KPMG Law Dresden strengthens positioning of M&A Practice Group

With numerous M&A mandates, the team of KPMG Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (KPMG Law) headed by Dresden office manager Dr. Matthias Aldejohann has succeeded in consolidating and expanding its position in the regional M&A market in recent months.
In addition to its regional roots, the team benefits from its close integration into the KPMG network and the transfer of numerous Saxon companies from their founders to new corporate owners.
Among others, the following mandates were handled in the last few months:

Advising Mr. Gunter and Mr. Thomas Ehrlich on the sale of Ehrlich Werkzeug- und Gerätebau GmbH to Amphenol Corporation, USA, a NYSE-listed corporation with 32,000 employees in 50 countries.

• Advisors to Herren Ehrlich (KPMG Law): Dr. Matthias Aldejohann (Lead); Harald Evers, LL.M. (Corporate & M&A); Steffen Lindner (Labor Law); Dirk Kirchner, LL.M. oec. (Public Sector)
• Advisors to Amphenol (Beiten Burkhardt): Dr. Christian von Wistinghausen (lead); Dr. Bernhard Schultz; Carsten Pütger (all Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions); Dr. Klaus Kemen (Real Estate, all Berlin) as well as Thomas Bula and Christian Schenk (Financial Due Diligence, both Düsseldorf)

Advising the internationally active Element Materials Technology group (41 locations in the USA and Europe) on the acquisition of Geva Gesellschaft für Entwicklung und Versuch Adlershof mbH, Berlin, from KST Motorenversuch GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Dürkheim

• Advisor Element Materials Technology (KPMG Law): Dr. Matthias Aldejohann (lead); Harald Evers, LL.M. (Corporate & M&A), Steffen Lindner (Labor Law), Dr. Thomas Uhlig (Commercial), Dirk Kirchner, LL.M. oec. (Public Sector), Christian Krohs, LL.M. (Antitrust & Merger Control); Deloitte: Christof Dreibholz, Nils Nobereit, Jörn Harms, Maria Strunden and Julia Weber (all Financial), Marcus Roth and Thomas Funk (both Tax)

• Advisors to KST Motorenversuch GmbH & Co. KG : Clifford Chance: Dr. Felix Mühlhäuser (lead), Dr. Alexander Täumer; Kanzlei Hiemsch: Dr. Andreas Hiemsch; Dr. Freyer, Wuttke & Collegen GmbH & Co. KG: Dr. Thomas Freyer, Katrin Wuttke

Advising a major shareholder on the sale of its shares in ROTOP Pharmaka AG, Dresden

• Advisors to the seller (KPMG Law): Matthias Aldejohann (lead), Harald Evers, LL.M.
• Advisor to buyer (Schaffrath & Metzmacher, Dresden): Peter Schaffrath

Advising Dresden-based entrepreneur Klaus Sauer on the acquisition of Freiberger Metallwarenfabrik Paul Bachmann GmbH out of insolvency:

• Advisors to buyer (KPMG Law): Thomas Mulansky (lead); Dr. Thomas Uhlig (insolvency law); Steffen Lindner (labor law)
• Advisors to the seller: Silvia Wille as insolvency administrator, W.I.R. Wille Insolvenzverwalter Rechtsanwälte, Olaf Wille (corporate law); Kathrin Pilz (insolvency law)

Advising 5 Meister Bäcker GmbH on the acquisition of the business operations of the insolvent 5 Meister Bäcker Hubert Breunung GmbH & Co. KG:

• Advisors to buyer (KPMG Law): Thomas Mulansky (lead); Dr. Jörg Hübner (copyright law); Steffen Lindner (labor law)
• Advisor to seller: Attorney Rolf Rombach as insolvency administrator, insolvency administration Rombach & Steinfeld

Dr. Matthias Aldejohann: “Through the systematic and sustained support of M&A mandates, our office has built up considerable expertise in this field of consulting. With regard to special areas of law such as tax law, subsidy law or antitrust law, we can call in further experts – both nationally and internationally – within hours within the KPMG network. Overall, we expect the number of mandates to increase in the coming years. We will benefit from the fact that KPMG Law will be able to further expand its good position in this dynamic region following the withdrawal of large, internationally active commercial law firms from Dresden.”