M&A
Hogan Lovells International LLP's broad sectoral coverage of the automotive, consumer goods, energy, financial, life sciences, healthcare and real estate industries is also reflected in the firm's M&A practice, which particularly frequently advises DAX40 companies, financial institutions and investors on public takeovers as well as financing rounds and cross-border acquisitions. Volker Geyrhalter, who primarily assists US clients with cross-border transactions, and Nikolas Zirngibl, who supports transactions in the automotive and real estate industries, jointly lead the practice. Tim Oliver Brandi's mainstay are company acquisitions and restructuring in the financial services sector, while Matthias Hirschmann focuses on the energy sector and Birgit Reese acts for primary insurers and reinsurance companies as well as automotive industry players; Jörg Herwig is another experienced contact for private equity and M&A. In December 2022, Urszula Nartowska joined OBI Group Holding as Managing Director Legal, while Alexander Stefan Rieger left for Latham & Watkins LLP in May 2023.
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Key clients
- ADVA Optical Networking SE
- DIF Capital Partners
- RGW Express
- Saurer Group
- Talanx
- va-Q-tec AG
- Aareon AG
- ALLIANDER AG
- AXA IM Alts
- AtlasEdge
- Banijay Germany GmbH
- Bierwirth & Kluth
- blau direkt GmbH
- BMW und Mercedes-Benz
- British American Tobacco Group
- Chubu Electric Power Co Inc.
- Covestro AG
- CureVac NV
- Cygna Labs Group
- Digital Transformation Capital Partners
- Dürr AG
- DWS Gruppe
- EB – Sustainable Investment Management (EB-SIM) and LHI Group
- Flexcavo
- Fressnapf Beteiligungs GmbH
- Go1
- GP JOULE
- Greenvolt – Energias Renovaveis SA
- HR Group
- IDEAL Versicherungsgruppe with its parent company IDEAL Lebensversicherung a.G.
- IT Frankfurt GmbH
- KIRKBI Invest A/S und William Demant Invest A/S
- LUWIN
- Maguar Capital
- Marquard & Bahls AG
- Mitsubishi Corporation Group
- Motherson Group
- Naxicap Partners und ihre Portfolio-Gesellschaft myStromer AG
- Northland Power, Inc.
- Protect Medical Holding GmbH
- PTC Inc.
- RGW Express
- Saint-Gobain
- Stumpf Group
- Talanx Group
- UBS Asset Management
- VALOREO, Inc
Work highlights
- Advising the Indian Motherson Group on the acquisition of SAS Group from Faurecia, a company of the FORVIA Group listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.
- Advising Covestro AG on the sale of its additive manufacturing business to the US-Israeli Stratasys Group.
- Advising Chubu on the acquisition of a strategic stake in Eavor Technologies.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Volker Geyrhalter, Nikolas Zirngibl