Heiko Gotsche

Heiko’s representative experience includes advising on the following matters:

Private M&A

• Alat on the acquisition of a stake in TK Elevator and the establishment of a joint venture
• 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
• Lincoln International on the acquisition of TCG Corporate Finance
• Paragon on various transactions
• Shareholders on the sale of Just Spices to Kraft Heinz
• Shareholders on the sale of e-commerce sanitary specialist MEGABAD to FSN Capital
• Worth Capital on its investment in Deutsche ReGas
• DBAG on various transactions, including the investment in freiheit.com
• Permira/Lowell on various transactions, including the acquisition of Tesch Group*
• Accenture on various transactions, including the acquisition of Mackevision*
• 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
• Apollo on various transactions, including the joint venture with Rickmers*
• Tengelmann on the reorganization of its business in Eastern Europe*

Public M&A / Listed Clients

• KKR on its strategic partnership with MDAX-listed Encavis and implementation of a squeeze-out
• Centerview in connection with the takeover of MDAX-listed MorphoSys by Novartis
• A private equity investor on the delisting offer for its majority-held subsidiary
• GIP/KKR on the takeover of MDAX-listed Vantage Towers
• An NYSE-listed client on the contemplated takeovers of two DAX40 companies (share-for-share)
• Deutsche Bank on the sale of HIT Holzindustrie to Mercer International
• Bayer on the €3 billion sale of Currenta to Macquarie (MIRA)*
• METRO AG on various transactions including the sale of METRO China to Wumei*
• Dürr AG on the takeover of HOMAG*
• Sky on the takeover of Sky Deutschland*
• Rolls-Royce on the takeover of Tognum*
• IPO of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank*
• Porsche SE on its €5 billion public rights offering and the subsequent integration of the Porsche business into VW AG*
• Various strategic and financial investors on contemplated takeovers (bidder- and target-side)

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham