Christoph Mager

Christoph’s experience includes advising:

• team.blue on the strategic acquisition of helloCash, a leading provider of digital point-of-sale (POS) and cash register software based in Austria. This transaction will further strengthen team.blue's SaaS offering
• Renesas Electronics Corporation, a Japanese electronics corporation, on the acquisition of all shares in Panthronics AG, a Graz-based semiconductor company specialising in high-performance wireless products
• Schréder, the leading independent provider of smart outdoor lighting solutions, on the acquisition of a 49% stake in Photinus, a leading European provider of solar lighting solutions, with a view to join forces and accelerate the growth of smart and connected solar solutions
• On the completion of the spin-off of GE Healthcare, with GE Healthcare commencing trading as an independent public company on NASDAQ. This has been one of the largest and most complicated spin transactions ever undertaken, with DLA Piper providing advice across 100 jurisdictions
• Andreas Wiedrich in selling all his shares in KML Linear Motion Technology to Aalberts, a listed global company in the semi-conductor industry
• The US agricultural machinery manufacturer John Deere in relation with the acquisition of stakes in the US shareholders of Kreisel Electric GmbH & Co KG, an Austrian leading innovator focused on the development of liquid-cooled electric battery modules and packs for high-performance and off-highway applications
• The global chip manufacturer Qualcomm in relation with the acquisition of Salzburg-based augmented reality developer Wikitude GmbH by its 100% subsidiary QGT International, including obtaining foreign direct investment approval in Austria and the EU
• The Heidelberger group in connection with time-critical restructurings and related corporate law issues
• Graphic Packaging, a leading provider of sustainable, fibre-based consumer packaging solutions, on its acquisition of AR Packaging, Europe's second largest manufacturer of fibre-based consumer packaging
• The Knorr-Bremse Group in connection with complex M&A transactions and restructurings and related corporate and commercial law issues
• The Austrian biotech company Panoptes Pharma as the target on its 100% acquisition by US pharmaceutical specialist EyeGate Pharmaceuticals
• GG Group (Gebauer & Griller) on the spin-off of its elevator division as part of the strategic consolidation of the group
• UniCredit S.p.A. on the sale of the ultimate beneficiary rights to the B&C Privatstiftung (“B&C Private Foundation”); among other assets, the B&C Privatstiftung holds majority stakes in the industrial groups Lenzing, Amag and Semperit
• A multinational conglomerate (seller) and a global science and technology company (purchaser) as transaction counsel on the Austrian part of the sale of the biopharma business of the seller for approx. USD21.4 billion
• The Chinese private equity house Wise Road Capital on the establishment of a high-tech joint venture with the leading Austrian advanced sensor manufacturer AMS