Tobias Kalb

Advice to:

• TRATON in relation to the internal reorganisation of its group-wide R&D function at its four brand subsidiaries MAN, Scania, International Motors and Volkswagen Truck & Bus, including the carve-out of the Group R&D business from the respective brand entities into dedicated R&D entities in Germany, Sweden, and the US, including the transfer of employment relationships of more than 8,000 engineers;
• a leading German logistics company on the carve-out and hive down of its largest business unit into a dedicated subsidiary;
• Cinven-owned ETC Group on its acquisition of BTV Multimedia GmbH, a supplier of passive and active equipment for the deployment, maintenance and upgrading of broadband networks.
• private equity investor Cinven on the sale of its majority stake in Viridium Group, an administrator of existing life‑insurance portfolios, to a buyer consortium consisting of Allianz, BlackRock and T&D Holdings;
• Vienna Insurance Group on its business combination with NÜRNBERGER Versicherung;
• Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen), a leading US pharma company, on its acquisition of the global specialist pharma advisor PharmaLex;
• Airbus Defence und Space on its acquisition of the German cybersecurity and IT‑security company Infodas;
• Iveco Group in the sale of Iveco Defence to Leonardo;
• Austrian energy supplier EVN on its sale of the water technology division held by WTE Wassertechnik GmbH to the construction group Strabag;
• A leading European media group on an office move and related local works council negotiations;
• BNP Paribas on the integration process following its €5.1bn acquisition of AXA Investment Managers;
• a US tech scale-up on the reorganization of its German business, including the carve-out of employees to a NewCo, mass dismissals in the RemainCo and advice on the potential formation of a works council;
• a major German automotive company on the negotiation of a framework group works agreement on the accelerated implementation of AI tools;
• a major retail chain on the implementation of agile working methods and compliance structures to identify and avoid re-classification issues, particularly for external IT personnel;
• several firms from various industries on individual unfair dismissal disputes and related claims by employees, managing directors and board members, including outside of and in court;
• various clients on non-compete obligations of employees, managing directors and management board members.