GERMANY Law and Practice Contributed by: Georg Linde and Kamyar Abrar, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is one of the few major law firms with extensive domestic and international experience in every type of private equity transaction, ranging from cross-border multibillion-dollar lever - aged buyouts to early-stage venture capital financ - ings. As a recognised leader in private equity trans - actions, fund formation and regulatory compliance, Willkie regularly represents private equity investors, issuers and financial advisers in all aspects of do - mestic and international private equity transactions. Willkie’s attorneys routinely work on sophisticated private equity transactions such as leveraged buy - outs, management buyouts, spin-offs, growth equity
investments, venture capital financings, take-private transactions, recapitalisations and dispositions. Willkie also represents a number of institutionally backed private enterprises (including portfolio com - panies of the firm’s private equity and venture capital fund clients) in connection with their financing, M&A and general corporate needs. Willkie’s experience covers a broad cross-section of industry sectors, in - cluding manufacturing, services, finance, insurance, technology, software, retail, real estate, gaming, bio - technology, medical devices, communications and media.
Authors
Georg Linde is Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s managing partner in Germany and is recognised as one of the leading practitioners in the German legal market. He focuses primarily on complex corporate/M&A and private equity transactions. Georg has particular experience in renewable energies and hi-tech sectors such as aerospace, IT/telecommunications and chemicals.
Kamyar Abrar is Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s co-managing partner in Germany. Kamyar focuses on private equity and M&A transactions, including distressed transactions. He has handled numerous transactions in
all market segments and a variety of industries.
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