Maximilian A. Mayer is a Counsel in the Corporate & Financial Services Department advising corporate and financial investors on the financing and other aspects of complex cross-border and national M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions. Max has also worked on a number of bank-bond financed leveraged buyouts.
He further advises secured and unsecured creditors, distressed investors, debtors, shareholders and sponsors on financial and operational restructurings in national and cross-border environments. He also advises on all matters regarding complex equity and debt structures.
Prior to joining Willkie, Max worked at other international law firms as well as general counsel of a multi-family office in Liechtenstein. In 2017 Max was seconded to the investment banking department of a major commercial bank in Munich.
Max is fluent in German and English.
He further advises secured and unsecured creditors, distressed investors, debtors, shareholders and sponsors on financial and operational restructurings in national and cross-border environments. He also advises on all matters regarding complex equity and debt structures.
Prior to joining Willkie, Max worked at other international law firms as well as general counsel of a multi-family office in Liechtenstein. In 2017 Max was seconded to the investment banking department of a major commercial bank in Munich.
Max is fluent in German and English.
Experience
- learnd SE, a leading provider of building management systems, on financing for its acquisitions of BGES Group and Ashdown Group.
- A Liechtenstein based familiy office on the sale of ist stake in Kreisel Electric to Deer & Company.
- A Liechtenstein based familiy office on ist investment in GROPYUS AG.
- A private investment office based in Switzerland on its investment in learnd ltd.
- A private investement office based in Switzerland on its investment in Ella Paradis
- Gilde Buy Out Partners in their sale of COMCAVE Holding GmbH to Amadeus FiRe AG.
- Compass Partners International and Rodenstock Group, a German manufacturer of high-quality progressive lenses, in connection with the refinancing of Rodenstock’s senior debt with a €395 million cov-lite TLB.
- Losberger De Boer Group on its financial and operative restructuring.
- OpCapita on its sale of NKD Group to TDR Capital.
- Gilde Buy Out Partners in its acquisition of Gundlach Automotive Corporation.
- Gilde Buy Out Partners in its investment in Caseking, a leading supplier of high-performance PC gaming equipment and peripherals.
- Sun Capital Partners on the acquisition of ESIM Chemicals GmbH.
- Summit Partners on the financing of its acquisition of a majority stake in Elatec, one of the world’s leading suppliers of multi-standard RFID readers, from DPE Deutsche Private Equity.
- China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd. in a €940 million acquisition facility for Creat’s voluntary public takeover of Biotest AG.
- OpCapita and its portfolio company NKD, a German discount clothing retailer, in connection with the refinancing of existing indebtedness by way of an asset-based lending facility.
- The initial purchasers and mandated lead arrangers on a bank-bond financing of the acquisition of Schustermann & Borenstein GmbH by Permira.
- The initial purchasers and mandated lead arrangers on a bank-bond financing of the acquisition of GFKL Financial Services AG by Permira, including several bolt-on acquisitions and the financing thereof.
- The mandated lead arrangers on the financing of the acquisition of P&I Personal & Informatik AG by Permira.
- Schaeffler AG on a refinancing of its existing loan and its 2018 bond in an amount of €2.3 billion.
- Capiton AG on the financing of its acquisition of Hamm Reno Group.
- Carlyle group during the restructuring of Puccini GmbH (a Carlyle portfolio company) in respect of Planet Sports, Baby Walz and certain other companies.
- Home Shopping Europe on various refinancings and other related issues.
- Evonik AG on its primary financing of the acquisition of the performance materials division of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. for US$3.8 billion.
- Riverside on the financing of the acquisition of Bike 24 GmbH.
- The initial purchasers and mandated lead arrangers on a bank-bond financing of the acquisition of CABB Chemicals GmbH by Permira.
*Some of the above matters were handled by Max prior to joining Willkie.
Credentials
Education
Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen University of Regensburg Higher Regional Court of Regensburg