Dr. Johannes Rowold

Associate Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Munich +49 89 2030 6059

Frankfurt +49 69 7500 250154

Dr. Johannes Rowold

Overview

Dr. Johannes Rowold is a corporate associate in the Munich and Frankfurt offices of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.

He focuses on all aspects of German business and corporate law and advises in particular corporate clients, private equity and other financial investors on national and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions as well as public takeovers and corporate reorganizations.

Handelsblatt Best Lawyers lists him among the “Ones to Watch” 2026 for private equity, M&A and corporate law in Germany.

Public M&A-Transactions

  • Beowolff Capital on the public takeover and delisting offer for artnet
  • EP Global Commerce (EPGC) on the public delisting acquisition offer for all outstanding shares in METRO AG and an agreement with other anchor shareholders
  • TA Associates on the public takeover offer for Nexus
  • Thoma Bravo on the public takeover offer for EQS Group AG
  • Brookfield Asset Management on the public takeover offer for alstria office REIT-AG
  • ADTRAN on the public exchange offer for ADVA Optical Networking and the subsequent dual listing
  • Carlyle on the public takeover offer for Schaltbau Holding AG

Private M&A-Transactions

  • Bain Capital on an exclusive agreement for the acquisition of a majority stake in Everllence
  • HCSS, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, on a business combination agreement with the Build & Construct segment of Nemetschek Group
  • Warburg Pincus on the acquisition of a majority stake in uvex
  • Bain Capital on the acquisition of Apleona
  • Thoma Bravo on the acquisition of a majority stake in USU Product Business
  • BC Partners on the sale of Aenova to Kühne Holding
  • Gordon Brothers on the sale of the global ORSAY brand
  • Alpine Investors and Ingenio on the acquisition of adviqo Group
  • SK Capital on the formation of a consortium with Heubach Group and the subsequent acquisition of Clariant’s Pigments business
  • Yucaipa Acquisition Corporation on the business combination with SIGNA Sports United
  • L Catterton on the acquisition of a majority stake in BIRKENSTOCK Group
  • TPG Growth on the acquisition of People 2.0
  • Paragon Partners on the acquisition of 7days group, a multi-channel mail order company for modern workwear

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Thought Leadership

Select Publications

The right to appoint the special auditor in stock corporations, Betriebs-Berater (BB), 2020, p. 1865 (co-author with Dr. Jan-Benedikt Fischer)

More legal certainty in the shareholders’ general meeting, Der Betrieb (DB), 2019, p. 712 (co-author with Dr. Achim Herfs) 

Duties and options for action of board members in international conflicts of jurisdictions, 2019, Baden-Baden: Nomos

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2020Germany

Languages

  • German
  • English

Education

  • Higher Regional Court of HamburgSecond State Examination2020
  • Bucerius Law SchoolDr. jur.2019
  • University of California, Los Angeles, School of LawVisiting Researcher2018
  • Bucerius Law SchoolFirst State Examination2016
  • Northwestern Pritzker School of LawExchange Semester2013