Max Hauser

Max’s experience includes advising:

Merger Control

• AbbVie on its US$10.1 billion acquisition of Immunogen
• Accentro Real Estate on refinancing with bondholders
• Amphenol on its:
  • US$2.1 billion acquisition of CommScope's Mobile Network Business
  • US$2.025 billion acquisition of Carlisle Interconnect Technologies
  • US$1.7 billion acquisition of MTS Systems
• Apollo Global Management on its:
  • US$8.1 billion acquisition of Univar
  • US$3.6 billion acquisition of Barnes Group 
  • US$1 billion investment in Vonovia Portfolio
• ArthroCare on its US$ 1.7 billion sale to Smith & Nephew
• BC Partners on its sale of Synlab to Cinven 
• Callaway Golf on its €418 million acquisition of Jack Wolfskin
• CDPQ in its joint acquisition with Suez Environment of GE Water
• Commerz Real on the acquisition of a stake in Amprion
• Desktop Metal on its:
  • US$1.8 billion merger with Stratasys
  • US$575 million acquisition of ExOne
  • US$300 million acquisition of EnvisionTEC
• GIP and KKR on a strategic joint control partnership with Vodafone, valued at €16 billion, to invest in Vantage Towers 
• EG Group on acquiring the OMV petrol station network in Southern Germany 
• Extreme Networks on its acquisitions of Zebra’s WLAN business and Avaya’s networking business
• Fresenius on the sale of Vamed’s Rehabilitation Business
• Hg on:
  • Acquiring Auvesy, Fonds Finanz, GGW Group, LucaNet, and Serrala
  • Selling F24, MeinAuto, and MEDIFOX DAN
• HIG Capital on the contemplated sale of DSD – Duales System Deutschland (Der Grüne Punkt) to Remondis 
• Hyundai and KIA on their investment in IONITY, a joint venture for a pan-European charging network for electric vehicles
• LeanIX Investors on its sale to SAP
• Omnicom on the sale of Sellbytel to KKR/Webhelp
• Permira on its investment in FlixMobility Group
• Renewable Energy Group on its US$3.15 billion acquisition by Chevron
• Silver Lake Partners on its US$12.5 billion take-private acquisition of Qualtrics 
• Skydance Media on its pending merger with Paramount to form “New Paramount” at an enterprise value of approximately US$28 billion
• The Carlyle Group on multiple acquisitions, exits, and portfolio add-ons, including its US$2.025 billion acquisition of Flender from Siemens and Flender’s subsequent acquisition of Moventas
• Thermo Fisher Scientific on its US$3.1 billion acquisition of Olink 
• Tower Semiconductor on its US$5.9 billion acquisition by Intel
• Triton on multiple transactions, including:
  • Acquiring Siemens Energy’s high-voltage component business Trench, IFCO, Royal Reesink, and the All4Labels Groups
  • Selling Bormioli to Gerresheimer, COBEX to Tokai Carbon, and Aventics to Emerson 
• Webhelp on its US$4.8 billion sale to Concentrix 

Cartel Investigations

• Automotive clients in EU and multijurisdictional cartel investigations into automotive emission controls and automotive wire harnesses
• Industry client with regard to cartel damages claims in connection with the German rail tracks cartel
• A steel producer in a cartel investigation by the German Federal Cartel Office
• Nestlé in a cartel investigation by the German Federal Cartel Office regarding food retail — the largest-ever antitrust investigation in Germany

Antitrust Disputes

• A public utility group in arbitration proceedings regarding contract, energy, and antitrust and competition law issues
• A private equity firm in arbitration proceedings regarding a post-M&A dispute