Dr. Steffen Augschill advises clients on a full spectrum of complex corporate transactions.

Steffen regularly represents leading corporates, private equity funds, and their portfolio companies on:

  • Public M&A
  • Going-private transactions
  • Reorganizations
  • Stock corporation law matters
  • General corporate law

A recognized leader at the firm, Steffen serves on the Inclusion, Opportunity & Community Committee.

Before joining Latham in 2017, Steffen worked as an academic assistant in the corporate department of another major international law firm in Düsseldorf.

Steffen’s experience includes advising:

Private Equity

  • Eldridge Industries on its €150 million investment in Isar Aerospace
  • KKR on its strategic partnership with Encavis AG
  • GIP and KKR on the strategic partnership with Vodafone to invest in Vantage Towers
  • Swiss Life Asset Management AG and Vauban Infrastructure Partners on:
    • The takeover offer for Aves One
    • The delisting and squeeze-out of Aves One AG
  • Bregal on acquiring legal software business STP from Hg
  • Triton on the merger squeeze-out of RENK AG’s minority shareholders
  • Hg on acquiring Mobility Concept from inter alia UniCredit

Corporates

  • Cheplapharm on converting into a European stock corporation (SE)
  • Novo Holdings A/S on increasing its anchor shareholding in Evotec
  • A syndicate of banks on Douglas’ IPO
  • Keppel Infrastructure Trust on its 45% acquisition of Enpal’s solar portfolio
  • SPIE on acquiring ROBUR Industry Service Group
  • Athens International Airport on its listing on the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX)
  • TeamViewer SE on changing its legal form into a European stock corporation (Societas Europaea)
  • Nagarro SE on its comprehensive group restructuring including the upstream merger of Nagarro Holding GmbH
  • EG Group on acquiring OMV’s petrol station business in Germany
  • BayWa AG on EIP’s €530 million minority investment in BayWa r.e. AG
  • Hyundai on acquiring Sixt SE’s entire shareholding in Sixt Leasing SE and the voluntary public takeover bid for all remaining shares in Sixt Leasing SE
  • DuMont on:
    • Selling Hamburger Morgenpost
    • Selling the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung media group
  • CECONOMY in connection with the investment of MediaMarktSaturn an M.video/Safmar
  • Scout24 on selling its AutoScout24 platform to financial investor Hellman & Friedman
  • A listed pharmaceutical company on closing an asset deal to sell a business division, particularly on transitioning and structuring contractual relationships
  • Thomas Cook Group on its strategic review, re-financing, and proposed sale of its airline

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

Education

  • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Düsseldorf, 2017
  • Dr. iur., University of Freiburg, 2015
  • First German State Exam, University of Freiburg, 2013

Languages Spoken

  • German
  • English
  • Swedish