Otto von Gruben

Mr. von Gruben’s experience includes advising:

M&A Transactions

• Aliaxis 
  • On the sale of its ceramics business
  • On the sale of Rheinhütte Pumps to ITT Inc.
• First Sentier Investors on the sale of Ferngas Group to VKB
• The founders of KMK Kinderzimmer Group on the sale of the majority shareholding to Franz Haniel & Cie
• Founder and sole shareholder of Prime Capital AG on the sale of a majority stake to top management
• Partners Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in Cloudflight
• Rhön-Klinikum on its €3.07 billion sale of major assets (including 40 hospitals) to Dax-listed Fresenius SE 
• SERgroup on the sale of a majority stake to The Carlyle Group 
• Summit Partners on the sale of RadioOnkologieNetzwerk (RON) to Medipass
• Swiss Life Asset Management AG and Gelsenwasser AG on the acquisition of Infrareal
• TOTAL on the sale of its shares in the joint venture Großtanklager-Ölhafen Rostock to EUROPORTS
• ZF Friedrichshafen on the sale of its global Body Control Systems business to Luxshare

Real Estate

• Angelo, Gordon on various acquisitions (residential, industrial, retail) 
• Apollo on:
  • The €1 billion investment in the Northern Portfolio (residential real estate portfolio controlled by Vonovia)
  • The €1 billion investment in the Suedewo Portfolio (residential real estate portfolio controlled by Vonovia))
• Azure Hotels regarding acquisitions and disposals of several hotels of the Azure Group (Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg-Dammtor; Indigo Hotels Hardenbergstraße, and Alexanderplatz in Berlin) 
• Corpus Sireo on the sale of a residential real estate portfolio to DWS Real Estate (formerly Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, RREEF) 
• Digital Realty on:
  • A US$7 billion joint venture with Blackstone to develop hyperscale data centers
  • Its US$8.4 billion acquisition of Interxion
• DWS Real Estate on several real estate transactions
• Ludger Inholte Projektentwicklung (LIP) and ABG Real Estate on the sale of the project development at Humboldthafen in Berlin by way of a forward share deal to Zurich
• Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund on the acquisition and financing of several large real estate portfolios and shopping centers, including the Christie portfolio and the Rhein Ruhr shopping center 
• Peugeot Invest on a minority shareholding of 5% in SIGNA Development Selection AG
• Proprium Capital Partners on joint venture, property, and asset management agreements, as well as acquisition financing of two large residential portfolios in Germany