Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11979 – NEW MOUNTAIN / FRANCISCO PARTNERS / OFFICE ALLY) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-04-28
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: United States, cloud computing, data processing, economic concentration, health care, investment company, merger control, software








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/2464


28.4.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11979 – NEW MOUNTAIN / FRANCISCO PARTNERS / OFFICE ALLY)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/2464)


1.   
On 14 April 2025, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






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New Mountain Capital, LLC (‘New Mountain’, USA), and










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Francisco Partners Management, L.P. (‘Francisco Partners’, USA).




New. Mountain and Francisco Partners will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Office Ally, Inc. (‘Office Ally’, USA), previously solely controlled by Francosco Partners
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






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New Mountain: a New York-based investment firm managing private equity, strategic equity, credit, and net lease real estate funds, and










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Francisco Partners: a global investment firm headquartered in San Francisco. It is focused on investments in technology and technology-enabled services businesses.






3.   

The business activities of the undertaking Office Ally are the following: digital platform services to healthcare payers and providers in the USA.



4.   
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


5.   
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed concentration to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.11979 – NEW MOUNTAIN / FRANCISCO PARTNERS / OFFICE ALLY
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Postal address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË







(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)  
            OJ C 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2464/oj
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