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Sean is Principal Associate in our Global M&A and Capital practice 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.
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Recent work (selection):
Private M&A
- MARCARD STEIN & CO on its sale by M.M. Warburg to Rothschild
- NiCE LTD on its acquisition of German conversational AI leader Cognigy (approx. $955m), referred to as the largest AI transaction in Europe
- NEW WORK SE (formerly XING) on (i) the carve-out of its kununu business and (ii) the sale of its InterNations business
- DDVG (holding company of Social Democratic Party; SPD) on the sale of its DDV media stake to Madsack
- BAUER MEDIA GROUP on the merger of its CEE online comparison platform business with Netrisk
- QONTO on its acquisition of German FinTech Penta*
Public M&A
- ALL FOR ONE GROUP SE on the public takeover offer by VINCI S.A. (approx. €336m)
- ENCAVIS AG on (i) the delisting tender offer by KKR/Viessmann (approx. €350m), (ii) delisting of ENCAVIS shares from Frankfurt/Hamburg stock exchanges and (iii) merger squeeze-out of minority shareholders
- NEW WORK SE (formerly XING) on (i) the delisting tender offer by Burda Media (approx. €100m), (ii) delisting of New Work shares from Frankfurt stock exchange and (iii) squeeze-out of minority shareholders
*Prior to joining Freshfields
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Hamburg Office
Hohe Bleichen 7
Hamburg 20354