Dr. Katharina Steinbrück

Associate Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Frankfurt +49 69 7500 250290

Dr. Katharina Steinbrück

Practices

Overview

Dr. Katharina Steinbrück is a corporate associate in the Frankfurt office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.

She focuses on all aspects of German business and corporate law and advises private equity funds and other financial investors on national and cross-border private equity and M&A transactions as well as public takeovers and corporate reorganizations.

Handelsblatt Best Lawyers lists her among the “Ones to Watch” 2026 for corporate law in Germany.

Fresenius on the sale of the international VAMED Health Tech Engineering (HTE) business

Fresenius on the sale of the majority stake in VAMED’s rehabilitation business to PAI Partners*

Wintershall Dea on the sale of its stake in WIGA*

KKR on its strategic partnership with Encavis AG*

Leading energy group regarding the development of LNG infrastructure projects*

Bregal on the acquisition of medavis GmbH*

SPIE on various transactions, including the acquisitions of majority stakes in ICG Group and BridgingIT as well as the acquisition of ROBUR Industry Service Group GmbH*

*Experience prior to joining Kirkland

Latham & Watkins LLP, Düsseldorf, Germany (2022–2024)

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Changing Consumer Law in the United Kingdom after Brexit?, A Study in Laws governing Consumer Credit and Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts in the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway and Switzerland, 2021 (Baden Baden: Nomos)

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2022Germany

Languages

  • German
  • English
  • Norwegian
  • Spanish

Education

  • Higher Regional Court of DüsseldorfSecond State Examination2022
  • Humboldt University of BerlinDr. jur.2021
  • Humboldt University of BerlinFirst State Examination2017
  • King’s College LondonLL.B.2016