{"id":43814,"date":"2024-08-14T14:13:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T14:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=43814"},"modified":"2024-11-06T08:23:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T08:23:59","slug":"dzp-advises-semrush-on-the-acquisition-of-brand24-2","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/dzp-advises-semrush-on-the-acquisition-of-brand24-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DZP advises Semrush on the acquisition of Brand24\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DZP has advised the Semrush group on the acquisition of a majority stake in Polish startup, Brand24, a supplier of proprietary software for online reputation protection and content monitoring.\u00a0<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Semrush, an American powerhouse offering tools for running and analysing online marketing, has for the past four years also been the owner of the Polish company Prowly, through which it has now purchased 57.6% of shares in Brand24.\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">By acquiring over the shares from the startup\u2019s founders \u2013 Micha\u0142 Sadowski and Piotr Wierzejski \u2013 and the funds Larq Capital and Unfold.VC, Semrush has become Brand24&#8217;s majority shareholder<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. The total transaction value including the valuation of the purchased shares and earn-out is PLN 55 million.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The merger of the global leader&#8217;s previous experience in working with Polish projects will support Brand24 in the company&#8217;s further development, increase access to the global market and significantly expand its client portfolio, while DZP&#8217;s client will gain a dynamically developing partner and access to its technologies.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">&#8220;Brand24 is an impressive company with a great product and a great team. We have cooperated as partners for many years and we can&#8217;t wait to start this new chapter together<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">,&#8221; said Eugene Levin, President of Semrush.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Comprehensive transaction advice to the buyer was coordinated by\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Katarzyna Biarda<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fand\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Maciej Zajda<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, and the team included:\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Katarzyna W\u00f3jcik<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Joanna R\u00f3g-Dyrda<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fand\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Grzegorz Sprawka.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fA due diligence of the company to be purchased was also carried out by:\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Margarita Kobojek<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u202f<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Karolina Kulikowska-Gruszecka, Martyna Gruszka, Mateusz Jankowski\u202f<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">and<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fAgata Mierzwa<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-43814","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/43814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}