Karsten Silbernagel

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

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)