Deal Type
Acquisition
Sector
Business Services
Completion Date
29th June 2022
Deal Value
Not disclosed

Company Background
Headquartered in the Netherlands, Customs Support Group is Europe’s leading independent, digi-tal and neutral provider of customs services employing >1,250 dedicated customs professionals serving over 12,000 customers annually. Through our extensive service offering and digital capabil-ity, we consistently support our customers in maximising regulatory compliance, achieving opera-tional efficiencies, import duty optimisation, duty planning, and ongoing development for a con-stantly shifting customs landscape.
In addition to traditional brokerage and digital services, Customs Support Group offers customs consulting and gas measurement services. The company is currently active in the Netherlands, Bel-gium, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Poland, Italy, Ireland, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland.
In Europe, Customs Support Group serves many cross-border clients in several industries such as automotive, food and beverage, and many more. Customs Support is the number one in digital customs and invests substantially in the digitalisation of the customs process.
Deal Summary
Customs Support Group B.V. (CSG), the number one digital customs broker in Europe, is expand-ing its market position in air cargo customs clearance in Germany with the acquisition of ZSK Cus-toms GmbH ("ZSK")

Value Added
Proventis Partners has supported Customs Support as exclusive M&A advisor in the expansion in the DACH-region for many years now. The acquisition of ZSK is the sixth successful acquisition and further transactions are to follow. In addition to identifying the customs agency and contacting its shareholders, Proventis Partners carried out the strategic analysis of the target company and guid-ed the further transaction process from due diligence and commercial negotiation to the successful execution.
Customs Support Group B.V. deal contacts
Key members of the Proventis Partners deal team crucial in the Customs Support Group B.V. transaction