Sebastian Kummler’s practice focuses on domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and general corporate law.

He has significant experience in advising strategic investors as well as private equity and sovereign wealth funds across all sectors.

Sebastian joined the firm in 2021.

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Notable Experience

  • Warburg Pincus in its pending acquisition of Redwood Software, a portfolio company of Turn/River Capital. 

  • Ecolab in the divestiture of its global surgical solutions business to Medline Industries for approximately $950 million.

  • Umicore on a carve out of a business segment and general corporate matters.

  • Roquette in its acquisition of the Pharma Solutions Business from International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

  • Solvay in the global spin-off of its specialty activities and the dual listing of Syensqo on Euronext. 

  • A sovereign wealth fund on the acquisition of a minority shareholding in German Agile Robots AG from early-stage investors.

  • Synopsys in its acquisition of PikeTec from private equity fund ECM Equity Capital Management.

  • The founders of NeXtWind in connection with the sale of NeXtWind Capital Limited to, and the securing of equity commitments by, a consortium led by Sandbrook Capital.

  • Albany International Corporation in its acquisition of Heimbach Group.

  • Infinite Electronics, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company, in its acquisition of Cable Connectivity Group B.V. (CCG) from Torqx Capital Partners and TKH Group N.V., especially the direct acquisition of the German entities of CCG.

  • Mubadala Investment Company, a sovereign wealth fund of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, in co-investment in connection with a voluntary public takeover offer to shareholders of va-Q-tec by EQT.

  • A German DAX 40 industrial and consumer products group on the divestment of its global solder materials business to a Japanese chemicals manufacturer.

  • The investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo in the proposed acquisition of the Terminals, Solutions & Services business line (Ingenico) from Worldline.

  • DCC Healthcare in its acquisition of Medi-Globe Group, an international medical devices business focused on minimally invasive procedures from Duke Street.

  • Veolia Environnement (Veolia) in its successful divestments of remedy assets approved by the European Commission in order to preserve competition in environmental services following the combination of Veolia and Suez.

  • Mercer International Inc. in its acquisition of German Holzindustrie Torgau from Deutsche Bank and funds advised by Orchard Global Asset Management.

  • A sovereign wealth fund on the acquisition of a minority shareholding in a German e-commerce start-up company.

  • MAX Automation in its acquisition of a minority stake in ZEAL Network SE and on general corporate matters.

  • Schroders on the acquisition of a minority shareholding in German Ada Health GmbH from BBPM GmbH.

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