Dr. Ingo Strauss, partner in the Düsseldorf office of Latham & Watkins, draws on more than 15 years of experience advising clients on cross-border and domestic M&A transactions, and corporate law matters. 

Dr. Strauss advises German and international clients on M&A transactions, including public and private M&A, and private equity, as well as on corporate law and sports-related matters.

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.

Dr. Ingo Strauss is a member of several associations, including the German Association for Corporate and Company Law (VGR).

Dr. Strauss’ representative experience includes advising: 

Corporate M&A

  • Bayer on various transactions, including:
    • Sale of its majority stake in Chempark operator Currenta*
    • Acquisition of US biopharmaceutical company AskBio*
  • GEA on the carve-out and sale of compressor manufacturer GEA Bock*
  • Groupe Le Duff on the acquisition of Kamps*
  • Grünenthal on the acquisition of Adhesys Medical Group*
  • Hochtief on various transactions, incl.:
    • Carve-out 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*
  • 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 BridgingIT
    • Acquisition of Dürr
    • Acquisition of Osmo*
    • Acquisition of Lück*
  • 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*

Private Equity

  • Avedon Capital Partners on various transactions, including:   
    • Acquisition of Altendorf*       
    • Acquisition of Hebrock*   
  • Deutsche Beteiligungs AG on various transactions, including:
    • Acquisition of freiheit.com
    • Sale of DNS:Net*
    • Acquisition of congatec*
    • Acquisition of duagon*
    • Acquisition of Kraft & Bauer*       
    • Sale of R&M*
    • Acquisition of mageba*
  • EQT on the sale of Kabel BW to Liberty Global*
  • Established/Ares on acquisition of Blaupunkt
  • Paragon Partners on various transactions, including:
    • Acquisition of majority interest in KME Special
    • 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*
  • Ufenau Capital Partners on various transactions including the acquisition of Kruppert*

Sports

  • Int. investors in connection with investments in Bundesliga clubs, in particular in relation to the 50+1 rule
  • International investor in connection with the acquisition of a European football club
  • International investor in connection with investment in professional sports league
  • DFL on various matters, including:
    • Investment of Jordanian investor in 1860 Munich*
    • Joint venture with Deltatre on match data gathering and commercialization*
    • Further transactional, corporate, and media right matters*

*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