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Baker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie

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Germany • Corporate and M&A

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M&A

Baker McKenzie has a longstanding reputation for advising on acquisitions, carve-outs, private equity exits, and auction processes. The team also supports the financing aspects of public takeover offers and provides ongoing support in transactions involving listed companies and compliance-driven contexts. The practice is co-led by Christian Atzler, who is frequently instructed on M&A, corporate, and joint venture transactions, and Berthold Hummel, who focuses on private equity and venture capital matters, particularly in the biotech and life sciences sectors. Richard Raoul Stefanink, known for his expertise in M&A, co-investments, and restructurings, was recently promoted to partner, while Andreas Lohner has left the team. \n \n 
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Testimonials

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  • 'Baker McKenzie's approach is extra sharp, pragmatic where needed and fast, allowing clients to excel on the transactions they pursue.'
  • 'We turn to Dirk Horcher for his deep understanding of public M&A. His connections to all relevant players in the market are excellent. In particular, he knows our key requirements inside out and hence is able to contribute particular value on all transactions.'

Key clients

  • UBE Corporation
  • Global New Material International Holdings Limited
  • Centric Software Inc.
  • BNP Paribas
  • Knorr-Bremse AG
  • UBS Europe SE
  • Instalco AB
  • KD Pharma Group
  • Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma
  • ServiceNow, Inc.
  • Grundfos
  • Vinci Energies Europe East GmbH

Work highlights

Advised UBE Corporation on the purchase and acquisition of the URE business from Lanxess Deutschland GmbH for an enterprise value of €500m.
Advised GNMI on the acquisition of Merck KGaA's global surface solution business for €665m.
Advised Centric Software on the acquisition of CONTENTSERV Group.
Practice head

Christian Atzler; Berthold Hummel

Other key lawyers

Richard Raoul Stefanink; Johannes Baumann; Julia Braun; Daniel Dehghanian; Barbara Deilmann; Holger Engelkamp; Thomas Gilles; Dirk Horcher; Florian Kästle; Jakub Lorys; Tino Marz; Jon Marcus Meese; Thorsten Seidel; Katharina Stüber; Christian Vocke; Peter Wand; Christoph Wolf