Hengeler Mueller advises Lightyear Capital on acquisition of PayByPhone
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.
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
- Stellantis (formerly Groupe PSA) on the carve-out and sale of part of Opel's International Technology Development Center to Segula
- 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
- 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
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