Latham & Watkins Advises DBAG Fund VIII on Investment in freiheit.com

Latham & Watkins LLP advised DBAG Fund VIII on its investment in freiheit.com technologies GmbH (freiheit.com), a fast-growing software engineering company. In a management buyout, DBAG Fund VIII, advised by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, will acquire the majority of the shares from the company’s two founding shareholders. The founders will continue to hold a minority stake in freiheit.com and manage the company. Consummation of the purchase agreement is subject to approval by the competent antitrust authorities; closing is scheduled for the end of the year.

The Latham team was led by Düsseldorf partner Ingo Strauss, with partner Heiko Gotsche, associates Katharina Intfeld, Florian Feistle, Juan Garcia Jacobsen, Ivo Wanwitz, Munich associate Stephan Hufnagel, and London associate Felix Gasten. Advice was also provided on intellectual property matters by Frankfurt partner Susan Kempe-Müller, associates Pia Sösemann and Daniela Jaeger; on regulatory matters by counsel Thies Deike; on data security matters by Frankfurt associate Wolf-Tassilo Böhm; on employment matters by Munich associates Kristina Steckermeier and Christian Strauß; and on tax matters by partner Stefan Süß, counsel Ulf Kieker, and Hamburg associate Simon Pommer.