Dr. Michael Engel

Prior to and since joining Kirkland, Michael’s representative matters include:

• L Catterton on its agreement to acquire a majority stake in BIRKENSTOCK Group
• Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on its $50 billion merger with PSA Group
• Praxair on its $90 billion business combination with Linde
• Bayer on its $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto
• Teva Pharmaceuticals on its $40.5 billion acquisition of Allergan’s generics business
• Alcatel-Lucent on its $16.6 billion business combination with Nokia
• LAN Airlines on its $13 billion merger with the Brazilian airline TAM
• ZF Friedrichshafen on its $12.4 billion acquisition of TRW Automotive Holdings
• Navistar on the $3.9 billion acquisition by Volkswagen Group’s trucks division Traton
• Fiat Chrysler Finance Europe in connection with the European Commission’s state aid investigation regarding Luxembourg’s tax rulings and its subsequent appeals before the General Court (Case T-759/15) and the Court of Justice (Case C-885/19)
• CNH Industrial/Iveco and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in the European Commission’s trucks cartel investigation and related multi-national follow-on damages litigation across the EU
• Goldman Sachs on a variety of transactions including its acquisition of the software company EcoOnline together with Summa Equity; on its acquisition of the software company Nuxeo together with Kennet Partners; on its acquisition of Hamlet Protein together with Altor Funds; on its acquisition of the insurance company Rothesay together with Blackstone; on its acquisition of Hastings Insurance Group; in its acquisition of joint control over the Danish energy company DONG Energy together with the Kingdom of Denmark; on its acquisition of Ontex together with TPG Capital; on its acquisition of BNL Sciences and BrandNu Laboratories by its portfolio company Caldic; on its investment in the Eastern European retail company Fix Price; on its acquisition of B&B Hotels; on its acquisition of the insurance company Aston Lark; on its acquisition of a stake in the fashion company Modanisa; on a bolt-on acquisition of the pharmaceutical portfolio company Mederma; and on its acquisitions of a number of real estate portfolios and loan portfolios
• Mubadala on the formation of the joint venture Azaliya with Veolia Eau; and the formation of a joint venture with Pramerica Financial
• Silver Lake Partners on its acquisition of a 65% interest in Skype Technologies from eBay
• Rhône Capital on its acquisition of Evonik’s carbon black business together with Triton; on its acquisition of CSM’s bakery supplies business; on its acquisition of the corporate training company GK Holdings; on its acquisition of the pool cleaning equipment company Zodiac Pool Holding and on its acquisition of the logistics and supply chain service provider Neovia together with Goldman Sachs
• Ares and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan on its $1.5 billion acquisition of the building materials manufacturer CPG International
• Lion Capital on its acquisition of a stake in Authentic Brands Group
• Tinicum on its acquisition of the electronic components manufacturer AMI Doduco; and the $1.5 billion acquisition of its portfolio company Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing by Stanley Back & Decker
• Cytec Industries on the $1.1 billion sale of its coating raisins business to Advent International
• Solera Holdings on its $6.5 billion acquisition by Vista Equity Partners
• Colson Medical Companies on the $2 billion acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway
• Standard Industries on its $1.2 billion acquisition of the roofing products company Braas Monier
• Chevron on its $2.1 billion sale of its North Sea oil and gas assets to Delek Group’s subsidiary Ithaca Energy
• TLG Immobilien on its acquisition of shares in Germany’s largest commercial real estate company Aroundtown and its subsequent EUR 25 billion merger with Aroundtown
• CyrusOne on $0.5 billion acquisition of Zenium Data Centers
• Terumo Corporation on its $1.2 billion acquisition of healthcare assets divested by Abbott Laboratories and St. Jude Medical
• Concordia Healthcare Corporation on its $2.1 billion acquisition of Amdipharm Mercury
• Philips Healthcare on its $1 billion acquisition of Volcano Corporation
• Elis on its EUR 2.6 billion acquisition of Berendsen
• INC Research Holdings on its $7.4 billion acquisition of inVentiv Health
• Drillisch on its EUR 8.25 billion business combination with United Internet
• CNH Industrial on its acquisition of Kongskilde Industries’ agricultural and farm equipment business
• Diebold on its EUR 1.7 billion acquisition of Wincor Nixdorf
• Insight Enterprises on its $0.2 billion acquisition of Datalink Corporation
• Hay Group on its $0.4 billion acquisition by Korn Ferry
• Castleton Commodities International on its $1.5 billion acquisition of Morgan Stanley's global oil merchanting business
• Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings on its $1 billion acquisition of SCOR
• Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing on its $0.4 billion acquisition of Bristol Industries
• Derichbourg on the sale of its ground handling division Servisair to PAI Partners
• Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation on its $1.5 billion acquisition, along with ArcelorMittal, of ThyssenKrupp’s steel manufacturing operations in the U.S.
• APR Energy on its acquisition of General Electric’s temporary power generation rental business
• Sempra Energy on the $2.7 billion sale of its global metals and oil as well as the European power and gas businesses of its RBS-Sempra global commodities JV to J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation
• American Express in connection with the formation of a joint venture with Vente-Privée
• CPTN Holdings (a Microsoft-led consortium) on its $0.5 billion acquisition of patents and patent applications from Novell
• Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corporation in connection with the formation of a $0.7 billion joint venture with Quadra FNX Mining
• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group in connection with the formation of two securities joint ventures with Morgan Stanley
• Fiat on its acquisition of General Motors’s Polish diesel engine business
• Occidental Petroleum on its acquisition of Phibro from Citigroup
• Mitsui in connection with the formation of a joint venture with the steel manufacturer Nucor
• Magneti Marelli in the European Commission’s cartel investigation into the exhaust systems sector

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Frankurt am Main and London, 2009–2020

Goldman Sachs International, Investment Banking Legal Division, London, 2007–2009