Dr. Ingo Strauss, partner in the Düsseldorf office of Latham & Watkins, draws on more than 20 years of experience advising clients on cross-border and domestic M&A and corporate transactions.

Ingo advises German and international clients on M&A transactions, including joint ventures, and private equity, as well as on corporate law matters, including carve-outs, spinoffs, and other reorganizations. 

Leading legal publications, including JUVE and Chambers, rank him as a leading M&A lawyer, describing him as one of the most active transactional lawyers in Germany.

Ingo is a member of the German Association for Corporate and Company Law (VGR) and of the curatorship of the Foundation Deutsche Sporthilfe, an organization supporting the German Olympic team.

Ingo’s representative experience includes advising:

 

  • Aurelius on the sale of VAG  
  • Bayer on various transactions, including:
    • Sale of its majority stake in Chempark operator Currenta*
    • Acquisition of US biopharmaceutical company AskBio*
  • Deutsche Beteiligungs AG on various transactions, including:
    • Sale of Abbelen
    • Acquisition of Kraft & Bauer*
    • Acquisition of congatec*
    • Acquisition of mageba*
    • Acquisition of duagon*
  • EQT on the sale of Kabel BW to Liberty Global*
  • GEA on the carve-out and sale of compressor manufacturer GEA Bock*
  • Groupe Le Duff on the acquisition of Kamps*
  • Henkel on the acquisition of Seal for Life
  • Hochtief on various transactions, including:
    • Spinoff and sale of its facility management business*
    • Carve-out and sale of its offshore business*
    • Carve-out and sale of its property management business*
  • Körber AG on carve-out and sale of its grinding division*
  • METRO on various transactions, including:
    • Carve-out and sale of its majority stake in METRO China to Wumei*
    • Implementation of IT partnership with Wipro*
  • Paragon Partners on various transactions, including:
    • De-SPAC of cunova
    • Acquisition of Castolin Eutectic from Messer Group*
    • Sale of NovumIP to Questel*
  • Permira/GFKL on various transactions, including:
    • Acquisition of Tesch Inkasso*
    • Acquisition of IS*
  • RWE and EON on its joint sale of their participations in Enovos S.A.*
  • RWE and innogy on transactions in the energy sector*
  • SK Innovation on its EV battery joint venture with Conti*
  • SPIE on various transactions, including:
    • Acquisition of Otto LSE
    • Acquisition of ICG Group
    • Acquisition of BridgingIT
    • Acquisition of Dürr
    • Acquisition of ROBUR Industry Services Group GmbH
  • ZF Friedrichshafen on various transactions, including:
    • Carve-out and sale of its electronic interfaces business
    • Carve-out and sale of its computer input devices business unit Cherry*
    • Acquisition of the wind turbine business from Bosch Rexroth*

 

 

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

Education

  • Doctorate of Law, University of Cologne, 2005
  • Second State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Cologne, 2005
  • First State Exam, University of Cologne, 2002