Pia Sophie Sösemann

Ms. Sösemann’s experience includes advising:

• Bitly on the acquisition of Egoditor
• Bregal on
  • The acquisition of Laird Thermal Systems
  • The acquisition of legal software business STP from Hg 
• Consortium of Astorg Asset Management, Nordic Capital, Novo Holdings, and their portfolio company eResearchTechnologies on its merger with Bioclinica, a technological and scientific leader in clinical imaging and portfolio company of Cinven
• Chequers Capital on the acquisition of workwear specialist 7days 
• Cheplapharm on the acquisition of a pharmaceutical portfolio from Takeda 
• DEDIQ on a strategic partnership with SAP
• Desktop Metal, Inc. on the acquisition of EnvisionTEC
• Deutsche Beteiligungs AG on its investment in freiheit.com
• EMZ Partners on
  • Its majority investment in Hermann Pipersberg
  • The acquisition of a significant minority participation in celebrate company
• Equistone on the sale of Oikos Group to Goldman Sachs
• First Sentier Investors on the sale of Ferngas Group to VKB
• Hg on
  • The sale of Transporeon
  • Its investment in LucaNet
  • The acquisition of a majority stake in Fonds Finanz
  • The acquisition of a majority stake in Serrala
  • The acquisition of a majority stake in AUVESY
• Investors in Just Spices on the sale of their shares to Kraft Heinz
• The founders of KMK Kinderzimmer Group on the sale of the majority shareholding to Franz Haniel & Cie
• Körber on the sale of a minority stake in its supply chain software business to KKR
• L Catterton on growth investment in Berlin-based FBA aggregator SellerX
• OneTrust on the acquisition of Planetly
• Permira on the acquisition of a majority stake in Engel & Völkers
• Perusa on the sale of SCHROTH Safety Products
• Platinum Equity on the acquisition of Continental Bakeries
• Rockaway Capital on the acquisition of Bringmeister GmbH
• Swiss Life Asset Management AG and Gelsenwasser AG on the acquisition of Infrareal
• Swiss Life Asset Management AG and Vauban Infrastructure Partners on the takeover offer for Aves One
• TA Associates on
  • Its strategic growth investment in Adcubum and tech11
  • The merger of Chaos and Enscape
• TeamViewer on the acquisition of Viscopic
• Trilantic Europe on its investment in Smile Eyes
• Triton on the acquisition of Swiss IT Security Group
• A multinational networking and telecommunications company on its acquisition of business segments from a world leading provider of antenna and filter technologies*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Thought Leadership

• Börsen-Zeitung, 4 October 2021, "Europe finally gets uniform patent protection“
• Börsen-Zeitung, 30 July 2021, "Legislator wants to stop patent scams“
• PLATOW Recht, 6 February 2019, p.8 “Unfair Competition Act – A new sharp sword for Data Protection?”