Heiko Gotsche

Dr. Gotsche's representative experience includes advising:

Private M&A

• 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
• Deutsche Bank and Orchard Global Asset Management on the sale of HIT Holzindustrie to Mercer International
• Bayer on the €2 billion sale of its majority stake in Chempark operator Currenta to Macquarie (MIRA)*
• VR Equitypartner on the sale of e-commerce sanitary specialist MEGABAD to FSN Capital
• Paragon on various transactions, including the:
  • acquisition of KME Special
  • acquisition of Castolin*
  • sale of NovumIP to Questel*
  • deSPAC of cunova
• Just Spices on its sale to Kraft Heinz
• METRO AG on various transactions, including the sale of METRO China to Wumei and the sale of its IT business unit to Wipro Limited*
• Worth Capital on its investment in Deutsche ReGas
• DBAG on the:
  • investment in freiheit.com
  • acquisition of Kraft & Bauer*
  • acquisition of congatec*
• Permira/Lowell on the acquisitions of Tesch Group and IS Group Management*
• Accenture on various transactions including the acquisitions of Mackevision, designaffairs, Zielpuls, and SALT Solutions*
• GEA on the sale of compressor manufacturer GEA Bock*
• Grünenthal on the acquisition of Adhesys Medical Group*
• ZF Friedrichshafen on various transactions, including the:
  • carve-out of its global electronic interfaces product line
  • sale of its computer input devices business unit Cherry*
• Uniper on the contemplated development and joint venture operation of an LNG terminal
• Apollo on the acquisition of TAG Immobilien and the joint venture with Rickmers shipping*
• Tengelmann on the reorganisation of its business in Eastern Europe*

Public M&A

• Centerview on the takeover of MDAX-listed Morphosys AG (ongoing)
• NYSE-listed client on the contemplated takeovers of two DAX40 companies (share-for-share)
• Strategic investor on the contemplated takeover of a competitor (construction industry)
• Rolls-Royce on the takeover of Tognum*
• Dürr on the takeover of HOMAG*
• Sky on the takeover of Sky Deutschland*
• LEG on the contemplated takeover by Deutsche Wohnen*
• IPO of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank*
• Porsche SE on its €5 billion public rights offering and the integration of the Porsche business into VW AG*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham