Biography
He supports German and international investors throughout the entire life cycle of Private Equity and M&A transactions on our pan-European platform. Sebastian provides strategic and legal guidance on acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, management participation programs, minority and co-investments, hybrid/structured capital solutions and exit strategies across various industry sectors.
Sebastian has worked on numerous landmark cross-border transactions across various industries, including advising:
Consumer/Business Services
- Ardian on the acquisition and subsequent sale of the Competence Call Center Group*
- Equistone and other shareholders on the sale of Sport Group*
- Hg on Permira’s investment in GGW Group*
- Partners Group on the (i) sale of Hofmann Menü Group and (ii) the acquisition of Schleich*
Healthcare
- Advent on the envisaged acquisition of Corden Pharma*
- Antin Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition and subsequent sale of a majority stake in amedes*
- Ares on the envisaged acquisition of Sanoptics*
- DPE Deutsche Private Equity on the acquisition and subsequent sale of PharmaZell group, as well as on the acquisition of the majority stake of ZellBios*
- The Carlyle Group on the acquisition and subsequent sale of exocad Global Holdings*
Energy and Infrastructure
- Antin Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of Blue Elephant Energy AG*
- Eurofiber (portfolio company of Antin Infrastructure) on a partnership with NGN to build a leading B2B fiber infrastructure platform in Germany*
Industrials
- Acrotec (a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group) on the acquisition of (i) Friedrich Daniels and (ii) Mebus MIM-Technik*
- Advent on the joint venture with Lanxess (HPM business / DSM business)*
- Antin Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of Blue Elephant Energy AG*
- Ara Partners on the acquisition of Vacuumschmelze*
- Ardian on the acquisition of a majority stake in LIFTKET group*
- Brookfield on the envisaged acquisition of (i) Flender and (II) the elevator business of ThyssenKrupp*
- Cathay Capital on the acquisition and sale of a majority stake in the automotive supplier E.WINKEMANN*
- Perusa on the sale of SCHROTH Safety Products*
Technology, Media and Telecom
- Allianz Capital Partners on the creation of a joint venture with Telefónica*
- Ardian on the acquisition of the Swissbit group*
- Ardian/Swissbit on the acquisition of Hyperstone*
- Bitly on the acquisition of Egoditor*
- Bregal on (i) the sale of EA Elektro-Automatic, (ii) the acquisition of ACTICO, and (iii) the medavis GmbH, as well as (i v) the strategic partnership with Billbee and (v) the sale of a majority stake in ACTICO Group*
- DEDIQ on a strategic partnership with SAP (JV) in the financial services industry*
- Main Capital Partners on (i) acquisition of CisBox and (ii) the sale of software company Perbility to Rivean Capital*
- OneTrust on the acquisition of Planetly*
- Partners Group on the acquisition of Cloudflight Group*
- Silverfleet Capital on the acquisition of ec4u and BULPROS*
- The Carlyle Group on the acquisition of the GBTEC group*
*Matters handled prior to joining Weil
Sebastian studied law at Goethe University, Frankfurt (law degree 2004) and earned his doctorate from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (2005) as well as an LL.M. degree in Taxation from New York University (2009). He completed his legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court Zweibrücken (2007). Sebastian was admitted to practice in Germany in 2007.
Sebastian is fluent in German and English.