Ingo Berner

Ingo specializes in M&A transactions.

He advises corporates and financial sponsors on a wide range of transaction structures, including auction processes, carve-outs, minority investments, joint ventures and co-investments. His areas of expertise also include public takeovers and other capital market transactions as well as advice on corporate law matters.

Ingo Berner was named one of JUVE's "40 under 40" in 2025. He has been listed as a TOP Lawyer 2026 by F.A.Z. Institute and by Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers since 2022 for corporate law and M&A.

Ingo has recently advised, among others:

• Advent on ADIA's investment in INNIO,
• Consortium of Allianz, BlackRock and T&D Holdings on the acquisition of Viridium Group from Cinven,
• Apleona on the acquisition of Smart Energy Group,
• Deutsche Bahn on the sale of Schenker to DSV,
• Deutsche ReGas on various capital measures and corporate law matters,
• EQT on the sale of a minority stake in SHL Medical to EQT Future,
• GHO Capital on the acquisition of FotoFinder,
• Hornetsecurity on its sale to Proofpoint/Thoma Bravo,
• KKR and Hensoldt on the IPO of Hensoldt.
• KLAR Partners on the acquisition of Konzmann Group,
• Merz on the business combination of WindStar Medical with Merz Lifecare and the partnership with Oakley Capital,
• MFE on the public takeover of ProSiebenSat.1,
• Consortium of Oaktree and CURA on the public takeover of Deutsche EuroShop,
• PAI Partners on the merger of Apleona with Gegenbauer and on the sale of Apleona to Bain Capital,
• PSG Equity on its investments in Hornetsecurity, PlentyONE, and Checkmk, inter alia,
• Siemens on the sale of Yunex to Atlantia,
• Stellantis on the reorganization of its German financing business, and
• Tencent on its investments in Clark, inter alia.