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Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - Germany

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Sullivan & Cromwell stands out for its exceptionally strong combination of public M&A and ECM capabilities. It also has an impressive presence on private M&A mandates, often advising on large-scale takeover proceedings. The team specialises in big-ticket, complex transactions, with a strong focus on inbound and outbound deals involving the USA, representing both buyers and target companies. Its clientele includes private equity houses, investment banks and both traditional and newer large corporates.

Work Highlights

  • Sullivan & Cromwell advised Robert Bosch on all aspects of the acquisition of the heating and ventilation business from Johnson Controls International, including associated joint venture and stake assets, in a transaction worth USD8 billion.

Strengths

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It is always a pleasure to work with them due to the combination of top-notch legal advice and a very commercial sense of foreign transactions and international mandates, which is outstanding.

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability respondent
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Sullivan & Cromwell are super experienced, approachable and to the point.

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability respondent
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They provide very thorough, best-in-class legal assessment with commercial implications and actionable advice. This makes for much smoother and much faster decision-making, driving processes forward.

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability respondent
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Their legal knowledge is absolutely outstanding, with a lot of M&A experience, and they are able to give us an opinion on what we can or cannot ask for.

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability respondent
Global

The lawyers have the excellent ability to portray complex matters in a simple manner, helping clients to look through complexities and take decisions.

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Notable Practitioners

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Carsten Berrar
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Carsten Berrar
1
Band 1

Carsten Berrar is highly regarded for his strength in large public M&A transactions for high-profile German and US corporations from a range of sectors including finance, retail and insurance. He regularly assists with public takeover offers connected with delistings and partnership items. His M&A expertise is complemented by a leading ECM offering.

Carsten Berrar has incredibly extensive experience and develops solutions very quickly.

Carsten is very pragmatic, thoughtful in his responses and straightforward, which is invaluable as we need the right answers quickly.

I can always call Carsten and get excellent on-the-spot advice.

Carsten Berrar is outstanding. He is an experienced individual and a strong leader in this space.

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York Schnorbus
3
York Schnorbus
3
Band 3

York Schnorbus advises on a range of transactions, including complex public and private M&A deals, with notable experience in assisting clients from the life sciences, finance and technology sectors.

York is an excellent and very hands-on lawyer with vast experience of handling large and complex deals.

York Schnorbus is very skilled and maintains a calm manner, which always helps in heated discussions. Technically, everything is flawless.

When it comes to M&A, York is the undisputed expert. He works super diligently and creatively in order to complete the transaction.

York Schnorbus is the best lawyer I have worked with so far. He is outstanding, creative, flexible, focused and has good judgement.

York possesses very strong corporate law knowledge.

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Konstantin Technau
4
Konstantin Technau
4
Band 4

Konstantin Technau acts on a variety of large-scale domestic and cross-border deals in the automotive, TMT and real estate sectors. He has particular experience in advising on takeover and partnership matters. His clients include financial advisers, real estate investors and prominent family-owned businesses.

Konstantin Technau is an approachable, experienced lawyer who does not only consider purely legal aspects but also strategic and political matters.

Konstantin has a strong customer advisory focus. He has very good assessments and solutions, with a lot of real-world understanding for the profession.

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Florian Späth
U
Florian Späth
U
Up and Coming

Florian Späth advises on high-value acquisitions and takeover matters. He acts for a range of clients including pharmaceutical and financial services companies.

Florian is an extremely smart, hard-working and customer-dedicated expert. He really made a massive difference in our deal.

We most appreciated Florian's legal knowledge, experience and availability. He truly is such an experienced practitioner.

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Peter Klormann
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Peter Klormann
U
Up and Coming

Peter Klormann has a growing presence in the corporate/M&A sphere, assisting financial, insurance and retail clients with market-leading mandates. He is particularly adept at handling takeover actions and acquisition processes.

He is hard-working and well organised, with really high analytical skills.

Peter is a brilliant lawyer with great communication skills, business acumen and client orientation. He is a pleasure to work with.

Peter is super thoughtful and methodical, managing all the critical issues in a very calm and organised way. He helps us to retain a balanced and confident perspective in high-pressure situations.

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Silke Jurczyga
U
Silke Jurczyga
U
Up and Coming

Silke Jurczyga is active in both domestic and cross-border M&A, including joint ventures and matters with distressed elements. Her clients hail from the energy, life sciences and real estate sectors.

Silke possesses deep subject knowledge and is always ready for action.

Silke Jurczyga is an extremely smart and approachable lawyer.

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Stephan Rauch
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Stephan Rauch
U
Up and Coming

Stephan Rauch acts for a variety of clients on M&A, including assisting with strategic partnerships and corporate transformation.

Stephan brings all the legal excellence, drive and awareness to provide best-in-class advice. He possesses excellent technical know-how regarding M&A structuring topics and corporate law.

Stephan stands out for his problem-solving orientation, precision and attention to detail.

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Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability
Carsten Berrar
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Carsten Berrar
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Band 1
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York Schnorbus
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York Schnorbus
3
Band 3
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Konstantin Technau
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Konstantin Technau
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Band 4
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Florian Späth
U
Florian Späth
U
Up and Coming
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Peter Klormann
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Peter Klormann
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Up and Coming
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Silke Jurczyga
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Silke Jurczyga
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Up and Coming
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Stephan Rauch
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Stephan Rauch
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Up and Coming
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