Matthias practice is focused on M&A and PE across a broad range of business sectors, including technology, industrials and infrastructure.
Matthias has more than 18 years of experience in advising on M&A, Joint Ventures and growth investments. He is a widely recognized expert for Public M&A and has advised bidders, targets and banks in several high-profile takeover situations.
Latest Insights
- Teachers Retirement System of Texas on the Exit of its Investment in Oldenburgische Landesbank AG by way of a complex dual-track process
- Mercedes-Benz inter alia on the cooperation with E.ON for the establishment of the new Europe-wide Mercedes-Benz charging network*
- J.P.Morgan inter alia in connection with Schaeffler AG’s voluntary public acquisition offer to the shareholders of Vitesco Technologies Group Aktiengesellschaft*
- Goldman Sachs on the consortium alongside Advent, Centerbridge, CPPIB and LGT Group to launch a take-private offer for Aareal Bank AG*
- PPF Group on the acquisition of a 9.10% stake in listed media company ProSiebenSat 1 Media SE*
- KKR-backed GfK SE on the transatlantic business combination with Advent-backed NielsenIQ*
- Armira Investment Holding on the acquisition of Factor Eleven GmbH*
- Verdane Capital inter alia on its investments in momox, Hornetsecurity and Smava*
- Nexi Group Concardis on the acquisition of orderbird AG, a POS-software solutions provider for the hospitality sector*
- Alder AB on various DACH investments*
- Monterro on its sale of Hypergene, a SaaS company in North Europe for corporate performance management in Sweden, Norway and Germany*
- Mercedes-Benz AG inter alia on the acquisition of British electric motor specialist YASA Ltd.*
- Software company Hornetsecurity on the acquisition of IT Seal GmbH*
- Battery Ventures inter alia on the public takeover offer for EASY Software AG, the add-on acquisition of GIS software company Geocom for its portfolio company AED-SICAD and the acquisition of laboratory solutions producer Bernd Kraft GmbH*
- Lime Technologies AB, a Swedish based provider of digital products for customer care and sales, on the acquisition of Userlike*
- Open banking platform provider Tink on its acquisition of FinTechSystems*
- Danish PE fund CataCap on a German investment.*
- Stora Enso on the carve-out of its German paper mill business*
- Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj on the reorganization of the ownership of its Decor business*
- Basalt Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of goetel GmbH and German Network Construction GmbH*
- Lanxess on the sale of its 40% stake in the chemical park operator Currenta to funds managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets*
- Clariant inter alia on the sale of its health care packaging business to Arsenal Capital and on the public takeover of Süd-Chemie AG from One Equity Partners*
- Allen & Company in connection with KKR’s public takeover offer to buy out Axel Springer SE’s shareholders*
- Dual-listed Aixtron, the target company, on the lapsed takeover by the Chinese financial investor Fujian Grand Chip Investment*
- The management board of Germany’s leading wine retailer HAWESKO Holding AG, the target company, in connection with the unsolicited public takeover bid by TOCOS Beteiligung GmbH as well as the search for a White Knight*
*Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland
- Matthias is regularly listed as one of the leading M&A lawyers in Germany in various publications and legal directories (Juve, MergerLinks Top 10 M&A Anwälte in DACH, Handelsblatt, Kanzleimonitor)
- Alumni Konrad Adenauer Foundation
- Second State Exam, Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein
- Dr. jur, University Hamburg
- First State Exam, University of Hamburg
- LL.M., University of Hull