Peter Klormann

Key M&A transactions:

• Advent International/Centerbridge Partners in connection with the voluntary public takeover offer for Aareal Bank, and its subsequent delisting, valuing its equity at €1.7 billion
• Apeiron Investment Group in its combined public cash takeover and delisting offer for DEAG Deutsche Entertainment and related shareholder agreements
• CTP on its combined exchange takeover offer and cash delisting offer to all shareholders of Deutsche Industrie REIT valuing its equity at approx. €800 million
• Covivio in its voluntary public takeover offer for all shares in Godewind Immobilien

• Deutsche Wohnen in its business combination with Vonovia by way of a public cash offer for all Deutsche Wohnen shares with a combined market cap of €45 billion
• Drillisch (now 1&1) on its €8 billion business combination with United Internet
• Goldman Sachs Bank Europe as financial advisor in several public M&A transactions, including for EQS Group in connection with an investment agreement with Thoma Bravo, including the submission of a public offer for all EQS shares
• GoStudent on its acquisition of Studienkreis from IK Partners
• Morgan Stanley Europe as financial advisor in several public M&A transactions, including for a consortium of funds led by Global Infrastructure Partners and KKR in a public tender offer for the outstanding freefloat and a strategic co-control partnership with Vodafone for Vantage Towers
• Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners on its joint venture with United Internet, a public cash takeover offer for all shares in Tele Columbus and its subsequent delisting, valuing Tele Columbus at approx. €1.8 billion
• Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners on the public takeover and subsequent delisting of VTG
• Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners on its public takeover offer for PNE
• TLG IMMOBILIEN on its €1.5 billion acquisition of a 15.0% stake in Aroundtown and the subsequent €25 billion business combination
• Softbank Group on its $5 billion equity share swap agreement and strategic partnership with Deutsche Telekom
• Viridium in connection with the acquisition of ownership of Viridium by a consortium including Allianz, BlackRock and T&D Holdings from Cinven valuing Viridium at EUR 3.5 billion (including debt)
• Zalando on its pending €1.1 billion voluntary public takeover offer to all shareholders of ABOUT YOU

Advice on financial regulatory matters and approval proceedings of the ECB, BaFin and other supervisory authorities:

• Advent International/Centerbridge Partners in connection with the voluntary public takeover offer for Aareal Bank, the first sponsor-led taking private of a German listed and regulated financial institution
• AXA in its pending sale of asset manager AXA Investment Managers, including AXA IM Germany, to BNP Paribas for a total estimated transaction value of €5.4 billion
• Centaurus Capital on the €1 billion acquisition of former HSH Nordbank (now Hamburg Commercial Bank) together with other financial investors, the first privatization of a German state-owned Landesbank
• Credit Suisse in its merger with UBS creating a combined business with over $5 trillion of invested assets
• Fiat Chrysler in its €50 billion business combination with Peugeot (forming Stellantis), including the respective banking groups (FCA Bank Deutschland, PSA Bank Deutschland)
• Fiserv on an internal group re-organization with respect to First Data, a licensed payment services provider in Germany
• Piper Sandler in its acquisition of Aviditi Capital Advisors, a financial advisory firm focused on private equity capital formation and liquidity solutions
• Underwriters of Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm DWS Group on the €1.4 billion IPO and listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
• Zalando in its pending acquisition of an indirect controlling interest in SCAYLE Payments, a licensed payment services provider in Germany

Advice on German FDI proceedings in sensitive sectors and critical infrastructure:

• Adecco Group in its acquisition of a majority stake in AKKA Technologies and subsequent tender offer representing €2 billion in enterprise value
• Axon Enterprise in its acquisition of drone defense company Dedrone
• Biotechnology company Amgen on its $28 billion acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics
• DigitalBridge (formerly Colony Capital) in its acquisition of AMP Capital’s global infrastructure equity investment management business
• CyrusOne on its $475 million acquisition of Zenium Data Centers, a leading large-scale data center provider in Europe
• Space and technology company OHB in connection with an investment agreement and partnership with KKR, including a voluntary public takeover offer by KKR for all outstanding shares of OHB
• Telecommunication corporation e& on its acquisition of a 15% stake and strategic partnership with Vodafone Group
• Vaccine developer SK Bioscience in its acquisition of a 60% majority stake of Germany-based vaccine manufacturer IDT Biologika and related utilities provider TEW for KRW 451 billion