People
Dr. Matthias Horn
Biography
Matthias focuses on M&A, complex reorganizations and corporate law matters.
Corporate clients, financial sponsors, banks and financial services providers turn to him for his broad and in-depth experience in domestic and international M&A transactions, including complex domestic and cross-border auctions and strategic disposals and acquisitions, including auctions, bilateral transactions, joint ventures, carve-outs, add-on as well as buy-out transactions.
He regularly works with major clients on transactions in a variety of sectors, including financial services, mobility, chemicals, professional services, technology and others.
In addition, complex and multi-jurisdictional carve-outs and corporate reorganizations and structural measures – particularly in the financial services sector – are at the heart of his practice, including mergers, spin-offs, split-offs as well as inbound and outbound cross-border mergers and transformations covering various European jurisdictions.
Matthias heads our German Financial Institutions sector group and is recognized by independent publications such as IFLR1000, Juve, Handelsblatt and Wirtschaftswoche as leading practitioner for M&A, PE, corporate law and restructuring in Germany.
Practice areas
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
- Corporate and M&A
- Corporate reorganizations
- Public company advisory and corporate governance
- Private equity
- Emerging markets finance
Sectors
- Financial institutions
- Banks
- Automotive
- Private equity
- Consumer and retail
- Chemicals
Selected experience
- A multinational financial institution on the acquisition of assets of the European acquiring and issuing business from insolvent Wirecard group.
- Converge Technology Solutions, a listed international IT solutions provider, on its European market entry and numerous M&A transactions in Germany.
- House of HR, a leading European provider of specialized talent solutions and engineering and consulting provider, on numerous acquisitions in the German market.
- Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen on the acquisition of Dexia Kommunalbank.
- A subsidiary of a multinational financial institution on the acquisition of MCE Bank from Mitsubishi.
- A public petroleum and natural gas company on the establishment of a global joint venture with German stock-listed Lanxess for synthetic rubber valued at EUR 2.75bn and the subsequent buy-out of Lanxess making ARLANXEO a 100% subsidiary of the petroleum and natural gas company.
- Volkswagen Financial Service AG on a European-wide reorganization project involving more than 15 jurisdictions (Project Panda).
Education
- Dr iur. University of Würzburg, Germany, 2006
- LL.M., The University of Chicago, USA, 2003
- Second German Law Degree, 2002
- First German Law Degree, 2000
Admissions
- Member, German-American Lawyers Association (DAJV)
- Member, Academic Association for Business and Corporate Law (VGR)
- Founding member, University of Chicago Law School Alumni Germany e.V.
Languages
- German
- English