Latham & Watkins LLP

Dr. Wessel Heukamp advises financial sponsors and corporate clients on complex transactions. He advises clients across a wide range of industries, with particular experience in insurance and other financial services.

Wessel draws on deep transactional experience and close relationships with key market participants to guide financial investors, private equity sponsors, and strategic corporates on high-stakes German and cross-border transactions involving:

• Public and private M&A
• Private equity buyouts and exits
• Corporate acquisitions and divestitures
• Strategic investments and joint ventures
• Insurance portfolio transactions and reorganizations

Wessel brings a nuanced understanding of regulatory frameworks to complex deal structures. He also leverages his close relationships with BaFin and other European regulators to help insurers, reinsurers, and financial investors navigate high-stakes matters.

Before joining Latham, Wessel was a partner at another global law firm. He is an honorary professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich.