Linklaters handles a high volume of private equity employment transactions and restructurings, often acting for real estate funds in relation to management buyouts and pension buyouts. A core practice area strength for the team is pension schemes advice, for which team leader René Döring is notable, leading the firm’s pensions practice. Matthew Devey is a standout contact for private equity employment transactions more generally, as well as regulated remuneration system issues. Timon Grau left the firm to join Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law in August 2025.
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Key clients
- Uniper
- TPG Europe LLP und GIC
- Carrier Global Corporation
- Pelikan
- Montagu
- PKDW | Pensionskasse für die Deutsche Wirtschaft
- Allianz Direct
- Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE
- HUK Coburg
- PRIMARK Mode Ltd & Co. KG
Work highlights
Advised TPG Europe LLP und GIC on the acquisition of the Techem Group by Partners Group and co-investors CDPQ and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan for €6.7 billion.
Advising Carrier on comprehensive employment and pension law matters globally, including M&A transactions such as the US$775 million sale of its refrigeration business to Haier and the US$3 billion sale of its fire business to Lone Star Funds.
Advised Pelikan on the sale of the real estate fund business as part of a management buyout.
Practice head
René Döring
Other key lawyers
Matthew Devey