Emanuel advises companies and investors on public and private mergers & acquisitions, including post-M&A corporate and capital market areas, with a focus on private equity/venture capital and cross-border transactions. In addition, his practice covers family business matters and succession planning.

He has recently advised: Ericsson on the acquisition of Kathrein SE's global antenna and filters business, Linde on the merger with Praxair as well as on the sale of divestiture assets in the Americas, Omnicare on the sale of majority stake in Omnicare Group, Tencent on investments in Lilium and N26, CVC on the acquisition and sale of ista, KKR on the sale of WMF as well as on growth capital investments in GetYourGuide and arago, Deutsche Telekom on the sale of a majority participation in Scout24 Group, Informatica in the public takeover of Heiler Software and its integration, TKH Group in the public takeover of Augusta, Cinven on the acquisition of SLV Group and Brambles in the public takeover of IFCO Systems.

Emanuel has co-authored several books on corporate law and M&A topics.