Bio

Daniel Wiegand advises German and international corporate and private equity clients on M&A transactions, joint ventures and corporate law. He has a long track record of assisting strategic and financial investors in national and cross border acquisitions and divestments (including auction processes). His practice is focused on cross border Private M&A and private equity transactions (including Secondary Buyouts), and related matters. His recent transactions for corporate clients include: the acquisition of the German lignite business of Vattenfall (open cast mines and power plants) by a Czech consortium of EPH and PPF Investments (2016), the acquisition of the MegaAirless Group by AptarGroup Inc. (2016), the acquisition of Primacom and Pepcom by Tele Columbus (2015), and the sale of the Siemens Audiology Business (Sivantos) to EQT (2014/2015). Daniel's recent private equity work includes: advising Bain Capital on the sale of FTE automotive to Valeo (2016), Advent International on the sale of Douglas (Perfumeries) to CVC (2015), Capvis Equity Partners on the acquisition of Hennecke (2016) and Stirling Square Capital Partners on the acquisition of Polytech-Domilens (2015). Daniel also advised Viessmann on a joint venture with BMW for Digital Energy Solutions (2015) and Siemens on the formation of a joint venture for high voltage e-powertrains with Valeo (2016).