EY Ukraine advised Digitally Inspired in acquisition by Intellias

EY Ukraine advised Digitally Inspired, a UK based fast-growing software engineering company with customers around the world, in connection with acquisition of Digitally Inspired by Intellias, a global software engineering and digital consulting company.

This acquisition unites more than 3,000 professionals within the combined company, and significantly expands Intellias’ footprint in the United Kingdom, adding to existing locations in Ukraine, Poland, Germany, United States, Bulgaria, Croatia, Spain, Portugal, Colombia, India and United Arab Emirates.

"This was a truly top-notch transaction proving a great potential of IT industry originating from Ukraine, and our team is extremely happy to be a part of this historic milestone for Digitally Inspired and Intellias. We wish prosperity to the combined company, as well as new successful acquisitions." – commented Bogdan Malniev, Associate Partner, EY Law.

EY Ukraine's multidisciplinary team acted as an advisor to Digitally Inspired. Specifically, EY provided full legal support of the transaction, as well as conducted legal, tax and financial due diligence of Intellias.

"EY Legal, Finance and Tax teams have done a brilliant job completing complex transaction during a turbulent time and navigating international laws and financial requirements." – commented Alexander Goncharuk, Managing Director, Digitally Inspired

EY project team was led by Bogdan Malniev, Associate Partner. The tax team was led by Igor Chufarov, Partner, while the financial part was managed by Larysa Marchenko, Partner, Transaction Advisory Services. Key project team also included Yurii Kovalenko, Senior Associate, Nataliia Berbat and Yurii Tokarets, Associates, as well as Pavlo Chepkov, Senior Tax Consultant. 

Digitally Inspired is a rapidly growing company that provides technology and software engineering consultancy services to enterprise clients around the world. The company is based in the UK and has over 450 engineers in R&D centers in Odesa, Lviv and Kyiv, Ukraine.

Intellias is a global technology partner to Fortune 500 enterprises and top-tier organizations, helping them accelerate their pace of sustainable digitalisation. Intellias empowers businesses operating in Europe and the US, as well as the MENA and APAC regions, to embrace innovation at scale. 

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