M&A
Gleiss Lutz focuses on public takeovers, but is also familiar with carve-out transactions, distressed M&A and large and mid-cap private equity transactions, where it advises German corporations and family-owned companies in the technology, healthcare, real estate and infrastructure sectors. Ralf Morshäuser leads the M&A practice and acts in cross-border acquisitions and sales for national and international companies, while Jochen Tyrolt is primarily active in public takeovers and Christan Cascante also advises on private equity and cross-border transactions. Martin Viciano Goferje further covers private equity, venture capital and corporate law. Vanessa Rendtorff (private equity transactions) and Anselm Christiansen (cross-border transactions related to Asia) made partners in January 2023, as did Moritz Alexander Riesener (M&A, private equity, carve-outs) in November 2023, while Stefan Widder (cross-border transactions) joined from Latham & Watkins LLP in September 2023.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Ralf Morshäuser: Excellent negotiator with very good economic understanding.'
- 'Cornelia Topf: Excellent overview of overall transactions, fast, pragmatic, highly intelligent.'
Key clients
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Bosch
Work highlights
- Advising Deutsche Telekom on the €17.5 billion sale of a majority stake in its radio tower business to Brookfield and DigitalBridge.
- Advising LANXESS on the global carve-out and integration of the High Performance Materials division into the joint venture for technical high-performance polymers with financial investor Advent International as well as on the joint acquisition of the DSM Engineering Materials business of Dutch group Royal DSM.