Michele Stephan is an associate in the Corporate Department of Latham & Watkins’ Frankfurt office.

Michele advises companies and financial investors primarily on mergers & acquisitions, private equity transactions as well as general corporate law matters.

He studied law at the University of Frankfurt and gained experience working for an international investment bank in Frankfurt and an investment firm in Bad Homburg. Michele spent his legal clerkship at the German Consulate in Mumbai and in the Frankfurt office of another international law firm.

Michele’s experience includes advising:

  • Bregal on the sale of EA Elektro-Automatik
  • CVC on the sale of its shares in Messer Industries
  • Entrepreneur family Harting on the acquisition of Studer Cables
  • Hg on:
    • The investment of Permira in GGW Group
    • The sale of Transporeon
    • The sale of MediFox Dan
    • Its strategic investment in LucaNet
    • The acquisition of a majority stake in Fonds Finanz
  • LeanIX`s investors on the sale to SAP
  • Permira on the acquisition of a majority stake in Engel & Völkers
  • Perusa on the sale of SCHROTH Safety Products
  • TA Associates on the acquisition of a minority stake in MRH Trowe
  • Triton on the acquisition of Swiss IT Security Group

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

Education

  • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court Frankfurt, 2020
  • First German State Exam, University of Frankfurt, 2017

Languages Spoken

  • German
  • English