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Alexander Wüpper

Biography

Alexander has more than 15 years’ experience in M&A and corporate law.

He has broad experience in advising industrial corporations, private equity investors and banks. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate and capital markets work including takeover and securities law. The bulk of his work is cross border and multi-jurisdictional. He also advises regularly on matters relating to foreign direct investments. Alexander has particular expertise in leading large multi-jurisdictional teams in transactions of any nature. Over the years, he established himself as trusted advisor and is recognized as a leading expert in the field of M&A and corporate law in independent publications such as Handelsblatt , Best Lawyers and Wirtschaftswoche.

Practice areas

  • M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
  • Public company advisory and corporate governance
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Private equity

Sectors

  • Infrastructure and transport
  • Private equity
  • Life sciences and healthcare

Selected experience

  • Knorr-Bremse on the attempted EUR 8bn public tender offer for Hella.
  • ISRA Vision as target company of the EUR 1.1bn public tender offer launched by Atlas Copco and on the integration into the Atlas Copco Group, including the merger squeeze-out of minority shareholders.
  • DWS on the carve-out and disposal of its digital investment platform to a joint venture between DWS and BlackFin, including the post-closing outsourcing and service relationships between DWS and such joint venture.
  • Cerberus Capital Management as lead investor on the EUR1bn acquisition of HSH Nordbank by independent investors (JUVE Deal of the month).
  • Advent International on the EUR4bn sale of allnex Group to PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited ( PTTGC ) based in Bangkok.
  • A leading European multinational financial institution on the acquisition of the Equity Markets & Commodities (EMC) division of Commerzbank by way of an asset deal (JUVE Deal of the month).
  • Enovis, an innovation-driven, medical technology growth company, on the agreement to acquire LimaCorporateS.p.A. from EQT.
  • A global financial institution on the financing of the proposed acquisition of Software AG, a German multinational software corporation, by Silver Lake.
  • StoraEnso, a leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden construction and paper, on its 1bn acquisition of de Jong Packaging Group, one of the largest corrugated packaging producers in the Benelux countries.
  • Family-owned Franz Haniel& Cie GmbH on the sale of ELGHanielGmbH, one of the world's leading businesses in the trading, processing and recycling of raw materials for the stainless steelindustry as well as high-performance materials such as superalloys, to Luxembourg-based steel producer AperamS.A.

Admissions

  • Referendar, Germany, 2002
  • Assessor, Germany, 2006
  • Admitted as German Rechtsanwalt, 2006

Languages

  • German
  • English