH is an owner-run, medium-size family company that focuses on support for customers from commerce and industry. Ocon employs more than 270 people in its service centre at the company’s base in Stuttgart.

Founded in 2000, Webhelp, a portfolio company of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), is one of the world’s key suppliers in the field of business process outsourcing. It specializes in the interaction between companies and its customers. The outsourcing portfolio of Webhelp also includes services in the field of payment processing, sales and marketing. Webhelp employs over 35,000 people in 27 countries.

The international DLA Piper team was led by partner Florian Hirschmann and senior associate Silvio McMiken and comprised associates Tobias Schulz (all Corporate, Munich), partner Dr Thilo von Bodungen, counsel Dr Susanne Weckbach and associate Kristin Herrmann (Commercial, Munich), counsel Bernd Siebers and associate Wiebke Jacob (both IPT, Munich), partner Burkhard Führmeyer, counsel Dr Fabian Klein and associate Moritz Schönpflug (all IPT, Frankfurt), partner Pascal Kremp and associate Thomas Wiedmann (both Employment, Munich), partner Dr Michael Holzhäuser and senior associate Semin O (both Antitrust Law, Frankfurt), partner Marco Arteaga (Pensions, Frankfurt), counsel Dr Christoph Imschweiler (Tax, Munich) and counsel Dr Annekatrin Veit and associate Georg Haberkorn (both Pensions, Munich) as well as partner Jeremy Scemama and counsel Bertrand Levy (both Corporate, Paris).