Helena Kunigunde Schau-Tong Hofmann

Her representative experience includes advising:

• Apollo Global Management on its US$1 billion investment in Vonovia Portfolio
• Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., a global sports and entertainment company, in several transactions including the: 
  • Sale of Professional Bull Riders, On Location, and IMG to TKO Group
  • Sale of Frieze
  • Sale of Endeavor Streaming
  • Sale of On Location events
• Evolution Data Centres, a leading sustainable data centre platform in Southeast Asia, on a strategic investment by Zero Two, a digital infrastructure investment platform headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Fresenius on the sale of the majority of Vamed’s rehabilitation business to PAI Partners 
• Funds managed by BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital on the sale of a majority stake in ACTICO Group, a Germany-based provider of software solutions and technologies for decision management, to Keensight Capital
• Hg Capital on obtaining merger control and FDI clearances for its partnership with Scopevisio, a German-based provider of cloud-based business automation
• Allison Transmission in obtaining merger control and FDI clearances for its acquisition of Dana’s Off-Highway business, for approximately US$2.7 billion
• HPS Investment Partners on its investment in GardaWorld, valuing the business at C$13.5 billion
• One Rock Capital in its acquisition of Prefere Resins a Germany-based manufacturer of phenolic, specialty urea, and melamine resins
• PAI Partners on the 
  • Acquisition of Paracelsus rehab clinics 
  • Sale of majority stake in European Camping Group 
• Skydance Media on its merger with Paramount to form “Skydance Paramount Corporation” at an enterprise value of approximately US$28 billion
• SPIE, an independent European leader in multi-technical services in energy and communications, on several transactions including the: 
  • Acquisition of a majority stake in ICG Group, a Germany-based telecommunication infrastructure provider.
  • Acquisition of ROBUR Industry Service Group, a Germany-based industrial services company offering services across the full value chain
  • Acquisition of Otto LSE
• Swiss Life Asset Managers and Vauban Infrastructure Partners on obtaining antitrust clearance for the joint acquisition of WASCOSA group, a European railway wagon leasing company
• TA Associates, PSG, and Verdane on the sale of their portfolio company Hornetsecurity, a leading pan-European provider of AI-powered Microsoft 365 security, data protection, compliance, and security awareness services, by Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity and compliance company and a Thoma Bravo portfolio company
• The Carlyle Group on obtaining German merger clearance for its acquisition of AutoForm AG, a Swiss software firm, from PE firm Astorg
• Thermo Fisher Scientific on its US$3.1 billion acquisition of Olink, a leading provider of next-generation proteomics solutions (unconditional Phase II clearance in Germany)
• Triton Partners on the acquisition of Trench, the Germany-based high-voltage component business of Siemens Energy
• Warburg Pincus, a leading global growth investor, on its investment in Everise, a Singapore-based global healthcare services outsourcing company
• Mainova in: 
  • The joint venture between Mainova WebHouse and Tishman Speyer, a real estate developer and investment manager
  • The sale of its subsidiary Mainova WebHouse, a data center developer, to Blackrock
• Flender, a Carlyle portfolio company, on obtaining German antitrust clearance for the acquisition of wind turbine gearbox manufacturer Moventas
• Körber on the sale of its supply chain software business to KKR
• Southwest Critical Materials, a portfolio company of Kinterra Capital, on its acquisition of Nevada Copper, a leading copper mining company
• Private equity firms CVC, Hg Capital, SLP, The Carlyle, and LGP on obtaining FDI approval in multiple jurisdictions for several of their transactions