People
Andreas Piepers
Biography
Andreas advises public and private companies, private equity sponsors, and financial institutions on a wide range of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.
He frequently leads transactions involving carve-outs, reorganizations and other complex deal dynamics, and is relied upon by clients for pragmatic execution and efficient deal management.
Based in New York, Andreas is dually qualified in New York and Germany and regularly advises on international transactions. He brings in-depth experience with both US and European M&A practice, advising clients on transaction execution, governing law considerations and cultural dynamics in cross-border transactions.
Practice areas
- Corporate and M&A
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
- Private equity
- Tech transactions
Sectors
- Automotive
- Financial institutions
- Industrials and manufacturing
- Private capital
- Technology
- Private equity
Selected experience
- Macquarie Asset Management on its $1.8 billion sale of its North American and European public investments business to Nomura.
- MetLife, Inc. on its up to $1.2 billion acquisition of the PineBridge Investments business from Pacific Century Group.
- Raytheon Technologies Corporation on its divestiture of Raytheon Anschütz GmbH.
- TELUS Corporation on its $350 million acquisition of Workplace Options.
- TELUS International (Cda) Inc. on several cross-border transactions, including: - The $1.225 billion acquisition of WillowTree. - The acquisition of Playment. - The $935 million acquisition of the Artificial Intelligence Business of Lionbridge. - The $1 billion acquisition of Competence Call Center Group.
- Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited on its $1.4 billion divestiture of the Crum & Forster Pet Insurance Business to JAB Holding Company.
- American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. on its €125 million acquisition of the Tekfor Group.
- Pierpont Capital Holdings LLC on its $600 million acquisition by Santander Holdings USA, Inc.
- Glatfelter Corporation on several transactions, including: - The acquisition of Georgia Pacific’s European Nonwovens Business and the subsequent acquisition of the US Nonwovens Business. - The divestiture of its Specialty Paper business to Lindsay Goldberg.
- Intapp, Inc. on its cross-border acquisition of OnePlace Holdings Pte. Ltd. and in its acquisition of DealCloud, Inc.
Education
- LL.B., Bucerius Law School, 2008
- LL.M., University of Chicago, 2012
Admissions
- Germany, 2012
- New York, 2013
Languages
- English
- German