Dr. Johannes Rowold

Associate Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Munich +49 89 2030 6059

Dr. Johannes Rowold

Overview

Dr. Johannes Rowold is a corporate associate in the Munich office 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” 2025 for private equity 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

  • 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