Berlin – While working at SMP, members of the YPOG team advised the shareholders of the German FinTech company TTMzero on the acquisition of a 25 percent stake by United Fintech. United Fintech intends to increase its shareholding to 80% over the next three years. The partnership is intended to leverage the full potential of both platforms. According to TTMzero, United Fintech's expertise in sales, marketing and distribution will be used to scale the company's business and global reach. Martin Schaper, Frederik Gärtner and Malte Bergmann together with Konstantin Häfner provided comprehensive legal and tax advice in connection with the acquisition of the stake by United Fintech and the subsequent partnership.
"The partnership with United Fintech marks another milestone for TTMzero. By entering the RegTech and Capital Markets Tech segment, United Fintech is consistently pursuing its goal of supporting major banks and financial institutions in the course of their digitalization by offering a comprehensive FinTech solution", says Frederik Gärtner. "We are pleased that we were able to assist in legal and tax matters in connection with the transaction and are looking forward to further observing the promising partnership between the two companies", adds Martin Schaper.
TTMzero
TTMzero is a technology and software company based in Berlin-Brandenburg with more than 25 employees. It operates in the area of RegTech and Capital Markets Tech for the finance industry. The product portfolio for financial institutions includes a variety of real-time data products and software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that support institutional investors, banks and asset managers in the independent evaluation of financial instruments, the calculation of risk indicators and the automation of pre- and post-trade processes. Founded in 2013 as smarttra.de, the company has grown continuously in recent years. Today it counts financial institutions from Europe, the USA and Asia among its clients.
United Fintech
United Fintech acquires and scales capital markets software companies in order to digitize financial services. Headquartered in London, United Fintech has a global sales network and regional offices in Copenhagen, New York, Dubai and Singapore. Its management team consists of world-class experts in each aspect of building, growing and scaling capital markets businesses. United Fintech was founded in 2020 by fintech expert and CFH Group's founder, Christian Frahm, who previously also worked for Saxo Bank and Bloomberg. The company currently employs approximately 75 members of staff.
Advisors shareholders TTMzero:
Dr. Martin Schaper (Corporate(M&A), Partner
Dr. Frederik Gärtner (Corporate(M&A), Associated Partner
Dr. Malte Bergmann (Tax), Partner
Konstantin Häfner (Corporate/M&A), Associate
About us
YPOG is a law firm specialized in tax and business law, active in the core fields of Funds, Tax, Banking + Finance, and Transactions. The team at YPOG represents a broad client base, which ranges from emerging technology companies and family-run SMEs to large corporations, as well as private equity, and venture capital funds. YPOG is one of the leading advisors for venture capital, private equity, and fund structuring in Germany. The firm and its partners have been recognized nationally and internationally by JUVE, Best Lawyers, Legal 500, Focus, Chambers and Partners as well as Leaders League. Today, YPOG has more than 120 experienced lawyers and tax specialists and a notary, in three offices, located in Berlin, Hamburg, and Cologne.
