{"id":53578,"date":"2025-12-09T13:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T13:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&p=53578"},"modified":"2025-12-09T13:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T13:59:12","slug":"gernandt-danielsson-advises-worldline-in-connection-with-the-contemplated-divestment-of-its-payment-orchestration-platform-paymentiq","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/gernandt-danielsson-advises-worldline-in-connection-with-the-contemplated-divestment-of-its-payment-orchestration-platform-paymentiq\/","title":{"rendered":"Gernandt & Danielsson advises Worldline in connection with the contemplated divestment of its payment orchestration platform PaymentIQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gernandt & Danielsson advises Worldline, a European leader in payment services, in connection with the divestment of PaymentIQ, a payment orchestration platform, to Incore Invest for an estimated cash proceeds at closing of c. EUR 160 million, after excess cash distribution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The closing of the transaction is expected in Q1 2026 subject to the works council consultation process.<\/p>\n

Worldline is a European leader in payment services, listed on Euronext Paris, that generated a 4.6 billion euros revenue in 2024.<\/p>\n

The divestment of PaymentIQ marks a further step in Worldline\u2019s strategic refocus on core European payment activities and a new milestone in its simplification journey, as part of the North Star transformation plan.<\/p>\n

Gernandt & Danielsson advises Worldline with a team lead by partner\u00a0Corinne Ekman<\/a>, senior associate\u00a0Simona Stenborg<\/a>\u00a0and associate\u00a0Elias Vahman<\/a>, mainly assisted by partners\u00a0Oscar Anderson<\/a>\u00a0(Regulatory),\u00a0Peter Forsberg\u00a0<\/a>(Competition), senior associates\u00a0Rikard Sundstedt\u00a0<\/a>(Regulatory) and\u00a0Astrid Svensson<\/a>\u00a0(Data Protection) and associates\u00a0Sofie Hall\u00e9n<\/a>\u00a0(Competition) and\u00a0Olle H\u00e4glund<\/a>\u00a0(Corporate).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-53578","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/53578","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=53578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}