Dr. Germar Enders

Germar focuses his practice on private equity, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and general corporate law. He has extensive experience advising strategic and financial investors, entrepreneurs, and management teams on domestic, cross-border, and multi-jurisdictional transactions, and on all aspects of corporate law, including corporate structuring. He advises clients across a broad range of industries, including automotive, consumer, e-commerce, IT, and health care.

Experience

Representative matters

Microsoft on its investment in a German entity in the field of AI-supported energy management solutions.

A group of family investors on their joint investment in MOSER Trachten, a leading specialist in traditional costume clothing with 40 stores. The advice covered all aspects of the transaction, including its structuring, the co-investment, the share purchase agreement, and the financing.

Emeram Capital Partners as successful bidder on the acquisition of Provital GmbH, a German D2C provider of high quality pet food incl. reinvestment.

Microsoft on its investment in a German entity in the field of AI-supported energy management solutions.

Emeram Capital Partners as successful bidder on the acquisition of Provital GmbH, a German D2C provider of high quality pet food incl. reinvestment.

Centric Health on corporate structuring measures.

Microsoft Corporation on the sale of certain German entities within the context of the sale of an international group, including advise on transaction structuring.

The minority shareholders of Tank und Silo Regensburg GmbH, a portfolio company of the private equity firm AUCTUS, in connection with the add-on acquisition of mineral oil logistics company Johannes Martens GmbH & Co. KG.

GIMV and Paragon on their exit of WEMAS group to listed Japanese Sekisui Jushi Corporation in an auction process

SFX Entertainment International, Inc., a company of Los Angeles based LiveStyle group, on its disposal of its participation in i-Motion GmbH Events and Communication to DEAG Deutsche Entertainment Aktiengesellschaft

FTI Family Trust Investor on the sale of Hobe GmbH in an auction process to Indutrade (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

The shareholders of Lobster GmbH, a leading provider of no-code software on the sale of a majority stake to FSN Capital VI in the context of a structured auction process (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

AUCTUS and PharmaLex Holding GmbH on the EUR 1.28 bn sale of PharmaLex Group, a leading provider of scientific, regulatory and strategic advisory services to pharmaceutical companies, to NYSE-listed Amerisource Bergen Corporation (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

Various investors (financial and strategic) on their investments in hospitals. pharmaceutical companies, medical care centres (MVZ) and companies active in the area of medical devices, biotech and telehealth (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

FTI Family Trust Investor on the acquisition of Tiefenbach Controls Systems GmbH, including ist subsidiaries in the USA, Russia and China (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

The shareholders of one of Germany's leading mineral oil logistics companies, on the succession planning and sale of a majority shareholding to funds of AUCTUS Capital Partners AG, Munich. The advice covered all aspects of the transaction, including a re-investment

GIMV in an auction process on the potential acquisition of a cosmetic company from its founders (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

Ardian on all aspects of its acquisition of a minority participation in Kapten & Son Group, the fastest growing lifestyle and accessories group in Europe (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

GIMV as a member of a consortium led by EMERAM Capital Partners on its growth investment in digital company sofatutor, the largest digital learning platform in German speaking countries for grades 1- 12 with more than 1 million users (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

Penta Investments on transactions and corporate law matters, including in the context of restructuring measures concerning Gehring group, a global automotive supplier and portfolio company of Penta Investments (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, a Chinese public company listed in Shanghai, on the acquisition of a (venture) minority stake in Solayer GmbH and subsequently in structural measures and financing rounds (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

KSK Beteiligungs GmbH and a co-investor on the (indirect) takeover of Max Petek GmbH & Co KG, a market leader in the field of cleanroom technology (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

GIMV on an internal restructuring (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

Curevum GmbH on its disposal of Congiv GmbH, a specialist in engineering, development and testing services for complex IT infrastructure, e.g. for IoT/industry 4.0 solutions, to Robur Group (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

EMH Partners on their acquisition of a majority stake in AVANTGARDE group, an international group active in the area of brand experience with headquarters in Munich, Germany and several offices in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain, Dubai, China and Brazil from private equity investor Afinum and management of AVANTGARDE (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

Bilfinger SE on the sale of its European overhead line construction business in an auction process to EQOS, a portfolio company of private equity investor Triton (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

GIMV and certain individual shareholders, on their disposal of Mackevision group, a market leader in Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) with offices in Germany, the US, the UK, South Korea, China and Japan to Accenture (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

GIMV on its acquisition of WEMAS Group, a leading provider of certified passive mobile road safety equipment from Nord Holding, including on the implementation of a management participation program and the (subsequent) co-investment with Paragon Partners (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

The international management of Ascensia Diabetes Care with regard to the implementation of a management participation program in the context of the EUR 1 billion acquisition of Bayer’s diabetes care operations by Japanese Panasonic Corporation and leading global investment firm KKR (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

Ionisos SAS, a French portfolio company of private equity house Ardian and a leading provider of sterilization services in France and Spain on its acquisition of LEONI Studer Hard GmbH from LEONi AG (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

Honeywell in an auction process on its disposal of RMG Messtechnik GmbH to Chinese strategic investor Energas in order to satisfy commitments made by Honeywell towards the European Commission in the context of the merger clearance of Honeywell’s USD 5.1 bn acquisition of Elster group (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

A Swiss listed company in the context of establishing a joint-venture company under German law (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)

Honeywell on the acquisition of parts of Sigma-Aldrich‘s European business for solvents and inorganic used in laboratory applications; the disposal to Honeywell served the purpose of complying with certain antitrust commitments imposed by the European Commission in the context of the EUR 13.1 bn takeover of Sigma-Aldrich by Merck (advised on prior to joining Reed Smith)