Dr. Michael Ehret

TK Elevator and its majority shareholders on an investment by Alat as well as the formation of a joint venture

Bain Capital on the acquisition of Apleona

Triton on the acquisition of the security and communications technology product business from Bosch

Audi on a significant minority investment of Qatar Investment Authority in Sauber Holding AG, Audi’s future Formula 1 factory team

Frazier Healthcare on closing of oversubscribed USD 2.3 billion Frazier Healthcare Growth Buyout Fund XI

Honeywell on the sale of its USD 1.325 billion Personal Protective Equipment business to Protective Industrial Products

TPG Rise Climate and GIC in connection with the offering of EUR 750 million senior secured notes as part of its EUR 6.7 billion leveraged buyout of Techem

Vyaire Medical, Inc. and certain of its affiliates in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases

STADA, a Bain Capital and Cinven portfolio company, in connection with its offering of EUR 650 million senior secured notes and EUR 600 million senior secured floating rate notes

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on the acquisition of a 50% controlling stake in Opella from Sanofi for an enterprise value of EUR 16 billion

Thoma Bravo on the acquisition of a majority stake in USU Product Business

Wilshire Advisors on the acquisition of XTP Implementation Services

Helmerich & Payne on the USD 1.9725 billion acquisition of KCA Deutag International

TPG on the c. EUR 3.9 billion acquisition of Aareon

BC Partners on the sale of Aenova to Kühne Holding

RLDatix on the acquisition of Breitenbach Software-Engineering

Davis-Standard on the acquisition of the Extrusion Technology Group from Nimbus

General Catalyst on the combination with La Famiglia

Flint Group in relation to its successful comprehensive recapitalization and restructuring of c. EUR 1.3 billion of debt

Lenders under LEONI AG’s EUR 750 million RCF facility on the restructuring of the German automotive supplier through the largest ever German Scheme (StaRUG) process

SLV Lighting Group GmbH, a portfolio company of Ardian, in connection with their amend-&-extend transaction

GIC on the long-term minority investment in Messer

Oakley Capital on the extension of their investment in IU Group

Triton Partners on the creation and closing of Triton IV Continuation Fund

Charlesbank Capital Partners on the acquisition of Maltego Technologies GmbH

Nordic Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in corpuls

KLAR Partners on the acquisition of GMC-Instruments

XXXLutz on the public takeover offer for home24 SE

Appfire on the acquisition of 7pace

HALEX Holding GmbH, a portfolio company of Bencis Capital Partners, on the sale of its toolmaking division (HALEX Extrusion Dies) in Germany and in Italy to Canadian Exco Technologies Limited*

VTG Tanktainer on the sale of its overseas activities to Suttons Group*

Founders of L.A.B. Cosmetics GmbH & Co. KG on the company’s sale to WindStar, a portfolio company of Oakley Capital*

Roca Group on the acquisition of Sanitärtechnik Eisenberg GmbH*

American Tower Corporation on the acquisition of Telxius Towers, comprising approximately 31,000 existing communications sites in Germany, Spain, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Argentina, from Telefónica S.A.*

SAP SE on the acquisition of Signavio GmbH*

Banco Santander on the acquisition of highly specialized technological assets of the European merchant payment services and processing business (Merchant Payments; Acquiring & Issuing) of Wirecard Group*

NORD Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH on the merger of AI Group with its existing studios portfolio (Jumpers Group) to the new platform “BestFit Group”*

SAP SE on the acquisition of Emarsys*

Marel hf on the acquisition of TREIF Maschinenbau GmbH, including all relevant business activities of the group*

One Equity Partners on the acquisition of MCL Beteiligungs GmbH*

Scout24 AG in relation to the company’s acquisition of own shares (buy-back program)*

Gerry Weber on tax issues relating to the comprehensive restructuring in a self-administered insolvency process*

*Experience prior to joining Kirkland

Allen & Overy LLP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Partner, 2018–2022

Linklaters LLP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Associate/Counsel, 2004–2014, Partner, 2014–2018

Clifford Chance, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Associate, 2000–2004