Rouse Acquires Swedish IP Firm Valea AB
December 1, 2022
Rouse, a PE-backed global intellectual property services firm, has acquired Valea AB, a long-established Swedish IP firm with offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. The deal, supported by Rouse’s investor MML Capital, expands Rouse’s capabilities and presence in Sweden to better serve technology and greentech clients and deepen its European patent expertise.
- Buyers
- Rouse, MML Capital Partners
- Targets
- Valea AB
- Platforms
- Rouse
- Industry
- Legal Services
- Location
- Sweden
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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