Noerr focuses on the upper-middle and large-cap segment and regularly supports cross-border transactions. The team offers industry expertise in the digital, healthcare and technology sectors, which is complemented with cross-practice cooperation in the structuring of acquisitions and assets as well as financing and the development of MEP models; related contentious matters are frequently handled by Georg Schneider. Another mainstay is the advice on restructuring to PE investors which specialise in crisis-related matters, where Christian Pleister is a key contact. A growth area is the support in fund structuring and secondary transactions. Holger Ebersberger (sector focus on digital economy, life sciences, TMT, healthcare, industry) left the practice and joined McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP in March 2023; Markus Braun (PE, M&A, Corporate, VC) joined the team shortly afterwards from Gleiss Lutz and Julian Lemor (PE and M&A) arrived from Mayer Brown LLP. At the turn of the year 2023/2024, Schneider and Pleister handed over the practice management to Christoph Thiermann and Felix Blobel (focus on VC).
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Very reliable partners, high level of expertise and negotiation skills, very easy to contact, very well networked in the market.'
- 'Sebastian Voigt has very high negotiating skills, deep market expertise, negotiating strength, precise work and pragmatic approaches.'
- 'Deep technical understanding and extensive international transaction experience. Pragmatic approach, availability at any time, excellent internal coordination and provision of additional experts from the firm for specific topics.'
- 'Long-term cooperation with outstanding results even in difficult transactions thanks to many years of exceptional know-how, including in international transactions. Always responsive with clear, high-quality recommendations and a very high level of pragmatism and commitment.'
Key clients
- 3i-Gruppe
- AEQUITA Management SE
- Alteri/Apollo
- AMBIENTA Capital
- Aurelius
- Avista Capital Holdings
- Bowmark
- Bregal Unternehmerkapital
- Cheney Capital
- Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
- DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga e.V
- DPE Deutsche Private Equity
- EMERAM Capital Partners
- Ergon Capital
- Foresight Group
- J.C. Flowers
- KKR Credit
- KPS Capital
- Nord Holding
- Orlando Capital/ESSVP Funds
- Summit Partners
- Searchlight Capital
Work highlights
- Advising the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga eV on the structuring and implementation of the desired participation of a financial investor in the media revenues of the Bundesliga with the final bidders Advent, Blackstone, CVC and EQT.
- Advising AUCTUS Capital Partners on the sale of PharmaLex to AmerisourceBergen as part of a competitive auction process with a volume of €1.28 billion.
- Advising the Foresight Fund on the structuring of a consortium with HH2E AG and HydrogenOne Capital Growth plc for the planning, construction and operation of a hydrogen plant with a planned feed-in capacity of initially 100 MW, which can be increased to 1 GW by 2030.