Joerg Ruff

Public M&A-Transactions

Lenders to the public takeover offer of PSI Software SE by Warburg Pincus.
Lenders to 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.
Carlyle on the voluntary public takeover offer for Schaltbau Holding.
CPPIB on a €500 million-plus 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 and the voluntary public takeover offer for all remaining shares in Sixt Leasing.
Hellman & Friedman and Blackstone Group on the public tender offer for Scout24.
ZF Friedrichshafen on the acquisition of NASDAQ listed global automotive supplier WABCO.
Financial sponsors or strategic bidders on attempted takeovers for listed companies, including Suse, zooplus, GK Software, Gerresheimer and About You (targets publicly known subject to takeover attempts).

Private Transactions

ITT on its acquisition of SPX Flow for $4.7 billion.
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.
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 to EQS Group.
Brookfield Asset Management on the bidding process for the Flender division of Siemens.
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.
Scout24 on the sale of its AutoScout24 platform to Hellman & Friedman.
Centerbridge Partners on the bidding process for Erwin Hymer Group.
Cerner 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.

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