Aurel Hille

Aurel has advised on the following selected significant matters:

• 3i Group plc on several transactions, including the sale of MAIT, a leading IT services provider for mid-market customers in the DACH region, to a private equity fund advised by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG); and the sale of its investment in Weener Plastics, a leading provider of innovative plastic packaging solutions, to Silgan Holdings Inc. for an enterprise value of €838 million.
• Adiuva Capital on several transactions, including the sale of KONZMANN Group, a leading German technical building services platform, to funds advised by KLAR Partners Ltd.; the sale of HWP Handwerkspartner GmbH to Goldbeck Robens Industrial Partners (GRIP); and the sale of care service provider advita to DomusVi.
• AlixPartners on the acquisition of automotive consulting firm Berylls.
• Consortium comprising lead investor Apax Partners, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, Summit Partners, GP Bullhound and the Founders in the sale of portfolio company Signavio, a leader in the enterprise business process intelligence and process management space, to SAP.
• Ardian in the acquisition of a majority stake in AD Education, a European education platform specialized in arts, digital and audiovisual; and the acquisition by AD Education of the European operations of SAE Institute, a leader in audiovisual and creative media higher education.
• CapVest Partners on several transactions, including the acquisition of a majority stake in STADA from Bain Capital and Cinven; and Natra, a Portfolio Company of CapVest, on its acquisition of Bredabest.
• Cérélia in its proposed acquisition of General Mills’ European dough businesses.
• CVC Capital Partners on several transactions, including the public takeover of a minority stake in CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA (CGM), a leading e-health provider; and Sebia, a CVC portfolio company, on the acquisition of ORGENTEC Diagnostika from Water Street Healthcare Partners.
• EMAG Group on its restructuring, a complex cross-border reorganization.
• Franklin Templeton in its acquisition of a majority interest in Apera Asset Management, a pan-European private credit firm with over €5 billion in assets under management.
• IK Investment Partners on several transactions, including its acquisition of a minority stake in A-SAFE, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of industrial polymer safety barrier systems; the sale of its stake in LINXIS Group, a leading global supplier of industrial processing equipment and automation solutions for the food, pharma and cosmetic industries, to Hillenbrand, Inc.; and Questel and its financial sponsors Eurazeo, IK Investment Partners and Raise Investissement on the acquisition of NovumIP from Paragon Partners.
• Insight Partners on several transactions, including in connection with a $456 million investment together with Sixth Street Growth in Kiteworks, a leader in secure content communications; on its portfolio company ACMS’ acquisition of Quentic; in connection with its investments in Camunda Services and Jedox; and Dotmatics, a leading provider of life sciences R&D software and portfolio company of Insight Partners, in its $5.1 billion sale to Siemens AG.
• Kaseya on its $6.2 billion acquisition of Datto.
• Lagardère Travel Retail on its acquisition of Marché International.
• PAI Partners on several transactions, including on competition law aspects of the acquisition of Audiotonix; and the acquisition of SGD Pharma.
• Searchlight Capital Partners on the sale of Flowbird Group to EasyPark Group.
• SGT Capital on several transactions, including the acquisition of Utimaco Group from private equity fund EQT Mid Market Europe; and the acquisition of ELATEC GmbH, a leading international developer and supplier of secure access management solutions.
• STARK Deutschland GmbH on several transactions, including its acquisition of German building material distributor KONZ Group; the acquisition of Tröger & Entenmann Group, a leading German provider of water and gas supply and wastewater disposal solutions; and its acquisition of Melle Gallhöfer, a leading German specialist dealer for roofs and facades, from private equity fund palero.
• Summa Equity AB on the acquisition of a majority stake in FAST LTA GmbH, a leading German provider of secure data storage and archiving solutions.
• Take-Two Interactive Software on several transactions, including its $12.7 billion acquisition of Zynga.
• The Sterling Group on the sale of Time Manufacturing to H.I.G. Capital; and Time Manufacturing in the acquisition of the Ruthmann Group, a manufacturer of aerial work platforms in Germany and Italy.
• Valeo Foods on its acquisition of Schluckwerder Holding GmbH, a leading producer of confectionery products in Germany, from Novum Capital.
• Wendel on the sale of its portfolio company Constantia Flexibles, a global leader in the flexible packaging market, to an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners.
• Hannam & Partners in the sale of MKM to KME.*
• Lindsay Goldberg on the sale of VDM Metals Group to Acerinox S.A.*
• Lone Star in the acquisition of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Deutschland (SGBDD); and Lone Star Funds and Stark Group A/S on the proposed acquisition of the European building distribution business from CRH.*
• Providence Strategic Growth Partners in its investment in OpusCapita.*
• TPG and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in the acquisition of up to 35% of Dream Cruises.*
• TowerBrook/Infopro Digital on the bolt-on acquisition of DOCUgroup from GMT Communications Partners.*

_{*Aurel advised on these matters prior to joining Willkie.}