Latham & Watkins LLP assists clients with mid- and large-cap transactions, where the team regularly draws on the international network in cross-border transactions. Here, practice head Burc Hesse focuses on cross-border leveraged buy-out transactions. Other key contacts are Oliver Felsenstein, who comprehensively advises private equity companies on the entire investment value chain, and Rainer Traugott, who acts at the corporate law interface. The team’s industry expertise was strengthened with the additions of Alexander Rieger (infrastructure) from Hogan Lovells International LLP in May 2023 and Carsten Loll (real estate) from Linklaters in October 2022; both joined with a team of associates. Transaction expert Stephan Hufnagel made partner in January 2023, while M&A expert Stefan Widder joined Gleiss Lutz in September 2023.
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'Wide range of experience and expertise; Strong ability to process cross-border transactions. '
'Extremely competent, reliable and always able to bring in very competent colleagues from other countries.'
'Burc Hesse is an extremely experienced and commercially minded lawyer who thinks and acts in the interests of his clients.'
'Strong PE practice; very high quality standard. Always commercial, practical and solution-oriented advice.'
'Rainer Traugott, Oliver Felsenstein, Stephan Hufnagel are all prime examples of an excellent consultant.'
Key clients
- Activant Capital
- Advent
- Apollo
- Ardian
- Bregal Unternehmerkapital
- CVC Capital Partners (CVC)
- DBAG
- DPE Deutsche Private Equity
- EMZ Partners
- Global Infrastructure Partners / KKR
- HANNOVER Finanz
- Hg
- IK Partners
- L Catterton
- Oakley Capital
- OMERS
- PAI Partners
- Partners Group
- Perusa Partners
- TA Associates
Work highlights
- Advising Advent International on the establishment of a global joint venture for technical high-performance polymers with the specialty chemicals group LANXESS.
- Advised Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) & KKR in connection with a strategic partnership with Vodafone to invest in Vantage Towers, a telecommunications tower company in Europe.
- Advising Apollo Global Management on a €1 billion structured/preferred equity investment in a portfolio of high-quality residential properties held by Vonovia and valued at €3.3 billion.
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Burc Hesse