Translink Corporate Finance acted as the advisor to Proxium ERP (Gadir Grupo Consultor) on the sale to Grupo Alerce, a portfolio company of Oakley Capital

Translink Corporate Finance™ in Spain acted as financial advisor to Proxium ERP, on the sale to Grupo Alerce (Alerce), a portfolio company of Oakley Capital.

Grupo Alerce strengthens its position with the purchase of Gadir Grupo Consultor (Proxium ERP)

The integration of Gadir Grupo Consultor into Alerce will generate synergies that will allow its Proxium ERP solution to grow at an even faster pace, maintaining the current high level of after-sales service with an application at the forefront of technology.

The purchase of Gadir Grupo Consultor and its Proxium ERP solution, specialising in WMS (Warehouse Management Systems), customs and bonded warehouse management, Transport Management Systems (TMS), ship provisioners and container depots, is the second operation of this kind undertaken by the Zaragoza-based company, following the entry in November 2023 of the  Oakley Capital fund  with the aim of accelerating the company’s growth and facilitating its international expansion through organic growth and complementary acquisitions.

With this new acquisition, following the 2024 purchase of Wemob, a company specialising in fleet management software, Alerce expands its scope of operations and enters the freight forwarding segment, consolidating its position as a specialised provider of IT solutions for logistics. Miguel Ángel Esparcia, founder of Gadir Grupo Consultor Proxium ERP), will continue to lead the company.

Gadir Grupo Consultor, founded in 1999, offers the Proxium ERP solution, which is integrated into the Alerce ecosystem of solutions and is aimed at logistics companies operating in the excise and customs warehousing sector-a constantly evolving market subject to new regulatory requirements. The integration with Alerce will generate synergies that will allow the Proxium ERP solution to grow at an even faster pace, while maintaining its current high level of after-sales service with a cutting-edge application.

Comments from Grupo Alerce

Pablo Pardo, CEO of Alerce, said, “This is a strategic operation that expands our product offering, provides greater value to our customers and strengthens our position in the Spanish transport and logistics software market.”

“For Alerce, this is a strategic operation that strengthens its presence in the Spanish transport and logistics software market. By entering the freight forwarding segment, Proxium ERP becomes a fundamental tool for pursuing its ambitious growth plans and competing at the highest level with national players and large multinationals in Spain,” Pardo added.

Advisory teams involved in the transaction process

In this process, Gadir Grupo Consultor (Proxium ERP) had the support of Translink Corporate Finance as financial advisor and Aliaga Abogados as legal advisor, while the Alerce Group has had Uría Abogados as legal advisor, and in the Due Diligence with PwC (Financial, Legal and Labour), KPMG (Commercial), and EY (Tax and Technical).