Wiersholm advised CA, Inc. in their USD 350 million acquisition of Nimsoft AS

Wiersholm advised CA, Inc. in their strategic acquisition of the Norwegian software company Nimsoft in an all cash transaction valued at USD 350 million.

CA, Inc. is the world’s leading independent IT management software company, and is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. To visit the press release from CA Inc. please click here.

Nimsoft AS is a Norwegian company producing IT performance and availability monitoring solutions for emerging enterprises and Managed Service Providers (MSPs).  To visit the press release from Nimsoft  please click here.

The parties signed an equity purchase agreement on  10 March 2010, and the transaction was closed on 17 March 2010.

A Wiersholm team headed by lead counsel Stole Gjengset and senior associate Henrik Gerner-Mathisen advised the CA legal team headed by Jay Diamond and Adele Freedman.