Sebastian Pauls

sebastian.pauls@lw.com

+49.69.6062.6056

sebastian.pauls@lw.com

+49.89.2080.3.8056

"A really good lawyer, provides excellent service and has excellent insights about the market."

Chambers Europe 2024

"Active on acquisitions and strategic partnership agreements, [advising] domestic and international private equity companies investing in German targets."

Chambers Europe 2024

One of the best lawyers in Germany for Mergers & Acquisitions

Handelsblatt Best Lawyers 2020-2021, 2023

"Particularly active on acquisitions and strategic partnership agreements, whereby he advises domestic and international private equity companies investing in German targets."

Chambers Europe (Germany) 2023

"Extremely high level of commitment."

Chambers Europe (Germany) 2022

Profile

Dr. Sebastian Pauls advises private equity clients on the full lifecycle of domestic and cross-border transactions.

Mr. Pauls advises German and international financial and strategic investors on private equity and M&A transactions across a wide range of industry sectors. He provides strategic and legal advice on buy-side and sell-side transactions, including:

Acquisitions and sales of mid-cap and large-cap companies
Management participation programs
Carve-outs
Minority investments / co-investments
Exit plans, and timetables

Given his extensive and complementary German and cross-border experience, he has a keen sense of trends in the private equity space.

Experience

Mr. Pauls’ experience includes advising:

Consumer / Business Services

Ardian on the acquisition and subsequent sale of the Competence Call Center Group
Partners Group on the (i) sale of Hofmann Menü Group and (ii) the acquisition of Schleich

Healthcare

Acrotec SA (a portfolio company of the Carlyle Group) on the acquisition of Friedrich Daniels GmbH
Advent on the envisaged acquisition of Corden Pharma
Antin Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition and subsequent sale of a majority stake in amedes
Ares on the envisaged acquisition of Sanoptics
The Carlyle Group on the acquisition and subsequent sale of exocad Global Holdings

Energy and Infrastructure

Antin Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of Blue Elephant Energy AG
Eurofiber (portfolio company of Antin Infrastructure) on a partnership with NGN to build a leading B2B fiber infrastructure platform in Germany

Industrials

Advent on the joint venture with Lanxess (HPM business / DSM business )
Ara Partners on the acquisition of Vacuumschmelze
Ardian on the acquisition of a majority stake in LIFTKET group
Brookfield on the envisaged acquisition of (i) Flender and (II) the elevator business of ThyssenKrupp
Antin Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of Blue Elephant Energy AG

Technology, Media, and Telecom

Bregal on (i) the sale of EA Elektro-Automatic and (ii) the acquisition of ACTICO as well as (ii) on the strategic partnership with Billbee
The Carlyle Group on the acquisition of the GBTEC group
DEDIQ on a strategic partnership with SAP (JV) in the financial services industry
Partners Group on the acquisition of Cloudflight Group as well as on the sale of Hofmanns