Dr. Sebastian Häfele

• Recognized by JUVE Handbook German Commercial Law Firms, 2025/2026 edition, as a frequently recommended lawyer for private equity
• Recognized by Handelsblatt / The Best Lawyers in Germany™ 2025 for M&A, private equity and corporate law in Germany

• Triton on the acquisition of the security and communications technology product business from Bosch as well as the sale of a majority stake in Kelvion to a major global alternative investment manager
• TASARU on an investment in Blacklane
• A leading global alternative asset manager on the c. EUR 3.9 billion acquisition of Aareon
• BC Partners on the sale of Aenova to Kühne Holding
• Cinven on the public acquisition offer to the shareholders of SYNLAB AG as well as the reinvestment of Elliott in SYNLAB
• GIC on the long-term minority investment in Messer
• Nordic Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in corpuls
• KLAR Partners on the acquisition of GMC-Instruments
• CPP Investments on the acquisition of a stake in Universal Investment
• GBL on the acquisition of Sanoptis
• Thomas H. Lee Partners on its investment in Kinexon
• BC Partners on the acquisition of a significant stake in Valtech SE
• Yucaipa Acquisition Corporation on the business combination with SIGNA Sports United
• A leading private investment firm on the bidding process for a majority stake in Condor
• Apax Partners on the acquisition of the PIB Group
• L Catterton on the acquisition of a majority stake in BIRKENSTOCK Group
• FT Partners on the investment in Mambu
• Searchlight Capital on the investment in GetYourGuide
• Funds advised by a global private investment firm on its majority equity investment in Syncapay for the acquisition of North Lane Technologies (formerly Wirecard North America) and combination with daVinci Payments
• Advent International on its investment in Hermes UK and Hermes Germany
• Bidding consortium led by Advent, Cinven and RAG-Stiftung on the acquisition of the elevator division of thyssenkrupp AG
• Oakley Capital on the sale of WebPros to CVC Capital Partners
• A leading private investment firm and Carlyle on the public takeover offer for OSRAM Licht AG
• Oakley Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Seven Miles
• EP Global Commerce on the public takeover of METRO AG
• Colfax Corporation on its pending USD 3.15 billion acquisition of DJO Global
• H.I.G. Capital and General Atlantic on the sale of their investments in FNZ group
• Sycamore Partners on the sale of EMP Merchandising to Warner Music
• FNZ group on the acquisition of European Bank for Financial Services (ebase) from comdirect bank AG
• Vitruvian Partners on the acquisition of Technogroup IT-Service
• Oakley Capital Private Equity on the acquisition of Career Partner Group
• Vestigo Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Accentro AG from Adler Real Estate AG and the subsequent public takeover offer
• Creat Group Corporation on the EUR 940 million public takeover of Biotest AG
• A leading private investment firm and Cinven on their EUR 5.4 billion joint public takeover of the German pharmaceutical company Stada Arzneimittel AG
• Alimak Group, a Triton portfolio company, on the acquisition of Avanti Wind Systems
• A real estate equity investment platform on its acquisition of A&O Hotels
• IVG Immobilien AG on its refinancing in connection with the reorganization of a commercial real estate portfolio
• J.P. Morgan on its acquisition of aloan portfolio (along with a second buyer party) from Hypothekenbank Frankfurt

_{*  Sebastian advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.}