Linklaters advises Vodafone on the acquisition of Skaylink
Linklaters advises Vodafone Group on the acquisition of Germany headquartered Skaylink group primarily from funds managed by Waterland.
Skaylink is a leading full-service cloud, digital transformation and security specialist with offices throughout Germany and across Europe. Its team of over 500 professionals are recognised experts at managing cloud deployments and migrations across Microsoft and AWS environments and implementing AI solutions for business customers.
The transaction is part of Vodafone Business’ ambition to accelerate growth in key areas such as security, managed services and cloud.
Completion of the transaction is expected by the end of March 2026, subject to the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals.
The Linklaters team is led by Kristina Klaaßen-Kaiser (Partner, Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf) and Christoph van Lier (Counsel, Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf).
Other team members are Chao Chen and Ibrahim Toksöz (both Associate, Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf), Daniel Pauly (Partner, TMT, Frankfurt), René Döring (Partner, Employment, Frankfurt), Daniela Seeliger (Partner, Antitrust & Foreign Investment, Düsseldorf), Julian Böhmer (Partner, Tax, Düsseldorf), Julia Grothaus (Partner, LAI, Frankfurt), Bolko Ehlgen (Partner, IP, Frankfurt), Jördis Heckt-Harbeck (Partner, Capital Markets, Frankfurt), Tobias Rump and Kaan Gürer (both Counsel, Antitrust & Foreign Investment, Düsseldorf), Luca Rawe (Managing Associate, Employment, Düsseldorf), Lars Harzmeier (Managing Associate, LAI, Frankfurt), Cordt-Magnus Erich van Geuns-Rosch (Managing Associate, IP, Frankfurt), Katharina Schlücke (Managing Associate, Tax, Düsseldorf), André Scheidtmann (Managing Associate, Antitrust & Foreign Investment, Düsseldorf), Felix Wichert and Nick Burgold (both Associate, TMT, Frankfurt), Colin Laws (Associate, Employment, Frankfurt), Kamaljot Kaur Dhadda (Associate, LAI, Frankfurt), Kilian Leo Wentz (Associate, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Moritz von Egidy and Eva Friederike Köhler (both Associate, Capital Markets, Frankfurt), Max Fuss (Associate, Tax, Düsseldorf), Maximilian Kühn (Associate, Real Estate, München), Svenja Schmidt (Associate, Real Estate, Frankfurt), Arvid van Loon and Markus Pohlmann (both Associate, Antitrust & Foreign Investment, Düsseldorf).
Linklaters regularly advises Vodafone. Most recently, the team led by Kristina Klaaßen-Kaiser advised Vodafone on its strategic partnership with GIP and KKR regarding Vantage Towers, as well as on the fibre optic joint venture with the Altice Group, among other matters.
