Matthias Horbach > Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP > Frankfurt, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
AN DER WELLE 3
60322 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Germany

Work Department

Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Markets

Position

Partner

Career

Dr. Matthias Horbach is head of Skadden’s German M&A practice, advising on complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions, inbound and outbound investments, corporate finance, and various other corporate transactions.

Mr. Horbach’s M&A work includes advising a broad range of clients, including industrial companies, private equity investment firms and investment banks, on acquisitions, dispositions, cross-border mergers, joint ventures and public takeover transactions. In the corporate finance area, he advises banks and borrowers in acquisition finance and other banking transactions. Mr. Horbach also represents clients in intragroup restructurings, corporate governance matters and other areas of corporate law, including negotiating major commercial agreements and assisting with respect to distressed and insolvent German corporations.

Memberships

  • Frankfurt am Main

Education

  • Dr. jur., University of Munich, 1996
  • Second State Exam, State of Bavaria, 1994
  • First State Exam, State of Bavaria, 1991
  • Studies in Göttingen, Heidelberg and Munich

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Corporate and M&A > M&A

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP‘s client base includes large international corporations, financial institutions and listed German companies, which the team assists with large acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures, primarily with a US connection and often entailing cross-border aspects. Practice head Matthias Horbach acts in various transactions including cross-border mergers, joint ventures and public takeovers and is particularly active in the banking sector. Holger Hofmeister and Jan Bauer have expertise in private equity and M&A.