A standout player in the German M&A space, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP regularly advises on public and private M&A, carve-outs, take-privates, joint ventures, minority investments, and consortium deals. The practice benefits from the direction of Gerhard Schmidt, who counsels clients across the life sciences and healthcare, energy and infrastructure, financial services, and industrials sectors on high-end M&A, joint ventures, and corporate reorganisations, including distressed and special scenarios. M&A and corporate counsel Karsten Krumm joined the practice from White & Case LLP in February 2025.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The team is always responsive and produces top-quality deliverables in short timeframes.’
- ‘Christian Tappeiner is very knowledgeable, a pleasure to work with, and maintains admirable knowledge of our past deals.’
Key clients
- Advent International
- Lone Star
- Alterna Capital
- NRDC Equity Partners
- Oaktree Capital Management/LifeFit Group
- CFGI
- Astorg
- HIG Capital
- Imker Capital
- GP Joule
- Halozyme Therapeutics
- NWS Holding Ltd
Work highlights
Advised NRDC Equity Management Company on the acquisition of Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof following insolvency.
Advised Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. in its non-binding proposal to Evotec SE to acquire Evotec.
Advised Advent International on the sale of Aareon to TPG and CDPQ.
Practice head
Gerhard Schmidt
Other key lawyers
Christian Tappeiner; Barbara Jagersberger; Ansgar Wimber; Manuel-Peter Fringer; Florian Wessel; Andreas Fogel; Karsten Krumm