用友集团近日以4.91亿元现金全资收购汽车行业管理软件企业–上海英孚思为信息科技股份有限公司，成为国内管理软件行业规模最大的一笔收购案。在此次收购案中，北京天元为用友的法律顾问，广东广大则为目标公司提供法律服务。

收购完成后，用友软件拥有英孚思为99%的股权，江西用友则拥有其剩余1%股份。在过去两年中，用友软件已经收购了多家公司，其中包括迈特、特博深、恒聚、尚南、时空，耗资接近十亿元。 今年二月份，用友已经对外透露今年将更多的进行并购，并购目标包括流通、金融、房地产、汽车等细分行业的管理软件企业。

Beijing Tian Yuan and Guangzhou-based Guangda have recently assisted in the largest acquisition in the domestic management software industry to date. Shanghai-listed UFIDA, a major provider of management software solutions, has recently acquired a 99% stake in Infoservice Information Technology, while its Jiangxi subsidiary obtains the remaining 1%, for a total of US$72m.

The acquisition marks UFIDA’s first break into the automobile software market, and also sets its largest acquisition amount ever. Established in Shanghai in 2003, Infoservice is principally engaged in the design, research and implementation of application software for the automobile industry.

In recent years, UFIDA has been actively growing its business and expanding into new markets through M&A. Since 2008, UFIDA has made more than ten acquisitions, including companies TurboCRM, Hengju and Shanghai Greenchem, with a total deal value of over RMB1bn.

In a statement released by UFIDA earlier this year, the company intends to speed up its M&A activity in TMT, finance, real estate and automobile sectors.

The company’s list of external legal counsels includes Beijing Union Best Partners and Tian Yuan Law Firm. The company has also previously worked with firms like Commerce & Finance, Zhong Lun and Chen and Co. ALB

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