Hengeler Mueller advises Axel Springer SE on the implementation of the new corporate structure

Axel Springer SE (“Axel Springer”) has implemented a new corporate structure as previously announced in September 2024. Axel Springer is now a transatlantic media company focussing on digital journalism and is back in family ownership for the first time since 1985.

Axel Springer's primary shareholders are Friede Springer and Mathias Döpfner, who together hold 95 percent of the shares. KKR and CPP Investments have exchanged their entire existing Axel Springer share package for majority stakes in the two classifieds companies The Stepstone Group and AVIV. Axel Springer will continue to be involved as a minority shareholder holding ten percent in both classifieds companies.

Hengeler Mueller advised Axel Springer SE on the transaction.

Hengeler Mueller-team for Axel Springer SE

Corporate/M&A: Carsten Schapmann (Düsseldorf, lead), Kai-Steffen Scholz (Berlin, both partner), Marc Zuber (counsel), Philipp Pauschinger (Berlin), Corinna Ullrich (Düsseldorf, both senior associate), Moritz Koch, Corinna Ullrich, Gina Ende (all Düsseldorf), Philip Falk (Frankfurt), Tobias Ponßen (Berlin, all associate).