Professional Experience
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Lion Capital LLP; Blackstone Group International Acquisition of the European Beverages Division of Cadbury Schweppes plc Represented Blackstone Group International and Lion Capital LLP in the acquisition of the European beverages division of Cadbury Schweppes plc. more
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Escada AG Sale of Escada AG Represented Escada AG in the investment of HMD Partners in the company.
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Mercer Human Resource Consulting GmbH Acquisition of the Actuarial Opinions Division of PWC Deutsche Revision AG Represented Mercer Human Resource Consulting GmbH in the acquisition of the actuarial opinions division of PWC Deutsche Revision AG.
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DLJ Merchant Banking Partners Acquisition of Dynamit Nobel from MG Technologies Represented DLJ Merchant Banking Partners in its $2.7 billion investment in Rockwood Specialties Group Inc. and Rockwood’s purchase of Dynamit Nobel from MG Technologies.
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Summit Partners Sale of Jamba! AG Represented Summit Partners in the $273 million sale of Jamba! AG to Verisign Inc.
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Montagu Private Equity Limited Acquisition of Stabilus HoldCo 3 (Drei) GmbH Represented Montagu Private Equity Limited in the acquisition of Stabilus HoldCo 3 (Drei) GmbH from Demag Holding S.à.r.l. (Luxembourg), an entity owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
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Montagu Private Equity Limited Acquisition of Kalle Holding GmbH Represented Montagu Private Equity in the acquisition of Kalle Holding GmbH from CVC Capital Partners.
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Ewing Management Group Acquisition of Kendrion's RSL and Systems Groups of Companies Represented Ewing Management Group's Key Plastics acquisition of substantially all of the equity in Kendrion's RSL and Systems groups of companies from Kendrion N.V.
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Avaya Inc. Acquisition of Tenovis GmbH & Co. KG Represented Avaya Inc. in the $635 million acquisition of Tenovis GmbH & Co. KG from affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
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Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. Acquisition of ERFTCARBON Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH Represented Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. in the acquisition of ERFTCARBON Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH from Bridgepoint Capital Limited.
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TPG Capital; TPG-Axon Capital Acquisition of mobilcom AG Represented TPG Capital and TPG-Axon Capital in the $340.7 million acquisition of mobilcom AG from France Télécom SA.
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TPG Capital Merger of Mobilcom AG with freenet.de AG Represented TPG Capital as shareholder in the $5.52 billion merger of Mobilcom AG with freenet.de AG.
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DAL GmbH & Co. KG Sale of AquaRotter GmbH Represented DAL GmbH & Co. KG, a Grohe group company, in its sale of AquaRotter GmbH to Franke Deutschland Holding GmbH and Franke Holding AG.
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
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Lone Star Management Europe Ltd. Acquisition of a Controlling Interest in Allgemeine HypothekenBank Rheinboden AG Advised Lone Star on the acquisition of a controlling interest in German mortgage lender Allgemeine HypothekenBank Rheinboden AG. more
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Isola Group S.à.r.l. Acquisition of Cookson Group's Polyclad Laminates Business Represented Isola Group S.à.r.l., a portfolio company of Texas Pacific Group, in the acquisition of Cookson Group's Polyclad laminates business from Cookson Group plc.
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Change Capital Partners Acquisition of Jil Sander AG Advised Change Capital Partners in the acquisition of a majority stake in listed Jil Sander AG from the Prada Group.
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Black Lion Beverages IV B.V. Sale of Apollinaris & Schweppes GmbH Represented Black Lion Beverages IV B.V., a portfolio company of Lion Capital and Blackstone, in the sale of Apollinaris & Schweppes GmbH to Coca-Cola Europe.
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P7S1 Holding II S.à.r.l. Recapitalization for P7S1 Holding II S.à.r.l. (German Media Partners L.P.) Represented P7S1 Holding II S.à.r.l. (German Media Partners L.P.), as borrower, in the €1.275 billion recapitalization financing.
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J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC Acquisition of a Stake in HSH Nordbank AG Advised J.C. Flowers & Co. and funds advised by it in connection with a €1.25 billion acquisition of a stake in HSH Nordbank AG from WestLB, the first acquisition of shares by a private equity investor in a German public bank.
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Alfa, S.A.B. de C.V. Acquisition of the Hydro Castings Division of Norsk Hydro ASA Represented Alfa S.A.B. de C.V. in the €416 million acquisition of the Hydro Castings division of Norsk Hydro ASA by Tenedora Nemak S.A. de C.V. more
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Saban Capital Group; German Media Partners L.P. Sale of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG Advised ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG's controlling shareholder and its investors (Bain Capital, Hellman & Friedman, Providence Equity Partners, Quadrangle Group, Saban Capital Group and THL Partners) in their sale of a controlling interest in ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG to a consortium consisting of financial investors Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and Permira in a transaction valued at €5.9 billion.
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MyTravel Group plc Merger of MyTravel Group plc Represented MyTravel Group plc in its $5.6 billion merger with Thomas Cook Group plc and KarstadtQuelle AG.
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Tenedora Nemak, S.A. de C.V. Senior Secured Bridge Acquisition Financing for Tenedora Nemak, S.A. de C.V. Represented Tenedora Nemak, S.A. de C.V. in the $550 million senior secured bridge acquisition financing.
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Texas Pacific Group Sale of freenet AG Represented TPG Capital and TPG-Axon Capital in the sale of their stakes in freenet AG to private investment firm VATAS.
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Alfa, S.A.B. de C.V.; Tenedora Nemak, S.A. de C.V. Acquisition Financing for Alfa, S.A.B. de C.V. and Tenedora Nemak, S.A. de C.V. Represented Alfa, S.A.B. de C.V. and its subsidiary Tenedora Nemak, S.A. de C.V. in the $730 million acquisition financing.
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Higher R.C. Frankfurt
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University of Mainz
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