Advised NYSE listed Luxoft on the acquisition of Excelian
2015
Transaction Summary
Strata advised NYSE listed Luxoft on the acquisition of Excelian, a systems integrator and technology consulting company specializing in trading and risk management software in the financial services and commodities markets.
- Luxoft Holding, Inc. (“Luxoft”) acquired Excelian Limited (“Excelian”), a UK based systems integrator and technology consulting company specializing in trading and risk management software in the financial services and commodities markets
- Strata Partners acted as exclusive financial adviser to Luxoft. We managed the full buyside execution process and deployed our specialist knowledge of IT consulting and systems integration companies as well as our understanding of the trading and risk management sector to advise Luxoft throughout the transaction process
- Our role also involved structuring an offer that addressed one of the main complexities of the transaction – that the majority shareholders of Excelian were not actively involved in the business. We were able to help Luxoft develop and negotiate a transaction structure that included several innovative mechanisms to retain and incentivise senior Excelian executives
- This transaction was our fifth cross-border deal in the last two years