Gaertner, Philipp

Philipp Gaertner

Associate

philipp.gaertner@lw.com
    Gaertner, Philipp

    Philipp Gaertner

    Associate

    philipp.gaertner@lw.com

    Profile

    Dr. Philipp Gärtner is an associate in the Munich office of Latham & Watkins. He advises corporations and financial investors on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions , and general corporate law.

    Philipp studied law in Oxford and Munich.

    Prior to joining Latham, he completed his legal training in the corporate departments of another international law firm in Munich, Düsseldorf, and London. 

    Experience

    Philipp’s experience includes advising:

    • 3i on the strategic investment in process automation specialist xSuite
    • Deutsche Bank and Orchard Global Asset Management on the sale of HIT Holzindustrie Torgau to Mercer International Inc.
    • DPE Deutsche Private Equity on €708 million DPE Continuation Fund I
    • EMZ Partners on:
      • The sale of the participation in Ankerkraut GmbH  
      • Its acquisition of a minority stake in koenig.solutions
      • Its investment in H&Z Unternehmensberatung, Transform8, and Haselhorst
      • The sale of its stake in ASSEPRO
      • The joint acquisition with Aspire Education Group 
      • The acquisition of a minority stake in Wishcard
      • Its majority investment in Hermann Pipersberg
    • Inflexion on the acquisition of Finanzen.net from Axel Springer
    • Partners Group on the:
      • Acquisition of numerous radiology MVZs and build-up of Lifelink Medical
      • Acquisition of numerous tax advisory and auditor businesses and build-up of Afileon
      • Acquisition of a majority stake in Cloudflight
    • TA Associates on the merger of Chaos and Enscape
    • Worthington Steel on the €2.1 billion public takeover bid for Kloeckner & Co

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

    Education

    • Dr. iur., Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
    • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Munich
    • First German State Exam, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
    • LLM, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
    • BA (Jurisprudence), Oxford University

    Languages Spoken

    • English

    Practices

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