Otto von Gruben

Otto’s experience includes advising:

Infrastructure

• Apollo on the £4.5 billion debt financing for Électricité de France
• Funds managed by Apollo on the acquisition and financing of the European colocation business of STACK Infrastructure
• Digital Realty on:
  • A US$7 billion joint venture with Blackstone to develop hyperscale data centers
  • Selling data centers in Germany and the US
  • Its US$8.4 billion acquisition of Interxion, creating a leading global provider of data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions
• First Sentier Investors on selling Ferngas Group to VKB
• GIP and KKR on the strategic partnership with Vodafone to invest in Vantage Towers
• Mainova WebHouse on the joint venture with Tishman Speyer
• NorthC on the acquisition and financing of six data centers in Germany and the Netherlands
• OIC on the investment of up to €65 million in CargoBeamer
• Silver Lake on its equity investment in Vantage Data Centers
• TOTAL on selling its shares in the joint venture Großtanklager-Ölhafen Rostock to EUROPORTS

M&A Transactions

• Demant on:
  • The acquisition of OHRWERK Group
  • Its agreement to aquire KIND Group
• Joint Venture of Körber and KKR on the acquisition of MercuryGate 
• Amphenol on the US$1.7 billion acquisition of MTS Systems
• Keysight on acquiring MICRAM Microelectronic GmbH
• Ardian/Swissbit on acquiring Hyperstone
• Aliaxis on selling:
  • Its ceramics business
  • Rheinhütte Pumps to ITT
• Bregal on acquiring a majority stake in ACTICO
• A consortium of Astorg Asset Management, Nordic Capital, and Novo Holdings and its portfolio company eResearchTechnologies on a merger with Bioclinica, a Cinven portfolio company and a leader in clinical imaging
• Deutsche Pentosin-Werke GmbH on its sale to Fuchs Petrolub SE
• EMZ Partners on acquiring a significant minority participation in celebrate company
• Froneri on selling its frozen food business Findus
• Juno Therapeutics on its cross-border acquisition of Stage Cell Therapeutics GmbH
• The founders of KMK Kinderzimmer Group on selling the majority shareholding to Franz Haniel & Cie
• Knecht & Co. GmbH on acquiring and restructuring Hülsta Group
• Körber on selling a minority stake in its supply chain software business to KKR
• Metz-Werke’s insolvency administrator on selling Metz-Werke out of insolvency 
• Partners Group on acquiring a majority stake in Cloudflight
• Prime Capital AG's founder and sole shareholder on selling a majority stake to top management
• RENA GmbH on its debtor-in-possession insolvency proceedings, with a focus on developing an insolvency plan option and a dual track
• Rhön-Klinikum on its €3.07 billion sale of major assets (including 40 hospitals) to Dax-listed Fresenius SE 
• Senator Group, a Germany-based operator of retirement and nursing homes, on its sale to Alloheim Senioren-Residenzen
• SERgroup on selling a majority stake to The Carlyle Group 
• Shareholders of Prüftechnik Dieter Busch AG on their sale to Fluke Corporation 
• Sparkasse Frankfurt, Sparkasse KölnBonn, and Sparkasse Düsseldorf on selling Corpus Sireo to Swiss Life
• Summit Partners on selling RadioOnkologieNetzwerk (RON) to Medipass
• Swiss Life Asset Management AG and Gelsenwasser AG on acquiring Infrareal
• ZF Friedrichshafen on selling its global Body Control Systems business to Luxshare

Real Estate

• ACCENTRO Real Estate on the comprehensive refinancing of two bonds in a procedure under the German Bond Act (Schuldverschreibungsgesetz)
• Apollo on its:
  • €1 billion investment in Deutsche Wohnen SE
  • €1 billion investment in the Northern Portfolio, a residential real estate portfolio controlled by Vonovia
  • €1 billion investment in the Suedewo Portfolio, a residential real estate portfolio controlled by Vonovia
• Ares Management on selling One Goetheplaza to IVG
• Azure Hotels on acquisitions and disposals of several hotels of the Azure Group, including Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg-Dammtor, Indigo Hotels Hardenbergstraße, and Alexanderplatz in Berlin 
• Corpus Sireo on selling:
  • A residential real estate portfolio to DWS Real Estate (formerly Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, RREEF) 
  • The project development Allianz Campus in Berlin 
• DWS Real Estate on several real estate transactions 
• Ludger Inholte Projektentwicklung (LIP) and ABG Real Estate on selling the project development at Humboldthafen in Berlin by way of a forward-share deal to Zurich
• A Middle East sovereign wealth fund on several real estate M&A transactions, including
  • Acquiring an interest in two holding companies sponsored by a joint venture
  • Investing in a major European retail real estate company
• Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund on acquiring and financing several large real estate portfolios and shopping centers, including the Christie portfolio and the Rhein Ruhr shopping center 
• OneIM and OCP on the acquisition of Adler Group’s €422.5 million “Cosmopolitan” portfolio, located in North Rhine-Westphalia 
• 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 the acquisition financing of two large residential portfolios in Germany
• Redos Real Estate on various acquisitions and disposals, including portfolio transactions
• Simon® on the strategic partnership with Jamestown