Overview
Mario specialises in advising corporate and financial investors on national and international M&A transactions, reorganisations and joint ventures, with a particular focus on technology companies.
He heads our German Asia Desk and is a member of the global technology sector as well as Co-Head of the Digital Economy Group.
Mario is regularly recommended as a leading M&A lawyer by JUVE, the German commercial law firms directory.
Work Highlights
Mario has advised on many major corporate transactions in Germany and Europe. These include advising:
- VTG: advising in connection with the sale of the majority stake in the company by ultimate owner Morgan Stanley Infrastructure to a leading global, independent infrastructure fund manager.
- Lantmännen: advising on restructuring of Lantmännen's and DLG's joint venture by contribution of their joint venture company HaGe AG into team SE.
- hsh portfoliomanagement AöR: advising on the sale of a shipping loan portfolio (56 ships) in an auction process to a bidder-consortium comprising Bank of America and Davidson Kempner.
- Cosco Shipping Ports: advising on the strategic acquisition of a minority stake (35%) in HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT).
- An Asian fintech group: advising on the envisaged acquisition of a majority stake in a German Fintech, active mainly in the development and marketing of digital rewards and loyalty cards as well as payment functions.
- ING: advising the bank on reaching an agreement to transfer ING’s Retail Banking operations in Austria to bank99, the bank of Österreichische Post, the Austrian postal services.
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