Dr. Florian Sippel

Private M&A-Transactions

• Bowmark Capital on various transaction, including the acquisitions of Solvians and CubeLogic*
• CVC Capital Partners on the refinancing of Douglas*
• Deutsche Beteiligungs AG on various transactions, including the sale of BTV Multimedia and the acquisition of Gienanth*
• EQT on the sale of the personal care business of Schülke & Mayr to Ashland*
• Hellman & Friedman on the acquisition of AutoScout24*
• KKR on various transactions, including the acquisitions of weclapp by Exact Group and Wittur*
• NORD Holding on various transactions, including the acquisitions of heizkurier and ConUti*
• Permira on various transactions, including the acquisition and subsequent sale of a majority stake in P&I Personal & Informatik and the acquisitions of GFKL and Lowell*
• One Equity Partners on various transactions, including the acquisitions of DURAN, Wheaton, Kimble Chase, Müller+Müller and Walki and the investments in Lutech and Walterscheid*
• TPG Capital on the acquisition of Transporeon*
• Warburg Pincus on the acquisition of IPAN*
• ATON on the sale of FFT Produktionstechnik*
• Deutsche Börse on the strategic partnership with Forge Global*
• IBM on the acquisition of StreamSets and webMethods from Software AG*

Public M&A-Transactions

• Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman on the attempted public takeover of Scout24*
• Busch Group on the public takeover of Pfeiffer Vacuum*
• Freenet on its investment in Ceconomy*
• Midea on the public takeover of KUKA*
• Permira on the initial investment in Adevinta*
• Vonovia on the first attempted public takeover of Deutsche Wohnen*
• TE Connectivity on the public takeover of First Sensor*

*Experience prior to joining Kirkland

Noerr, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2022–2024

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Frankfurt am Main and Munich, Germany and London, United Kingdom, 2014–2021