Mahmood KawanyMahmoodKawany
Partner, Private Equity
Mahmood Kawany is a partner in the Corporate Department of Paul Hastings and based in the firm’s Frankfurt office. He is admitted to practice in Germany as well as in England and Wales.
He focuses on M&A and private equity transactions. Mahmood advises corporate clients, private equity sponsors and other financial investors on complex domestic and cross-border transactions (including buyouts, growth and minority investments, joint ventures and corporate reorganizations).
Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Mahmood worked for an international German law firm and a high-end U.S. law firm in their private equity/M&A departments.
Higher Court of Nuremberg in Nuremberg, Germany, 2 State Exam, 2018
Friedrich-Alexander Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, 1 State Exam, 2016
Bregal Unternehmerkapital on various add-on acquisitions of Communardo Group
Bregal Unternehmerkapital on the sale of (and reinvestment in) MEDIA Central Group
- Recognized as “One to Watch” for Private Equity Law in Germany by Best Lawyers and
Handelsblatt (2026)
- “We worked with Christopher and Mahmood, both of whom delivered outstanding work. (…) Mahmood assisted us with the transaction and distinguished himself through his one hundred percent commitment and excellent client service,”
Legal 500, 2026
„Der Brexit naht – Umgang mit englischen Limiteds in Deutschland”, Cash-Online, Co-author
2020
„Kauf bricht nicht Miete“ – auch bei Transaktionen mit Sprungauflassung?”, ZfIR, p. 832 et seqq., Author
2019
„§ 179a AktG – Systematische Darstellung der analogen Anwendbarkeit und Betrachtung aus der Transaktionspraxis”, p. 687 et seqq. Co-author
2018
Secondment
London (2023)
Bavaria, Second State Exam (2018)