Chris Freitag is an associate in the Munich office of Latham & Watkins.

Chris practices in the firm’s Corporate Department and focuses on advising corporations and financial investors on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and general corporate law.

He studied law in Goettingen and completed his legal training inter alia in the corporate departments of international law firms in Frankfurt and New York. 

Chris’ experience includes advising:

  • Allianz Capital Partners on the creation of a joint venture with Telefónica
  • Antin Infrastructure Partners on the sale of its majority stake in amedes Group
  • Apera Asset Management on the financing of the acquisition of Factor Eleven GmbH by Armira Investment Holding
  • Ardian on:
    • The acquisition of a majority stake in LIFTKET
    • The acquisition of Swissbit Holding AG and its subsidiaries
  • Bitly on the acquisition of Egoditor
  • Bosch on the sale of its security and communications technology product business
  • Chequers Capital on:
    • The acquisition of Nayak-LM
    • The sale of Wörner Group to DCC
  • Deutsche Beteiligungs AG on the extension of its investment in Solvares Group
  • DBAG Funds on sale of shares in Solvares
  • DPE Deutsche Private Equity on €708 million DPE Continuation Fund I
  • EMZ Partners on:
    • Sale of Simon Hegele to Nippon Express Holdings (together with further stakeholders)
    • The acquisition of a majority stake in Aspire Education Group
    • The acquisition of a minority stake in Wishcard
    • The acquisition of a significant minority participation in celebrate company
    • The participation in Ankerkraut GmbH
  • Equistone on:
    • The acquisition of a majority stake in Plutona Acquisition AG
    • The sale of Oikos Group to Goldman Sachs
  • Heramba in: 
    • The business combination with Project Energy Reimagined Acquisition Corp.
    • Its acquisition of Kiepe Elextric
  • Oakley Capital on a continuation fund transaction to extend its partnership with IU Group
  • Partners Group on the sale of Hofmann Menü
  • RENK on a private placement of shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
  • TASKING on the acquisition of iSYSTEM
  • Waterland on the acquisition of Leupold and Schneller 

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

Education

  • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Braunschweig, 2019
  • First German State Exam, University of Goettingen, 2016

Languages Spoken

  • German
  • English