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BERNAR DE LA HERA
Partner
He joined ONEtoONE in 2013 as a partner and specialist in the IT sector where he has excelled in many operations.
As a Partner of ONEtoONE, Bernar's closed deals range across pivotal sectors, encompassing financial services, education, industrials, and IT and digital services. He particularly excels in IT, this is highlighted by a successful track record of strategic M&A deals. These deals drive technological innovation, elevate digital capabilities, and position businesses for sustained growth in the dynamic digital landscape. His strategic emphasis on IT reflects a commitment to staying at the forefront of industry transformations, ensuring ONEtoONE clients remain competitive in the ever-evolving digital and technological landscape.
Education
Industrial Engineer, ETSII Bilbao, Spain
Experience
Management and Business Consultant , ICT Companies
Practice Dynamics Microsoft Services, Microsoft
Director Oil and Gas Market, GCI EMEA Microsoft Lead, Unisys
General Manager, Watermark
Sales Manager, Baan Company
Track Record
International Experience
Portugal (PT)
Sector Expertise
Information technology
Telecommunications Services
Advised Deal
Reestructuration
ONEtoONE Corporate Finance has helped cybersecurity company, S2 Grupo to structure a 20 million euro syndicated loan. The loan has been put together by Sabadell and supported by Santander, CaixaBank, BBVA and Deutsche Bank. S2 Grupo is one of Europe´s leading cybersecurity companies, operating in more than 15 countries across Europe and Latinamerica. It´s clients include major Spanish companies in the banking, energy, industrial and public administration sectors. Its close collaboration with the General State Administration is particularly noteworthy. With this 5-year syndicated loan, S2 Grupo expects to increase its turnover from 32,7 million in 2022 to more than 83 million.
Advice on sale
ONEtoONE has advised Centro Internacional de Estudios de Postgrado (CIEP), on its sale to Metrodora Education. Centro Internacional de Estudios de Postgrado (CIEP) is a prestigious international postgraudate training school in Spain and Latin America, specialized in Health Sciences and Aesthetic Medicine. It has offered more than 2,400 students masters degrees specialization diplomas, expert courses and micro-credentials. Metrodora Education is the first educatinal group created to lead health and sports training in Spanish-speaking countries. It offers professional training, higher education and further training for sector specialization. With this transaction, Metrodora advances its organic growth, expands its training offer and reinforces its positioning in Higher Education.
Advice on sale
ONEtoONE has advised KCMen on their sale to the Italian group COLMEC SPA . KCMen is a Spanish company, based in Barcelona, dedicated to the design and manufacture of machinery for the rubber industry. The company was founded in 1989 by Francesc Vilella. The company has a strong international presence, where more than 50% of its activity is destined for export. COLMEC SPA is an Italian company founded in 1973, being a world leader in the design and construction of high technology extrusion and mixing lines for rubber and silicone. Today the company is focused on the manufacture of rubber processing plants, from blending to packaging and processing of silicone. In 2008 it set up a Technology Centre dedicated to research and development activities and customer trials. With this incorporation COLMEC SPA wants to position itself in the Spanish market and complement its product line.
Advice on buying
Cegid Iberia - Primavera Group has acquired Informàtica3 a portfolio of 4,000 customers and more than 35,000 users, including entrepreneurs, consultants, managers, retailers, hoteliers and restaurateurs, thus accelerating the consolidation of the business software sector in Spain. With offices in 22 countries, Cegid sells in 130 markets worldwide. Since the Silver Lake fund entered its capital, its ambition has been to boost its inorganic growth outside France, its core market. With more than 40 years of experience and headquartered in Girona, Informática3 is a leader in creating software solutions for business management aimed at small and medium-sized companies seeking to optimise their information processes. Its integration into Cegid's portfolio of solutions will boost the growth of the company, which currently employs around 20 people and expects to achieve 3 million euros in sales this year.
Advice on buying
Grupo Primavera, the largest Iberian group of business software, has acquired the entire capital of Cloudware. Grupo Primavera, part of the private equity fund Oakley Capital, is the Iberian Peninsula's largest group of management software companies for SMEs. It was previously made up of 11 Portuguese companies, to which CLOUDWARE has now been added. Founded in 2011, CLOUDWARE develops management solutions to bring entrepreneurs and accountants together in a collaborative and simplified work environment in the cloud. Its TOConline project has become a benchmark product in management in Portugal, currently with more than 145,000 companies and 12,000 accountants on the platform. The acquisition of CLOUDWARE will allow Primavera Group to consolidate its leadership in the accounting sector in Portugal. The Group has more than 750 employees and an aggregate turnover of around €70 million.
Advice on sale
ONEtoONE is pleased to announce that AURICA has acquired a minority stake in our client, VIATEK Group. Grupo VIATEK is a group of companies specialising in the design, implementation and management of fibre optic networks, as well as the maintenance of workstations and smart devices, connectivity and security and renewable energy infrastructures. The company’s headquarters is based in Spain and has offices in Germany, Peru, Chile and Colombia. Its main customers are large corporations in Telecommunications and Operators, Security, Public Administrations and Retail sectors. With this capital inflow, the company will continue to grow in Latin America and Europe and develop new products and solutions. AURICA is a private equity firm that specialises in taking minority but significant stakes in companies with a clear vision of growth and expansion in strategic and highly innovative sectors.
Advice on sale
ONEtoONE advises on the sale to the INTEGRA group of companies. With a presence in Spain, Belgium and Mexico, Integra focuses its activity on the implementation of the SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite solution and the outsourcing of Personnel, Payroll and Talent Management services (BPO and TBPO models) on the SAP SuccessFactors platform. It operates more than 20,000 payrolls and supports more than 100,000 employees on the SAP SuccessFactors platform. HR Path is a European leader in HR business processes, with a presence in 18 countries, 1,300 customers and more than 1,200 employees, the company has a turnover of €125M and with this acquisition aims to strengthen its presence in Spain and to open new business in Latin America and Belgium.
Advice on buying
Grupo Castilla Ingenieros, a leading business software group, has acquired the company Peixe Software. Grupo Castilla is one of the leading Spanish companies in software solutions and knowledge services in the HR area. With this acquisition, Grupo Castilla expanded its range of cloud solutions, incorporating a new time and attendance module. Founded in 2007, Peixe Software is a technology company specialising in the development and implementation of time and attendance and time recording solutions in the cloud.
Advice on sale
ONEtoONE advised the Spanish software company Isi Condal on its integration via acquisition into the French group Ifopro Digital. Infopro Digital is a leading information and professional services group, with a strong offering of specialised software and databases for all players in the aftermarket. It has a team of 3,600 employees in 11 countries. Isi Condal has more than twenty years of experience in the exclusive development of specialised software for the management of automotive spare parts.
Advice on buying
Grupo Castilla, a leading Spanish company in the development and implementation of human capital management (HCM) software solutions, acquires the human resources management production unit of Almerimatik Sistemas Informáticos S.A., creating the group's new office in Almeria, in a transaction advised by ONEtoONE Corporate Finance. This acquisition is part of the "no-crisis" strategy initiated by Grupo Castilla, where they have opted to combine organic growth with integrations, such as that of Almerimatik.
Advice on buying
The Belgian group, Efficy, has just acquired the Spanish software CRM developer SumaCRM, in an operation advised by ONEtoONE Corporate Finance on the side of the buyer. The acquisition fits into the growth strategy of the Belgian group, which already has more than 20M turnover and a portfolio of more than 2,400 customers in 33 countries.
Advice on sale
The ONEtoONE team, together with the law firm, Bestax, has successfully advised the closure of the sale of the Spanish technology company Tigloo, which has been acquired by the French listed company, Synergie. Through this operation, Tigloo, which specializes in infrastructure projects, digital transformation processes, outsourcing, and cybersecurity, becomes part of the DCS Group, satisfying the expansion needs of the Spanish group, that by its incorporation to Synergie, increases their services and clients capabilities. DCS Group is a benchmark in terms of IT infrastructure management and support.
Advice on sale
WAM (We Are Marketing) acquires LeadClic to lead the digital transformation in Spain. Both firms previously reached an agreement to create a common project where the resulting business consultancy will be focused on the Digital Transformation and Customer Experience through SalesForce technology. From now on, LeadClic will operate from international offices of WAM (Milan, Miami, etc.), as well as expanding their presence in Spain, Valencia, and Barcelona.
Advice on buying
Softland, a leading company in ERP business management solutions in Latin America, announced the acquisition of SQL Software, a Colombian company that develops and implements software solutions for Payroll and Human Resources.
Advice on sale
The restaurant group Comess Group, owner of Lizarran, Cantina Mariachi and Pasta City, added to its portfolio the brand Don G. They have just opened their first establishment in Madrid, located in the Parque Corredor Shopping Centre in Torrejón de Ardoz. The company has highlighted that the incorporation of Don G, which will be the group's fourth brand, marks the starting point for the development of the brand on a national scale in the coming years. The Grupo Donga was advised by ONEtoONE.
Advice on sale
Merkle, a leading technology-enabled, data-driven performance marketing agency, announced its acquisition of DIVISADERO, a data-driven consultancy business specializing in digital intelligence and digital transformation. This is Merkle’s second corporate acquisition since joining the Dentsu Aegis Network in August 2016 and Merkle’s fourth European acquisition in two years. DIVISADERO has counted on ONEtoONE Corporate Finance for advice.
Advice on sale
Grupo CMC, a Spanish consulting firm in the ICT field, becomes one of the leading suppliers of technological solutions and ICT services for the tourism sector with the integration of Brújula – Information Technologies, founded in 2000 and one of the most renowned firms in this market. The counsel of the mandate was ONEtoONE Corporate Finance.
Advice on sale
ONEtoONE advised on the sale of 100% of the Spanish company Soft SA, acquired by the German company RIB Software AG in a crossborder transaction. This transaction represented a new business opportunity for RIB in the Spanish-speaking markets. The German company was able to enter new countries hand in hand with the Spanish and Latin American market leader thanks to the integration of its products.
Advice on sale
Zucchetti Group, the first Italian software company, has bought 100% of Solmicro, a leader in the development of management solutions. The Zucchetti Group, which started in Italy in 1978, has a presence in over 40 countries. Solmicro, a Spanish company, retained ONEtoONE Corporate Finance as advisors for the operation.
Advice on sale
The Spanish company Dacartec Servicios Informáticos SL, has sold its Colombian affiliate (Darcatec Internacional Andina SAS) to the Group, also with Spanish origin, Diusframi, mandating the advisory of ONEtoONE Corporate Finance for the operation. The operation suggests the strengthening of Diusframi Group's presence in LatAm and also fits within their expansion project.
