Nicholas is a leading practitioner in M&A as well as corporate law, advising clients in connection with complex cross-border and domestic transactions and corporate reorganizations.
Nicholas takes a holistic and solutions-orientated approach to help clients navigating legal complexities and achieving their commercial goals.
Nicholas draws on substantial experience in advising both strategic and financial investors from various regions of the world with a specific track record on “public-to-private” – transactions. With a clear focus on clients’ priorities and a sense for creating alignment also among larger groups of different stakeholders, he is able to efficiently progress mandates through their whole life-cycle until successful completion.
Nicholas is a regular speaker at governance workshops for corporate leaders.
Nicholas is fluent in German and English.
- KKR on the taking-private of Axel Springer SE and in relation to the new corporate structure for Axel Springer SE.
- Lukas and Markus Stiftung on the reorganization of ALDI Nord.
- RWE on the financing of the acquisition of Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses, the issuance of a mandatory convertible note to a subsidiary of the Qatar Investment Authority and the signing of an investor agreement.
- Porsche SE on the IPO of Porsche AG.
- Stumpf Group and M+W Group, the direct and indirect shareholders of Exyte, on the sale of a significant minority interest to funds affiliated with BDT Capital Partners and the shareholders’ agreement for the future partnership.
- Nissan Motor on the sale of its entire stake in Daimler.
- London Stock Exchange on its proposed combination with Deutsche Börse.
- Wincor Nixdorf on its business combination with Diebold.
- Gagfah on its takeover by Deutsche Annington Immobilien (Vonovia).
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