Public M&A-Transactions

• Lenders on the public takeover offer of NEXUS AG by TA Associates
• EQS on the tender offer by Thoma Bravo*
• XXXLutz on the public takeover offer for home24 SE*
• TPG on the tender offer for Studio Babelsberg AG*
• Carlyle on the voluntary public takeover offer for Schaltbau HoldingAG*
• CPPIB on a €500+ million co-investment in the public takeover offer and the delisting offer for Axel Springer by KKR*
• Hyundai on the acquisition of Sixt SE’s entire shareholding in Sixt Leasing SE, and the voluntary public takeover offer for all remaining shares in Sixt Leasing SE*
• Hellman & Friedman LLC and Blackstone Group L.P. on the public tender offer for Scout24*
• ZF Friedrichshafen on the acquisition of NASDAQ listed global automotive supplier WABCO*
• Various financial sponsors on attempted takeovers for listed companies, including Suse, zooplus, GK Software and Gerresheimer (targets publicly known subject to takeover attempts)*

Private Transactions

• CWT on its merger with Amex GBT in a $570 million transaction as well as in the carve-out and divesture of CWT’s German business
• 908 Devices on the sale of its bioprocessing PAT device portfolio to Repligen Corporation
• Moody’s on the acquisition of Cape Analytics and the subsequent integration of the German businesses
• TeamViewer on its $720 million Acquisition of 1E
• Bregal Unternehmerkapital on the sale of MEDIA Central and the reinvestment of the combined group of MEDIA Central and Flipp
• Bregal Unternehmerkapital on the acquisition of a minority stake in Hettich Group
• Founders and shareholders of NASH Renewables on their exit to TOTAL Energies*
• EMERAM Capital on transactions forming the ace Group*
• Nordic Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in corpuls*
• Francisco Partners on the acquisition of Brainworx and Plugin Alliance by its portfolio companies Native Instruments and iZotope*
• Macquarie Capital on the sale of Business Keeper AG to EQS Group AG*
• Brookfield Asset Management on the bidding process for the Flender division of Siemens AG*
• TeamViewer on a five-year contract as new partner and shirt sponsor of Manchester United*
• EMZ Partners on the acquisition of a significant minority participation in celebrate company*
• Platinum Equity on the acquisition of Biscuit International from Qualium Investissement*
• Brookfield Asset Management on the bidding process for the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG*
• Scout24 on the sale of its AutoScout24 platform to Hellman & Friedman*
• Centerbridge Partners LP on the bidding process for Erwin Hymer Group*
• Cerner Corporation on the sale of a part of the IT healthcare business to CompuGroup*
• Callaway Golf on the acquisition of Jack Wolfskin*
• DuMont on the sale of Hamburger Morgenpost and Mitteldeutsche Zeitung media group*

Energy & Infrastructure

• RWE on the lignite phase out*
• Allianz Capital Partners on the creation of the joint venture UGG (Unsere Grüne Glasfaser) with Telefónica*
• Igneo Infrastructure Partners on the sale of Ferngas Group to VKB*
• TOTAL on the sale of its shares in the joint venture GroßtanklagerÖlhafen Rostock to EUROPORTS*
• VNG on the acquisition of Gas-Union GmbH*

*Matters may have been completed prior to joining Paul Hastings