Jacob Ahme is an associate in Latham & Watkins' Hamburg office. He practices in the firm’s Corporate Department, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and general corporate law.
Profile
Experience
Mr. Ahme’s recent experience includes advising:
Private Equity
- Bregal on the acquisition of legal software business STP from Hg
- Blackbird Ventures on:
- Its reinvestment in n3k Informatik
- The sale of its stake in Cygna Labs
- Capvis on:
- The sale of Capvis III assets (arena, hessnatur, Kaffee Partner) to a €230 million continuation vehicle
- A strategic partnership with Project A
- EQT / OMERS on the acquisition of Deutsche Glasfaser Group from KKR
- H.I.G. Capital on the sale of DSD - Duales System Holding (Der Grüne Punkt)
- Lindsay Goldberg on the acquisition of Bilcare Research Group
- One Rock Capital Partners on the acquisition of Prefere Resins Group
- Platinum Equity on the acquisition of The Leaders Roman Group
- Partners Group on the acquisition of Schleich Group
- Rockaway Capital on the acquisition of Bringmeister GmbH
- The Carlyle Group on the sale of exocad Global Holdings GmbH to Align Technology
Corporate M&A
- Körber AG on:
- The acquisition of enVista’s omnichannel and global freight audit and payment services
- The sale of a minority stake in its supply chain software business to KKR
- Its bid on Bosch Packaging
- The acquisition of highjump Inc.
- ZF Friedrichshafen on:
- The acquisition of WABCO
- The sale of the global Body Control Systems Business to Luxshare
- Aliaxis S.A. on:
- The sale of its ceramics business
- The sale of Rheinhütte Pumps to ITT Inc.
- Keysight Technologies on:
- The acquisition of Nordsys
- The acquisition of MICRAM Microelectronic
- SERgroup on the sale of a majority stake to The Carlyle Group
- Prüftechnik Dieter Busch AG on the sale of the group to Fluke Corporation
- Cheplapharm on the acquisition of a pharmaceutical portfolio from Takeda
- SoftwareONE on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in the IT service provider COMPAREX
Venture Capital
- Trade Republic on:
- Its US$900 million Series C financing
- Its US$300 million Series C Extension financing
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
- Rechtsanwalt (Germany)
Education
- LLM, Columbia Law School, 2018
James Kent Scholar - Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Hamburg, 2017
- First German State Exam, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, 2014
Languages Spoken
- German
- English
Practices
News & Insights
January 5, 2023
Our Work
Firm represents longstanding client on sale of shares in leading textiles manufacturer.
August 11, 2022
Our Work
Latham & Watkins Advises H.I.G. Capital on Sale of Der Grüne Punkt
A team led by corporate partner Otto von Gruben H.I.G. Capital on the sale of Germany’s first dual system to provide nationwide collection of used sales packages beneficial for the consumer.
June 3, 2022
Our Work
April 19, 2022
Our Work