Kramer Levin Advises Oodrive in the Acquisition of SELL&SIGN

Kramer Levin advised the Oodrive group, a European leader in the management of sensitive content, in acquiring SELL&SIGN, an all-in-one electronic signature solution developed and marketed by Calinda Software.

Cofounded in 2014 by Alexandre Mermod, chief executive officer, and Sébastien Bassompierre, chief technical officer, SELL&SIGN stands out in the qualified digital signature sector, thanks to an innovative,easy-to-use all-in-one offer allowing users to ratify their documents while improving transaction security.

The solution complements the Oodrive collaborative platform, which provides companies with the following features:

• Sharing and collaboration, with oodrive_share
• Digitization of sensitive meetings, with oodrive_meeting
• Visual and media heritage management, with oodrive_media
• Backup, with oodrive_save
• Electronic signature with oodrive_sign

This acquisition aims to boost Oodrive's performance in developing its sharing and collaboration application suite. The group intends to deploy its expertise in electronic signatures to become a significant player in Europe within three years.

Oodrive was advised by Kramer Levin with a team led by partner Alexandre Omaggio, assisted by associate Maya Dabrowski  for the transactional aspects; partner Paméla Le Jeune and associate Pierre Pérol for tax aspects; counsel Clémentine de Guillebon and associate Delphine Kerbouche for labor law; counsel Manaf Triqui for finance; associate Hélène Berion for personal data; and associate Diana Dancea for corporate law.