• Appointed as Corporate General Director, Alvaro Paradinas will play an active role in the organization’s G&A services and M&A activities.

• IP industry expert and patent attorney Dr. Robert Fichter joins the SeproTec Group to lead the worldwide organizational and growth plans of the IP Division

• Jose Figueroa joins the SeproTec Group as Managing Director of US Operations for SHIP Global IP and SeproTec Multilingual Solutions

Madrid (Spain) —September 27th, 2022 — SeproTec Multilingual Solutions announces the incorporation of three professionals with significant expertise in their respective sectors who come to bolster the company’s existing management team.

These additions respond to SeproTec's strong and methodical growth plan based on both organic development and the acquisition of other companies specializing in multilingual services, technological development, and intellectual property management that involves both SeproTec Multillingual Solutions and SHIP Global IP.

"We are very pleased to make these additions to our management team, as their knowledge, experience and energy will be invaluable to the exponential growth of the organization on a worldwide basis.  In addition, it is personally satisfying to see how our organization’s track record and growth plans are attracting this calibre of talent to our industry," said Juan Julián Léon, SeproTec’s CEO, when welcoming the new additions to their new roles.  “The two additions to our IP Division team are a clear sign of our commitment to and long-term strategic vision regarding the IP industry,” said Juan Julián León.

Corporate General Directorate

Alvaro Paradinas joins the SeproTec Group as Corporate General Director, reporting directly to CEO Juan Julián León.  Located in the Madrid headquarters, Paradinas will play an active role within the company M&A strategy.   He will also have direct responsibility over the Human Resources, IT & Systems, legal and Procurement corporate services.

Álvaro holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Sciences from the IEE (Institución Empresarial Europea) and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Wales.  In addition, he has 25 years of professional experience in business management in leading companies within the AI, robotics, intelligent structure development and IT services and consulting sectors, holding the position of Director of Corporate Development in recent years in different listed companies. This experience will be an important asset for SeproTec group.

IP Division

Dr. Robert Fichter has been recently appointed as IP Global Managing Director to lead the organizational and growth plans of the IP Division, reporting to company CEO Juan Julián León.

With a PhD in chemistry from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Dr. Robert Fichter is a German patent, European patent and European trademark and design attorney, and a renowned professional within the IP sector.

The new leader of the organization’s IP Division has 25 years’ experience in the IP industry, in which he has held various managerial positions, having been responsible for the establishment, strategic direction, and management of day-to-day operations at an international IP law practice.

Prior to that, Dr. Fichter was a partner with a German patent law firm dealing with leading local and international clients, that position being preceded by a multi-year assignment in the corporate IP department of a multinational company in the life sciences field.  Dr. Fichter will be based in Munich.

Juris Doctor Jose Figueroa joins the company as Managing Director, Americas, with primary responsibility for designing and executing the growth strategy for SHIP Global IP in the US.  Figueroa will also oversee the company’s portfolio of services and support the entire organization as it grows and scales its operations. 

Mr. Figueroa obtained his bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Juris Doctor degree from Ohio State University, along with an MBA from the University of New Orleans. In his rich professional career he has worked in large and medium size multi-national organizations in the legal technology and IP solutions industries.  With an extensive international exposure across North and South America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, Mr. Figueroa has a distinct culturally-diverse understanding of multiple customer segments including corporate, legal practices and government.

Mr. Figueroa will report to Dr. Robert Fichter and be based at the organization’s US headquarters in Austin, Texas.

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About SeproTec

A provider of multilingual services, SeproTec Multilingual Solutions is one of the top 30 companies in the world in its sector. The company offers a broad range of translation, localization and interpreting services for businesses and, through its subsidiary SHIP Global IP, also provides intellectual property management services through a technology platform developed specifically for the IP sector.  The company provides its services internationally and has production centers strategically located to ensure 24/7 service, 365 days a year.

SeproTec has continued its internationalization and has obtained official certifications for its processes and management systems for translation services, quality control, and environmental management (UNE-EN ISO 17100, ISO 13485, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001).

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• The Frontex cultural mediation contract is one of the most important interpreting contracts in the industry in terms of budgetary allocation, scope of languages provided and territorial coverage of the service.

• At least 112 cultural mediators are expected to be deployed simultaneously.

September 23rd, 2022.- SeproTec Multilingual Solutions, a Multilingual Service Provider ranked among the Top 30 Language Service Companies in the world, has been awarded one of the most important interpreting contracts in the industry, a €41.5 million contract for the provision of interpreting and cultural mediation services for Frontex’s operational activities over the next four years.

Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, which supports EU Member States in the management of the EU’s external borders and fighting cross-border crime, recently announced the winners of Lot 1 of an interpreting and cultural mediation contract, which has been awarded to the SeproTec Multilingual Solutions/CIES Onlus consortium.

According to company CEO Juan Julián Leon, “this contract marks an important milestone in the company’s growth plan and reinforces SeproTec’s Interpreting Division’s efforts towards solidifying its leading position in the international provision of interpreting and cultural mediation services.  Intercultural mediation services, and especially these big contracts, are challenging to manage in terms of logistics due to the complexity of shifts, response timings, the number of locations and the language combinations required. The award of this contract proves the quality of the service that our interpreting team keeps providing."

Lot 1 of this contract includes cultural mediation and support operations for Frontex activities within the territory of the EU as well as the coverage of its operations in other countries outside Europe. The services will mainly be provided on-site at the European Union member states’ external borders in Italy, Greece, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Serbia, Spain, Slovakia, Lithuania and Croatia, and there will also be some telephone interpreting services.

The services, which will start by the end of August, cover a wide range of language combinations, such as Albanian, Amharic, Arabic (North African, Maghreb, Western and Tunisian), Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bambara, Bengali, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Farsi, French, Georgian, Hausa, Hindi,  Kurdish (Sorani and Kurmanji), Lingala, Montenegrin, Nepalese, Fula, Pashto, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof and Yoruba.

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About SeproTec

A provider of multilingual services, SeproTec Multilingual Solutions is one of the top 30 companies in the world in its sector. The company offers a broad range of translation, localization and interpreting services for businesses and, through its subsidiary SHIP Global IP, also provides intellectual property management services through a technology platform developed specifically for the IP sector.  The company provides its services internationally and has production centers strategically located to ensure 24/7 service, 365 days a year.

SeproTec has continued its internationalization and has obtained official certifications for its processes and management systems for translation services, quality control, and environmental management (UNE-EN ISO 17100, ISO 13485, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001).

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CIES ONLUS

CIES promotes active participation in civil society within the broader perspective of global citizenship. Its goal is to foster sustainable development processes, based on peace, protection of human rights, democracy, and a dialogue between different cultures and religions. CIES fights every form of racism, discrimination, xenophobia, and social exclusion.

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• The new logo respects the essence and legacy of the company while maintaining the colors that identify the company in the sector, transforms the isotype into the international symbol of communication and simplifies and modernizes the font of the name to project its future, with a clear commitment to technology.

• With the new logo, the company’s identity now reflects the new SeproTec.

Madrid, May 30, 2022 - SeproTec Multilingual Solutions today presented a new corporate identity that reflects the new SeproTec resulting from the strategic plan announced in September 2021.  Rebranding that aims to visually express the company’s leadership, potential and vision for the future.

The change of logo is another step in the transformation process that SeproTec has been working on in recent times, and is conceived with the aim of projecting a more modern, flexible and technological company.  The new image is intended to visually express the transformation and leadership of SeproTec, as evidenced by the company’s growth in recent years, as well as the implementation of an ambitious international growth plan based, in addition to organic growth, on the acquisition of companies specialized in multilingual services, as well as the development of technology that provides new and better solutions for its clients.

An isotype full of symbolism

The logo, introduced today in all the countries in which SeproTec operates, transforms the previous isotype into the recognized icon of two-way communication/conversation, while also giving it a sense of movement.  The font chosen is simple and futuristic, evoking technology, but also serenity, thus perfectly reflecting the values of reliability, leadership, innovation, flexibility and honesty that drive the company.   In addition, a color variation is used to highlight “pro”, a term denoting quality and exclusivity.

The logo has been designed with the company’s growth plan in mind, both in terms of international geographic expansion and in terms of offering innovative technological services.  Thus, the new corporate logo includes variations that identify the different business units of the company and allows for its evolution as the company and the scope of the services it offers grow.

“This new identity reflects the direction in which we want to go as a company, towards an even broader quality service offering in terms of geographic coverage and in terms of developing new technological services that even anticipate our clients’ needs.  The new logo reflects the values that guide our company, as well as the talent of the professionals that drive innovation within SeproTec’s DNA”, noted Juan Julián Léon, CEO of SeproTec Multilingual Solutions.

About SeproTec

A provider of multilingual services, SeproTec Multilingual Solutions is one of the top 30 companies in the world in its sector. The company offers a broad range of translation, localization and interpreting services for businesses and, through its subsidiary SHIP Global IP, also provides intellectual property management services through a technology platform developed specifically for the IP sector.  The company provides its services internationally and has production centers strategically located to ensure 24/7 service, 365 days a year.

With Nazca Capital as a shareholder since 2021, SeproTec is internationalized and has obtained official certifications thanks to its processes and management systems for translation services, quality control and environmental management (UNE-EN ISO 17100, ISO 13485, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001).

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• SeproTec accelerates its growth with the acquisition of German company tsd, which specializes in translation services for clients and sectors with high added value
• This acquisition is part of SeproTec's ambitious growth plan based on both organic development and the acquisition of other companies specializing in multilingual services, technology development and/or intellectual property management
• The acquisition was financed by SeproTec’s own resources and bank financing

Cologne, Germany April 20, 2022.- SeproTec, a company specializing in industrial and intellectual property management, translation and interpretation services, has concluded the acquisition of tsd from the former owners. The current management team, consisting of Dominique and Stefan Puls, will continue to manage the business. tsd is a company specializing in the provision of translation services to industrial companies based in Germany. Its business model is based on service quality. Furthermore, it has a large portfolio of recurring clients with a significant degree of diversification in high added value sectors.

The German-speaking market presents a high added value in the provision of language services, and tsd has a differential positioning in the services provided to large industrial companies with a presence in Germany. With strong sectoral diversification (it is present in the automotive sector, technological sector, energy, engineering and construction and in the medical/pharmaceutical and finance sectors) and has started using artificial intelligence software to assist its clients.

Thanks to this acquisition, which was financed using a mixture of our own resources and bank financing provided by Caixa Bank, SeproTec will generate annual revenues estimated at more than €65 million, be able to pursue its international expansion into attractive markets and expand its client portfolio. From tsd’s point of view, its incorporation into the SeproTec group will enable it to continue developing its growth and digital transformation plans, taking advantage of the technological tools and the experience of SeproTec’s management team.

This is SeproTec’s first acquisition under its ambitious plan for national and international expansion based on both organic growth and on acquisitions of companies specializing in multilingual services, the development of technology and intellectual property management with a differential positioning in their markets.

Dina Freibott, outgoing CEO of tsd, said: “SeproTec has a strong value proposition in the industry, and at the same time it shares our vision and fundamental beliefs as professionals, making it the right partner for tsd, which facilitated the decision to take this step.”

Juan Julián León, CEO of SeproTec, commented: “tsd has a solid presence in the technological sector and all its sub-sectors, including automotive, commercial and utility vehicles, energy, engineering and construction, as well as in medical/pharmaceutical and finance. This perfectly complements our own portfolio of clients and strengthens our offer of services, especially in the German-speaking markets. This acquisition provides us with significant operating synergies and allows us to continue growing in markets that are strategic for us. Furthermore, we have been very favorably impressed by the talent of the tsd team, and their approach to solutions, processes and clients fits perfectly with SeproTec’s mission and vision”.

KPMG M&A and KPMG Legal advised Nazca and SeproTec on the transaction, while Herbert Smith Freehills did the same on the financing side.

• Nazca is associating with the CEO, Juan Julián León, and the Corporate General Manager, Fernando Ruiz de Assín, who will spearhead the growth plan and continue the international expansion of both companies.

September 16th, 2021.- SeproTec Multilingual Solutions announces that the private equity firm Nazca Capital has become the majority shareholder in the multinational language services provider, as well as in SHIP Global IP, SeproTec’s subsidiary specialized in industrial and intellectual property management services.  The terms of the transaction, which was concluded on 14 September, 2021, including the share acquired by Nazca, the sale price and the valuation, have not been made public.

Leading Spanish private equity firm Nazca Capital has acquired a majority stake in SeproTec, a technological company specialized in multilingual services, and SHIP Global IP, which is specialized in the provision of industrial property management services through a software platform. Alongside Nazca, Juan Julián León (CEO and founder) and Fernando Ruiz de Assín (Corporate General Manager) have also reinvested in both companies and will continue leading their development.

Both SeproTec and SHIP Global IP have experienced high growth, doubling their joint turnover over the last 3 years, with an estimated 2021 EBITDA of 7 million euros. This growth is based on the scalability of the business.

The management board of both companies have drawn up an ambitious growth plan that includes the possibility of acquisitions to accelerate the growth and technological development of them both in the highly active markets in which they do business.  Juan Julián León and Fernando Ruiz de Assín have identified Nazca as the partner best placed to support the implementation of this plan in the long term. The firm will contribute its experience in developing international growth projects and with IT service companies.

Carlos Pérez de Jáuregui, a NAZCA partner, remarked “Our investment in SeproTec and SHIP Global IP is a great opportunity to participate in the technological transformation and growth happening in the industrial property and translation services sector. We are very enthused and feel certain that, with the support of a great team led by Juan Julián and the company already positioned in high-added-value niches, the project will be a success.

For his part, Juan Julián León, Chief Executive Officer and shareholder in SeproTec and SHIP Global IP, stated that “Nazca’s investment in SeproTec and SHIP Global IP is a major milestone in the history of both companies.  Having Nazca as majority shareholder is a great opportunity to lead the technological change and growth that is happening in the industrial and intellectual property and translation  markets. “

“Both the Intellectual Property and Language sectors are experiencing rapid technological evolution, and we firmly believe that we have a vital part to play in that technological development. Here at SeproTec & Ship  we are determined to play a major role in this so that we continue to innovate and lead the markets in which we operate,” Juan Julián León commented.

AZ Capital, PwC, Roland Berger and DLA Piper have provided consulting services to Nazca in this deal, while KPMG and Garrigues provided consulting to SeproTec and SHIP Global IP.

About SeproTec

SeproTec Multilingual Solutions is a Multilingual Service Provider ranked among the Top 30 Language Service Companies in the world.  With more than 30 years of experience in providing high-quality, cost-effective solutions in translation and interpretation, SeproTec distinguishes itself by utilizing the most advanced technology and translation management technology, specifically designed to maximize customer satisfaction. SeproTec is proud to have achieved certifications for international Corporate Social Responsibility, Quality Control, and Environmental Management (UNE-EN ISO 17100, ISO 13485, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001). SeproTec has more than 385 employees and 11,500 freelancers collaborators within Dedicated Account Teams that provide 24/7 coverage for our clients’ multilingual needs wherever in the world they may be.

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SHIP Global IP

SHIP Global IP is an Intellectual Property portfolio management company with the goal of bridging the gap between Inside Counsel and the services they procure. Utilizing a comprehensive network of qualified Foreign Firms, in conjunction with SHIP’s in-house licensed IP paralegals, we help companies centralize and consolidate their activity and budgets in relation to patent and trademark life cycles, through a proprietary cloud-based tool specifically designed for IP processes.

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About Nazca

Nazca is a private capital management firm specialized in the Spanish middle market. Nazca leads its market segment both in transaction volume and in return on investments. Since 2001 Nazca has totally invested Funds I, II and III, valued at 100 million, 150 million and 230 million euros respectively, having concluded 80 transactions: 36 direct investments in companies, 22 additional acquisitions of companies from their subsidiaries and 22 disinvestments.

Currently it is simultaneously managing the Nazca IV Fund, worth 300 million euros, and the Nazca V Fund, worth 150 million euros, to invest in small businesses. Both funds are backed by domestic and international institutional investors. Nazca has a portfolio including 14 Spanish companies: FoodBox (Catering), Distribuciones Juan Luna (Food), Phibo (Dental Implants and Prosthetics), Herbex (Fresh Aromatic Herbs), Terratest (Special Foundations and Tunnels), Diater (Biopharmaceuticals), One Shot Hotels (Hotels), Cinelux (Audiovisual Equipment Rental), IDP (BIM-based Engineering Services), Filmin (VOD Platform), Eurocebollas (Food), Laboratorios Almond (Vegan and Ecological Food), Zunibal (Fishing Technology) and Nutris (Nutraceutical Ingredients and Gummy Vitamins). For more information, visit www.nazca.es