Karsten is a corporate associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. His practice focuses on complex cross-border transactions, including carve-outs.
Karsten is dual-qualified both in England & Wales and Germany. In addition, Karsten has close ties to Singapore and the wider region.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Karsten has been involved in the following matters:
Oakley Capital V on the reinvestment in Contabo Group alongside KKR
Prior to joining Kirkland, Karsten worked on the following matters:
A private equity house on its fund-to-fund transfer of / re-investment in various software assets
A leading private equity fund on its bid for the global Reebok business from adidas AG
Questel and its financial sponsors IK Investment Partners and Eurazeo on the acquisition of NovumIP, a leading IP portfolio service provider, from Paragon Partners
AddSecure, a Castik Capital-backed company, on its acquisition of International Security Group, a provider of construction site surveillance solutions
Ardian on the sale of Gantner Electronic Austria Holding GmbH
A leading European producer of frozen dough on its entry into the North American market by acquiring a competitor's business
CVC Capital Partners on the acquisition of Bosch's packaging technology business unit, one of the leading suppliers of process and packaging technology
BOA Group on the sale of BOA Purified Solutions & BOA Flexible Solutions to Silverfleet Capital
A S&P 400-listed company on the acquisition and carve-out of the global Rheinhütte Pumps Business from Belgian Aliaxis group
Ring International Holding AG on its acquisition of shares and assets of insolvent BOA Group
Insight Partners portfolio company Campaign Monitor on the acquisition of Selligent Group, a B2C marketing automation platform
Ardian on the sale of ADA International to Moonlake Capital
EQT Mid Market Europe on the sale of Avenso (including global photographic art specialist LUMAS)
Various private equity-backed healthcare companies on the acquisition of dental offices and dialysis centers as part of their buy-and-build strategy
3i Group plc on the sale of ATESTEO, an international drivetrain testing specialist, to IHO Holding GmbH & Co. KG, a holding company of the Schaeffler family
Constantia Flexibles on the USD 1.3 billion sale of its Labels division to Multi-Color Corporation
Castik Capital's portfolio company Alpega on its acquisition of Spanish wtransnet
Waterland Private Equity on the sale of its interest in A-ROSA River Cruise Group to British private equity group Duke Street
Castik Capital on its acquisition of the transport services unit of Wolters Kluwer
HBC on its agreement with SIGNA to combine HBC Europe (Kaufhof) with Karstadt
3i Group plc on its acquisition of Formel D
Ongoing general legal advice to SK Capital-backed chemical group Archroma
Advice on various post-M&A litigation related matters
Clerk & Government Experience
Law ClerkHigher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main2017
Prior Experience
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Frankfurt
Associate (2017–2022)
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Frankfurt
Trainee (2016–2017)
Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations, New York
Trainee (2016)
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2022, Admitted to Practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
2017, Germany
Languages
English
German
Education
Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am MainSecond State Examination2017