Alexander Pfeifer is an associate in the Düsseldorf office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department.

Alexander advises German and international companies and financial investors on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, as well as on corporate law.

Alexander studied law at the University of Cologne. Prior to joining Latham, he worked in the Düsseldorf office of another major law firm in its corporate/M&A department. 

Alexander’s experience includes advising:

Public M&A / Listed Clients

  • Worthington Steel on the public takeover of Klöckner & Co
  • KKR on its strategic partnership with Encavis AG and implementation of a squeeze-out
  • GIP and KKR on the strategic partnership with Vodafone to invest in Vantage Towers
  • Bank of America acting as financial advisor to Telefónica in the acquisition by Telefónica of a minority stake in Telefónica Deutschland Holding
  • QIAGEN N.V on the planned public takeover by Thermo Fisher Scientific*
  • Hyundai Capital Bank Europe GmbH on its acquisition of Sixt Leasing SE*
  • Volkswagen on its disposal of its stake in RENK AG*

Private M&A

  • Eldridge Industries on its €150 million investment in Isar Aerospace
  • Fresenius on the sale of the majority of Vamed’s rehabilitation business to PAI Partners
  • Advent on a €6.2 billion joint venture with LANXESS and joint acquisition of DSM Engineering Materials
  • Authentic Brands Group on the US$2.5 billion acquisition of Reebok from Adidas
  • Wintershall Dea on:
    • The sale of its stake in WIGA
    • The separation of its global E&P activities
  • Keppel Infrastructure Trust on 45% acquisition of solar portfolio from Enpal
  • Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP) on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in maincubes
  • Worth Capital on its investment in Deutsche ReGas
  • Bregal Unternehmerkapital LP on the acquisition of medavis GmbH
  • Vodafone Group on the carve-out of its European tower business and the initial public offering of Vantage Towers AG*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham 

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

Education

  • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Cologne
  • First German State Exam, University of Cologne