Slaughter and May advised Softcat plc in relation to its acquisition of Oakland Group Services Ltd, for an initial payment of £8m, with further contingent payments over the next 3 years depending on performance.
Softcat is a leading UK provider of IT infrastructure products and services. Oakland is a specialist provider of data and AI consultancy services, ranging from data strategy and governance to architecture and engineering, analytics and AI.
The addition of Oakland’s deep expertise in data to Softcat’s broader portfolio will bring significant benefits to the combined entity’s customer base, augmenting the Group’s ability to support customers across all key areas of their rapidly evolving technology infrastructure. As part of the transaction, Oakland’s leadership team will join Softcat to run the business initially as a standalone operating unit, aligning with Softcat’s sales team to maximise the shared growth opportunity.
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