Nicholas Kubesch

Nicholas specializes in (cross-border) M&A transactions and advises companies and financial investors across various industries on corporate acquisitions, including auction processes (on the buyer or seller side), co-investments, and carve-outs.

He represents leading international private equity investors and has recently been involved in advising:

• Sycamore Partners on the acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance
• Lone Star on the acquisition of the commercial and residential fire protection business from Carrier Global
• Inflexion on the acquisition of a stake in Tierarzt Plus Partner
• Investindustrial on the acquisition of CSM Bakery
• Waterland on a partnership with the Duvenbeck Group
• Argand Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in the Cherry Group and the subsequent IPO of the group
• Blackstone on several single- and multi-asset real estate transactions, particularly on the acquisition of the Canadian Dream Global REIT

Additionally, he advises companies on strategic M&A transactions, such as:

• Leoni on the sale of the Automotive Cable Solutions business unit
• Apleona on the acquisition of the Austrian Siemens Gebäudemanagement & -Services GmbH
• Danfoss on the joint venture SEMIKRON DANFOSS with Semikron International
• Hamburg Trust on the acquisition of a majority stake in the real estate project LEIQ in Offenbach and a joint venture with the LUPP Group
• Magna on various corporate restructurings and transactions

Nicholas also advises companies and financial investors in the area of corporate law as well as on management participations.