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:
    • Acquisition of a majority stake in A. Eberle
    • Sale of stp.one to Septeo
    • Acquisition of a majority stake in MDT technologies
  • Capitol Meridian Partners and Stellex Capital Management on the acquisition of Beaufort
  • Capitol Meridian Partners on its investment in RH Aero Systems
  • Carlyle on the €7.7 billion acquisition of BASF Coatings Business
  • DECATHLON PULSE on the acquisition of a majority stake in Bikeleasing Group
  • Dragoneer on its investment in Helsing’s US$1.8 billion Series E financing round
  • EGYM on the US$7.5 billion merger with Playlist
  • EMZ Partners on its acquisition of a minority stake in koenig.solutions
  • Hg on a strategic partnership with Diamant Software
  • Shareholders of Krose on the sale of the company to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co
  • SPIE on the:
    • Acquisition of SGS Industrial Services Group
    • Acquisition of ROFA
  • Stonepeak and Columbia Capital on the acquisition of the German data center operator IPB
  • Long Lake on the take-private acquisition of Amex Global Business Travel
  • Triton on the acquisition of Flender
  • 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