bpv Hügel

Banking, Corporate, M&A, Private equity

Partner

Thomas Lettau is a partner and co-head of the Corporate/M&A practice group at bpv Huegel. His clients include domestic and foreign strategic investors, private equity funds and financial institutions. He specialises in domestic and international M&A transactions and joint ventures, private equity and venture capital investments as well as cross-border corporate reorganisations. He also provides high-level, strategic advice to the boards and senior management of companies.

Thomas is recognised for his work in corporate/M&A in law directories such as JUVE, Legal 500, IFLR and Handelsblatt (Best Lawyers-Ranking).

Investors and management on the sale of a majority stake in EYYES GmbH, a pioneer in artificial intelligence driving assistance solutions, to German-based Vector Informatik GmbH. Leading Austrian electricity company on the acquisition of a 10.15 MW wind farm in Austria. Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 4 on the sale of Energie Steiermark stake to the Province of Styria for a purchase price of EUR 525 million. European Directories Group, a portfolio company of Triton Partners on the sale of dogado group to international private equity firm Cinven and leading global investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board. Major Austrian credit institution as acquiring company on two cross-border mergers with Irish credit institutions WOJNAR on the sale of a majority stake to VIVATIS Holding AG HYPO NOE (largest and oldest regional mortgage bank in Austria) on the sale of real estate service companies in the CEE countries and Austria R-IT as shareholder in the IPO of SoftwareONE at SIX with CHF 2.9bn market cap (at offering price) R-IT on its sale of global operating COMPAREX AG to (KKR backed) SoftwareONE €760mn sale of stake in listed CAI to Starwood Capital by Immofinanz €390mn strategic acquisition in listed S Immo by Immofinanz from Signa and RPR BAWAG on the demerger and absorption of the banking business of IMMO-BANK Cerberus/GoldenTree backed BAWAG P.S.K on the sale of BAWAG Malta Bank Limited BP Europa SE on several consecutive (cross-border) mergers (Switzerland, Austria, Germany) easybank on the acquisition of VB Leasing from immigon portfolio abbau ag €105mn sale of BAWAG P.S.K.’s investment fund arm to Amundi €1,6bn BUWOG Spin-off (first from an ATX company)

2006 to date: bpv Huegel, Partner since 2010; 2000-2005: Associate, Austrian law firm.

German, English

University of Vienna School of Law, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain, University of Cape Town (LL.M. in Commercial Law).