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Andreas Füchsel LL.M.

Partner

Excellent legal knowledge and commercial understanding.

— Client, JUVE Handbook 2021/2022
Frankfurt
About

Andreas Füchsel focuses on private equity, venture capital, M&A, capital markets as well as special situation advisory.

He has extensive experience with public company transactions (including SPAC transactions), LBOs, corporate governance, securities law and cross-border M&A. Andreas has been engaged in many contested matters and advised on some of the most high-profile activist campaigns in Germany.

Andreas heads the German Corporate group of DLA Piper.

Areas of FocusFinancial ServicesLife SciencesTechnologyMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityRestructuring
Professional QualificationsRechtsanwalt admitted with Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising the listed German umbilical cord blood bank Vita 34 AG on its public exchange offer for all shares of its competitor Polski Bank Komórek Macierzystych.
  • Advising gaming platform Aonic AB on its acquisition of AddApptr Group, a leading and fast-growing mobile ad tech company.
  • Advising Active Ownership Capital as a co-investor of The Carlyle Group in the public acquisition of the railroad technology company Schaltbau AG.
  • Advising EQT Ventures on multiple investments, including Anydesk, Wonder, philandro, GRITSpot, Home HAT, Origin.bio, Linearity, Formo, Timeless, voilà and Superlist.
  • Advising iC Consult Group, a portfolio company of the Carlyle Europe Technology Partners IV Fund, on the acquisition of U.S. companies IC Synergy and SecureITSource.
  • Advising Active Ownership Capital on the mandatory offer for Vita 34 AG.
  • Advising The Carlyle Group on the acquisition of digital agency Dept.
  • Advising Active Ownership Capital on takeover offer for technology holding exceet Group SE.
  • Advising Active Ownership Capital on the acquisition of industrial brake manufacturer Pintsch Bubenzer.
  • Advising Active Ownership Capital on the minority investment in the pharmaceutical company STADA Arzneimittel AG.
  • Advising The Carlyle Group on the sale of HR software developer P&I AG to Hg Capital.
  • Advising international financial investors on the restructuring of Treveria Immobiliengruppe (formerly Dawnay Day Treveria).
  • Advising The Carlyle Group on the public takeover and taking private of financial information service provider vwd Group.
  • Advising The Carlyle Group on the public takeover and taking private of HR software developer P&I AG.
Languages
  • English
  • German
Education
  • University of Miami School of Law, LL.M., 2001
  • Higher Regional Court of Bamberg, Second State Examination, 2000
  • University of Bayreuth, First State Examination, 1998

Awards & Recognitions

  • JUVE Handbook 2023/2024: Frequently recommended for corporate law, M&A, venture capital and private equity transactions (mid cap); “excellent legal knowledge & commercial understanding”, client (2021/2022)
  • Legal 500 Germany 2024: Recommended for private equity: transactions and corporate law and M&A: mid-sized deals (EUR100-500 million)
  • Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers 2024/2025: Recommended for private equity

Publications

  • Abuse of Rights in Supervisory Board Elections, New Journal of Corporate Law (Rechtsmissbräuchliche Gestaltung von Aufsichtsratswahlen, Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht)
  • The New German Bond Restructuring Act, Financier Worldwide
  • The New German Voting Right Disclosure Rules, Financier Worldwide

Prior Experience

Prior to joining DLA Piper in May 2017 Andreas practiced as a lawyer for well-known national and international law firms in Frankfurt/Main. In 2005, he worked on a nine-month client secondment in the Investment Banking Division of Citigroup Frankfurt.

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