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Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer Brown LLP

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Germany • Corporate and M&A

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M&A

Drawing on its global platform, Mayer Brown LLP is well-positioned to advise on multinational transactions, often involving the coordination of regulatory and competition approvals across multiple jurisdictions. The practice handles a diverse mix of transactional mandates, spanning strategic investments, buyouts, joint ventures, carve-outs, and distressed M&A, as well as both asset and share deals. Practice leader Ulrike Binder is a trusted advisor to clients in the financial sector, particularly on public takeovers, going-private transactions, and corporate governance issues arising in the context of M&A. Octávio de Sousa joined the team from Reed Smith in June 2025.
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Testimonials

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  • 'Joachim Modlich is highly experienced in M&A transactions. Good balance between risk management and deal orientation with a dash of pragmatism. His focus is on problem-solving rather than problem creation.'
  • 'The lawyers have unique sector knowledge. They go beyond legal expertise and act as strategic business partners. They are our first choice law firm for large and complex transactions!'
  • 'Carsten Flaßhoff is extremely pleasant to work with. In negotiations, he is both pragmatic and very efficient.'
  • 'Reliable and competent.'
  • 'Good relationship, service orientated.'
  • 'Outstanding combination of skills within the team created a fast and interactive collaboration to identify needs and topics, prioritise them and get it done. Deep understanding of our needs and targets, also the given setup and capabilities to create success.'
  • 'Deep understanding of the legal requirements, very good ideas to solve challenges and at all times kept a clear focus on our business needs and had the expertise to transform these needs into legal solutions which worked.'

Key clients

  • BASF SE

  • JOST Werke SE

  • SIGNA Prime Selection AG/SIGNA Development Selection AG

  • SinkaCom AG

  • TUI AG

  • WEPA SE/WEPA Hygieneprodukte GmbH

  • Commerz Real

  • Benteler

  • Lear

  • Dow Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft mbH

Work highlights

Advised JOST Werke SE on the acquisition of the Hyva Group.
Mandated by SIGNA to address German law aspects of complex restructuring and distressed M&A.
Advised TUI Group on the sale of its stake in InteRES to Juniper Group.
Practice head

Ulrike Binder

Other key lawyers

Carsten Flaßhoff; Joachim Modlich; Carlos Robles y Zepf; Marco Wilhelm; Octávio de Sousa; Klaus Riehmer; John A. Faylor; Jan Streer; Fabio Borggreve; Tina Hoffmann; Tobias Reiser; Malte Richter; Stefanie Skoruppa; Wolfgang Löffler; Inga Rupp; Luisa Sophie Schifferens