Norton Rose Fulbright regularly advises private equity investors on national and international mid-cap transactions with industry expertise in the technology, digitisation, fintech, financial services and healthcare sectors. The team is experienced in dealing with supervisory authorities in the regulated industries and clients also benefit from the cross-practice cooperation on matters pertaining to employment, antitrust, corporate and tax law as well as data protection and IT. The practice is led by Frank Henkel (PE, VC, corporate, M&A, fintech as well as investment and banking supervisory law) and Nils Rahlf (PE, VC, corporate, M&A and capital markets law). In September 2022, Michael Prüßner and Sven Schweneke (both PE, VC, corporate, M&A, investment funds), joined the team from Eversheds Sutherland, while Philipp Grzimek (PE and M&A) moved to GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB in March 2023.

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  • 'Very pragmatic cooperation with various other international law firms without the usual sensitivities.'

Key clients

  • 777 Partners
  • AnaCap Financial Partners
  • Ancala Partners LLP
  • Arcus Capital AG
  • Armira Beteiligungen GmbH & Co. KG
  • AutoScout24 GmbH
  • Chaos Software
  • Crowdout Capital
  • Cube II Communications
  • Dradura Gruppe
  • DUBAG
  • Europäische Investitionsbank
  • FSN Capital VI
  • GHO Capital Partners / Velocity Clinical Research
  • H.I.G. European Partners
  • InfraRed Capital Partners
  • Intermediate Capital Group
  • IsarCare
  • Löwenstark Digital Group GmbH
  • OnePeak Capital Partners
  • Orlando
  • Salesfive
  • Stürtz Gruppe
  • SUSI Partners
  • Tiger Infrastructure Partners
  • Treïs Group
  • Vitruvian Partners

Work highlights

  • Advising 777 Partners and 600 Partners on the takeover of the 64.7% stake of Peil Investment, a company owned by Lars Windhorst, in Hertha BSC as well as participation in a capital increase at Hertha BSC to further finance Hertha BSC.
  • Advising the US private equity fund CrowdOut Capital on the acquisition of the global electronics sales group Sourceability from Zollner Elektronik AG.
  • Advising the DUBAG Group on the acquisition of the Emitec catalyst and filter business from Vitesco Technologies.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Frank Henkel, Nils Rahlf

Other key lawyers

Michael Prüßner, Sven Schweneke