Julian Traub is an associate in the Executive Compensation, Employment & Benefits Practice in the Munich office of Latham & Watkins.

Julian primarily handles individual and collective employment relations. He advises German and international clients on employment law matters in the context of restructurings and downsizings, as well as M&A and private equity transactions.

Prior to joining the firm as an associate, he studied law in Passau and Münster. He completed his legal training in the Executive Compensation, Employment & Benefits Practice of Latham & Watkins in Munich, and previously worked in the employment and benefits department of another international law firm.

Julian’s experience includes advising:

  • Bregal Unternehmerkapital on the sale of stp.one to Septeo
  • Capitol Meridian Partners and Stellex Capital Management on the acquisition of Beaufort
  • Carlyle on the €7.7 billion acquisition of BASF Coatings Business
  • DECATHLON PULSE on the acquisition of a majority stake in Bikeleasing Group
  • EMZ Partners on its acquisition of a minority stake in koenig.solutions
  • Hg on a strategic partnership with Diamant Software
  • Stonepeak and Columbia Capital on the acquisition of the German data center operator IPB
  • Worthington Steel on the €2.1 billion acquisition of Kloeckner & Co

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

Education

  • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Düsseldorf, 2022
  • First German State Exam, University of Muenster, 2019

Languages Spoken

  • German
  • English