Munich — The international law firm Clifford Chance strengthens its German private equity team with the high-caliber partner additions of Dr. Volkmar Bruckner (photo) and Dr. Mark Aschenbrenner as well as with the senior associate Dr. Samuel Frommelt. All new hires will work out of Clifford Chance’s Munich office and will at the same time further strengthen the German and international transaction team with their expertise and market experience.
As an experienced private equity specialist, Dr. Volkmar Bruckner advises investors, management teams and companies in complex regional and international large cap and mid cap as well as M&A transactions, in particular leveraged buy-outs, carve-outs and joint ventures.
Dr. Mark Aschenbrenner has established himself in the private equity scene thanks to his diverse experience from various high-profile acquisitions and is recognized as one of the up-and-coming private equity partners of the new generation.
Dr. Samuel Frommelt advises private equity and financial investors on M&A transactions. He has extensive experience advising clients across sectors, primarily on investments in unlisted companies, public takeovers, co-investments and secondary transactions.
Volkmar Bruckner, Mark Aschenbrenner and Samuel Frommelt join Clifford Chance from Kirkland & Ellis in Munich. The exact date of the change has not yet been determined.
Dr. Peter Dieners, Managing Partner of Clifford Chance in Germany: “For us, Munich and private equity advice belong together. Lawyer personalities such as Volkmar Bruckner, Mark Aschenbrenner and Samuel Frommelt are therefore a perfect fit for us. With their exceptional market profile and at the same time great ambition, they enrich us on our way to the top of the German market. With them, our important Munich presence will be ideally complemented and even more powerful, even for very large projects and transactions. We also want to grow further in the private equity area.”
Dr. Anselm Raddatz, Head of the Private Equity Group at Clifford Chance in Germany, said: “We are very pleased with the new additions. The great new team in Munich sharpens our private equity profile locally and will make a great contribution to providing our clients with even more know-how and clout for the successful and safe realization of their investments for their transactions in Germany and Europe.”
Clifford Chance is growing strategically at its offices in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich. Particularly in the strong Munich market, the firm is strengthening its focus on broad-based and thus significantly more comprehensive and efficient transaction and financing advice for private equity houses and other financial investors.
Clifford Chance’s global private equity practice provides large teams in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the US with market-leading expertise to advise financial investors and funds across the full spectrum of their activities. Recently, the firm’s German teams have assisted clients in these high-profile transactions, among others:
Medical diagnostics and laboratory services provider Synlab and financial investors Cinven, OTPP and Novo Holdings on Synlab’s IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange; Permira on the acquisition of leading European CNS specialty pharma company Neuraxpharm from Apax; Triton on the acquisition of premium kitchen supplier SCHOCK from IK Investment Partners.
About Clifford Chance
Clifford Chance, one of the world’s leading law firms, is present for its clients with around 3,400 legal advisors in all major business centers around the world. In Germany, Clifford Chance is represented by around 300 lawyers, auditors, tax advisors and solicitors in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main and Munich.