Latham & Watkins Advises Commerz Real on Acquisition of Stake in Amprion

Latham & Watkins LLP has advised Commerz Real on acquiring an indirect stake in the transmission system operator Amprion for its investment fund Klimavest. Klimavest’s stake in M31 Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. Energie KG amounts to approximately 6%, corresponding to an indirect share of about 4.5% in Amprion. Seller of the shares is Ärztliche Beteiligungsgesellschaft S.A., which remains the largest shareholder of M31 even after the sale.

Latham & Watkins has previously advised on several transactions related to M31 and Amprion and possesses extensive experience in the field of power grid transactions.

The Latham team was led by Frankfurt infrastructure M&A partners Alexander Stefan Rieger and Leif Schrader, and associate Joscha Müller. Advice was also provided on corporate matters by Frankfurt associate Janina Kirschner, with Düsseldorf associates Juan Garcia Jacobsen and Alexander Belk; on finance matters by Frankfurt associate André Traute; on antitrust matters by Frankfurt partner Max Hauser, with associate Enno Mensching; on tax matters by Hamburg partner Tobias Klass; and on regulatory matters by Frankfurt counsel Joachim Grittmann, with associate Maxim Glusdak.