Tobias Schneiders

Tobias is a partner in the firm's M&A practice group. He focuses on advising clients on M&A, joint venture, co-investment and carve-out transactions, as well as other complex corporate matters. His clients include domestic and international corporates as well as global financial investors.

He is recognized by WirtschaftsWoche as one of Germany's most renowned M&A lawyers (2026) and by Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers as 'One to Watch' for corporate law (2023-2025), M&A (2024-2025), and private equity (2025). He is also included in Tamarindo's Legal Power List (2026).

Tobias has experience across a broad range of industries. Notable representations have included advising:

• Advanced Drainage Systems on its acquisition of Norma Group's water management business
• Advent International on ADIA's investment in INNIO
• Asterion Industrial Partners / STEAG Iqony on the acquisition of Uniper Wärme
• ATOSS Software and its founder on General Atlantic's investment in ATOSS Software
• Deutsche Börse on its acquisition of Axioma
• Dr. August Oetker on its acquisition of flaschenpost
• EEW Group on its offshore wind joint venture with Sumitomo Corporation
• EQT on the sale of its stake in Ottobock; its sale of CBR Group to Alteri Investors
• HAL Investments on its majority investment in Pro Gamers Group
• KKR on the sale of stakes in HENSOLDT to Leonardo and KfW
• Lightyear Capital on its acquisition of PayByPhone
• Moonlake Capital on its acquisition of ADA International
• NGK Insulators on its acquisition of Borsig Group
• OptiGroup on the sale of Papyrus Germany to Inapa
• OWG on the sale of STAHLGRUBER to LKQ Corporation
• PAI Partners on Apleona's merger with Gegenbauer Group
• Robert Bosch on its acquisition of a stake in HERE from Audi, BMW and Daimler
• RWE on its joint investment with Apollo Global Management in one of Germany's four transmission grid operators; its partnership with KKR to develop, construct, and operate UK offshore wind farms
• Stellantis (formerly Groupe PSA) on the carve-out and sale of part of Opel's International Technology Development Center to Segula
• UCB on the carve-out and sale of its internal medicine business unit to Paragon Partners
• Viessmann Generations Group on its co‑investment alongside KKR in the take‑private of Encavis
• Vodafone on its acquisition of Unitymedia from Liberty Global
• Waterland Private Equity on its acquisition of Priory Group; its acquisition and development of netgo Group; the sale of ZG Group