About
Sean is a part of our Global Transactions team and advises clients on corporate law and M&A matters.
He obtained law degrees from Albert-Ludwigs University (Freiburg, Germany) and New York University School of Law (New York City, USA) and speaks English and German.
Additional Information
Recent work (selection):
Private M&A
- NiCE LTD (Israel/USA): Acquisition of German conversational AI leader Cognigy (approx. €955m), referred to as the largest AI transaction in Europe
- New Work SE (formerly XING): Carve-out of kununu business segment
- DDVG (holding company of Social Democratic Party; SPD): Sale of DDV media stake to Madsack
- Bauer Media Group: Merger of CEE online comparison platform business with Netrisk
- Qonto (France): Acquisition of German FinTech Penta*
Public M&A
- Encavis AG: Delisting offer by KKR (approx. €350m), delisting of Encavis shares from Frankfurt/Hamburg stock exchanges and merger squeeze-out of minority shareholders
- New Work SE (formerly XING): Delisting offer by Burda Media (approx. €100m), delisting of New Work shares from Frankfurt stock exchange and squeeze-out of minority shareholders
*Prior to joining Freshfields
Sean Tries
Associate
Hamburg Office
Hohe Bleichen 7
Hamburg 20354