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:
Automotive
Cathay Capital Private Equity on the acquisition of a majority stake in the automotive supplier E.WINKEMANN
Trilantic Capital Partners on the acquisition of a minority stake in the Sensor Wire Harness business of PRETTL Group, a German family-owned company
Healthcare
Antin Infrastructure Partners on the purchase of a majority stake in amedes Holding AG from General Atlantic
DPE Deutsche Private Equity on the acquisition and subsequent sale of PharmaZell group
HANNOVER Finanz and Hans-Werner Mumm on the sale of their shares in ATEC
Industrials
Brookfield on the acquisition of a majority stake in Schoeller Allibert Group B.V.
Partners Group on the acquisition of Schleich
Perusa on the sale of SCHROTH Safety Products
Technology Media Telecom
Ardian on the acquisition and subsequent sale of the Competence Call Center Group (CCC)
EMZ Partners on the acquisition of a minority stake in Wishcard
Hg on the acquisition* and subsequent sale of the Lautsprecher Teufel GmbH to Naxicap Partners
The Carlyle Group on the acquisition and subsequent sale of exocad Global Holdings
Other
CVC on the acquisition of the Tipico Group
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
Rechtsanwalt (Germany)
Education
LL.M. in Taxation, New York University, 2009
Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Zweibrücken, 2007
Dr. jur., Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, 2005
First German State Exam, Goethe University, Frankfurt, 2004
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