Leif U. Schrader

Mr. Schrader’s representative experience includes advising:

Private Equity Transactions

• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on the acquisition* and subsequent sale of Mauser Group to Stone Canyon
• CVC on its:
  • Investment in ironSource, deSPAC merger of ironSource and Thoma Bravo Advantage, and subsequent merger with Unity Technology
  • Acquisition of Linde’s North and South American business together with Messer Group GmbH
  • Acquisition of the Tipico Group
• KKR and Hyperion on the acquisition of Arno Friedrichs Hartmetall
• Onex on the IPO of SIG Combibloc Group, the largest IPO in Switzerland and the second-largest IPO in Europe in 2018
• Platinum Equity on the acquisition of Multi-Color Corporation
• Quadriga Capital on the:
  • Acquisition of Vescon Group and Schiller Group for the purpose of creating a new platform for industrial automation and subsequent add-on acquisitions of SCIO
  • Sale of LAPP Insulators Holding
  • Acquisition of GBA Gesellschaft für Bioanalytik mbH
  • Sale of its majority stake in SCIO Automation Holding GmbH
• Triton on several transactions, including the:
  • Acquisition of All4Labels 
  • Sale of COBEX
  • Acquisition of IFCO through a consortium together with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)
  • Acquisition of the Dutch Royal Reesink
  • Acquisition of the cathodes, furnace linings, and carbon electrodes division of SGL Group (later COBEX)

Strategic M&A Transactions

• Callaway on the acquisition of Jack Wolfskin     
• Illinois Tool Works on the acquisition of the engineered fasteners and components business from ZF/TRW    
• Broadcom Limited on the acquisition of the spectrometer business of RGB Photonics GmbH
• Italian Coesia on the sale of its Laetus business to Danaher
• Rockwood on a joint venture with Tianqi for the Tallison Western Australian lithium mine*
• Rockwood on a joint venture for titanium dioxide with Kemira by a combination of Sachtleben and Kemira’s titanium dioxide business*
• Mubadala on a joint venture with Sikorsky and Lockheed Martin for a military repair and overhaul center in Abu Dhabi*
• B&M on the acquisition of 80% of the shares in J.A. Woll Handels GmbH and the arrangement of call options for the remaining 20%* 

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham