Tom brings extensive experience across corporate law, venture capital, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, and litigation. He regularly advises on complex international and cross-border transactions, as well as the restructuring of companies and corporate groups.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Advised Netcetera, a company of the Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) group, on its acquisition of the "Payment & Banking Services" business of Cologne-based Bank-Verlag, a subsidiary of the Association of German Banks, integrating critical payment infrastructure into G+D Netcetera.
Represented International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) in the acquisition of the compound business of Benvic Group SAS from PVC Europe Group S.a.r.l., an independently managed investment subsidiary of Investindustrial Growth L.P., leading and coordinating a cross-border team of more than 100 lawyers from eight jurisdictions.
Advised Giesecke+Devrient (G+D), an international security technology group, on the acquisition of MECOMO AG, through which G+D aimed to become an IoT solution provider with a complete end-to-end portfolio for customers in the transport and logistics sector.
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Dispositions
Advised Netcetera, a company of the Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) group, on its acquisition of the "Payment & Banking Services" business of Cologne-based Bank-Verlag, a subsidiary of the Association of German Banks, integrating critical payment infrastructure into G+D Netcetera.
Represented International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) in the acquisition of the compound business of Benvic Group SAS from PVC Europe Group S.a.r.l., an independently managed investment subsidiary of Investindustrial Growth L.P., leading and coordinating a cross-border team of more than 100 lawyers from eight jurisdictions.
Advised Giesecke+Devrient (G+D), an international security technology group, on the acquisition of MECOMO AG, through which G+D aimed to become an IoT solution provider with a complete end-to-end portfolio for customers in the transport and logistics sector.
Advised MMGY Global, an international marketing company specializing in the travel industry, on the acquisition of German-based marketing and PR agency Lieb Management.
Advised the Yonsung Group on the acquisition of pharmaceutical manufacturer Arevipharma GmbH, a transaction through which Arevipharma's active-ingredient business was to be expanded and internationalized through innovations and investments at the Radebeul site.
Advised the shareholder of semiconductor supplier ancosys, as part of a team led by MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep, on the sale to Nova.
Advised Aves One AG and several subsidiaries on the sale of their entire maritime container portfolio to a fund managed by investment company Oak Hill Advisors.
Advised Fidelio Healthcare on the acquisition of the Limburg production site of Mundipharma from Purdue Pharma.
Advised SFA-Sanibroy, a French sanitary manufacturer, on the strategic acquisition of Zehnder Pumpen.
Advised Zellkraftwerk GmbH's shareholders on the sale of the company to biotech company Canopy Biosciences.
Advised all shareholders of NEO New Oncology in the sale to Siemens Healthineers.
Capital Markets and Strategic Investments
Advised Immunic AG on a reverse merger with Nasdaq-listed Vital Therapies, including a concurrent financing round.
Advised Pieris AG on an indirect IPO in the United States and a pre-IPO financing round.
Advised software company Contentserv on a strategic investment by Investcorp.
Advised TQ Therapeutics on the strategic acquisition of Juno Therapeutics GmbH. Advised the health care scale-up HiDoc Technologies on its merger with Mahana Therapeutics.
Venture Capital and Financing Rounds
Advised FinTech startup Aufinity, headquartered in Cologne and operating in the automotive sector, on a Series C financing round.
Advised the medical technology manufacturer Coldplasmatech GmbH on an equity financing and associated strategic investment by the US company Royal Biologics.
Advised Kaia Health Software GmbH on a US$26 million Series B financing round led by Optum Ventures, Idinvest, and Capital300.
Advised Kaia Health Software GmbH, a digital-health technology startup, on several equity financings, including a seed round with Sunstone Capital, a Series A round led by Balderton Capital, and add-on financing by Optum Ventures.
Advised funds managed by Bayern Kapital in a US$40 million financing in ProGlove led by Summit Partners.
Advised Immunic AG on a Series A financing round by LSP Venture Capital, Fund+, Omega Ventures, LifeCare Partners, Eckenstein-Geigy Stiftung, Bayern Kapital, HTGF, and IBG, totaling up to €31.7 million.
Advised TVM Capital Life Science, as lead investor, in the Series A financing round of Myosotis GmbH.
Advised TVM Capital Life Science on an investment in leon-nanodrugs GmbH.
Advised TVM Capital on the sale of Aspireo Pharmaceuticals' Somatoprim (DG3173) to, and investment in, Cortendo AB.
Advised NX Technologies, a FinTech startup operating in the automotive sector and headquartered in Cologne, on a Series A financing round.
Recognitions
Recognized by Best Lawyers in the categories Corporate Law, M&A, and Venture Capital
Credentials
Education
Education
- LMU München, 2006, Studium der Rechtswissenschaften
- LMU München, 2005, MBA
- Copenhagen Business School, 2003, Legal and business studies
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- Germany
Professional affiliations
Professional affiliations
- Member, Munich Bar Association (RAK München)
- Member, German-American Lawyers' Association (DAJV e.V.)
- Member, Doppelstudium Netzwerk e.V.
- Member, Legal Society of Munich (Münchner Juristische Gesellschaft e.V.)
- Member, Alumni of the University of Munich, Faculty of Law (Förderverein der Juristischen Fakultät der LMU e.V.)
- Member, LMU Management Alumni (Forum Münchner Betriebswirte e.V.)