Driving AI-Innovation in Europe: Hogan Lovells advises Apera on a financing supporting the partnership between Bencis and Ubitec

Press releases | 22 September 2025

Led by Munich partner Dr. Thomas Freund, global law firm Hogan Lovells has advised leading pan-European private debt investor Apera Asset Management on the financing supporting the partnership between independent investment company Bencis and Ubitec, an innovative European provider of AI solutions.

Through this partnership, Bencis and Ubitec pursue the strategic goal of building a European AI champion, shaping digital transformation in line with demographic change and growing demands for efficiency and service quality – both in the public sector and in security-critical industries of the private sector.

Hogan Lovells has advised long-standing client Apera on all legal aspects of the financing transaction. Greenlake Legal has supported the transaction on Austrian legal matters.

Hogan Lovells team for Apera Asset Management

Dr. Thomas Freund (Partner), Tiziana Daxenberger (Senior Associate), Stefanie Grosch (Business Lawyer) (all Banking & Finance, Munich)