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601 Lexington Avenue, 31st FloorNew York, NY 10022
T +1 212 230-4611
F +1 212 277 4001
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Olaf is counsel in our M&A practice in New York.
Olaf advises domestic and international clients in M&A transactions on the buy as well as on the sell side, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings, with a particular focus on cross-border matters.
back to tab navigation- Cazoo on its pending $7 billion business combination with US SPAC AJAX I, including a concurrent $800 million PIPE.
- Royal Caribbean Group on the all-cash carve-out of its Azamara cruise line to Sycamore Partners, including its three-ship fleet and associated intellectual property.
- Royal Caribbean Cruises on the acquisition of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises by TUI Cruises, a joint venture co-owned with TUI AG.
- CoreMedia AG on its sale to Los Angeles based OpenGate Capital.
- Emerson Electric on its acquisition of the Aventics Group from Triton.
- DEUTZ AG on its partial financing of the acquisition of Neue Halberg-Guss by companies advised by One Square Advisors.
- Maersk Line on the divestiture of its global dry bulk shipping operations to The China Navigation Company.
- Neology, Inc., a portfolio company of One Equity Partners, on its acquisition of the automated license plate recognition business from 3M.
- Maersk Line on its acquisition of container liner company Hamburg Sued.
- Hapag-Lloyd AG on its acquisition of container liner company United Arab Shipping Company.
- Expedia, Inc. as majority shareholder of trivago GmbH on trivago’s IPO at the NASDAQ stock exchange.
- Expedia, Inc. on its acquisition of a majority stake in hotel meta search engine trivago.
- Wärtsilä Corp. on the acquisition of the Marine Systems International unit from L-3 Communications Corp.
- Madison International Realty/Morgan Stanley on the sale of Franfurt high rise “Trianon Tower” for €540 million.
- Berggruen Holdings on the acquisition of the Karstadt Group (2010) and the subsequent divestiture (2014).
- Liberty Global, Inc. on the acquisition of Kabel Baden-Württemberg.
Education
- Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich
- University of Bayreuth, Germany (Business Law)
- New York University School of Law, New York (LL.M. in Corporate Law)
Professional qualifications
- Rechtsanwalt, Germany
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During his traineeship at the appellate court of Berlin (Kammergericht), Olaf completed various apprenticeships with public and private institutions, including the German Treasury in Berlin.
New York
601 Lexington Avenue, 31st FloorNew York, NY 10022
T +1 212 230-4611
F +1 212 277 4001