Dr Ruprecht Freiherr von Maltzahn | Lawyers

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Overview

Ruprecht specialises in advising national and international corporates and financial investors on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, co-operations and restructurings as well as general corporate law with a particular focus on healthcare and industrial clients.

He coordinates the activities of the German Linklaters Healthcare sector and is part of the global Healthcare sector practice group.

Ruprecht is also a member of Linklater’s German and international ESG working groups where a cross-functional team closely follows the current developments around ESG and provides comprehensive advice to clients.

In its 2023 Best Lawyers Ranking, German Handelsblatt lists Ruprecht as “One to Watch” for M&A, Private Equity and Corporate Law.

Work highlights

Ruprecht’s experience includes the following matters:

Siemens Healthineers: Advising on the acquisition of Advanced Accelerator Applications Molecular Imaging from Novartis and on further M&A transactions.
International pharmaceutical company: Advising on the contemplated carve-out and divestment of a production site for biosimilars.
TricorBraun: Advising on various M&A transactions, including the acquisitions of the glass packaging providers Glassland GmbH and Euroglas GmbH.

Volkswagen Group: Advising on the sale of Volkswagen Group Rus to local investor Art-Finance LLC.

Carrier Global: Advising on the 12bn EUR acquisition of Viessmann Climate Solutions from Viessmann Family Holdings.
Vitesco Technologies: Advising on the sale of its business segment Selective Catalytic Reduction Systems/Commercial Vehicles to Anhui ActBlue and on the sale of its Emitec business to DUBAG.
Ströer: Advising on several M&A transactions and general corporate law matters.

Mondi: Advising on the sale of its personal care components (PCC) business to Nitto Denko Corporation.
BlackRock: Advising its Global Renewable Power platform on the investment in the European high-power charging network company IONITY.

ADQ: Advising on the acquisition of Swiss pharmaceutical and generics group Acino from Nordic Capital and Avista Capital.

Linde in connection with the $90 billion merger with Praxair including a highly complex global carve-out of Linde business activities and their subsequent divestments, and on the formation of a strategic 50/50 Joint Ventures with Sahara International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem).

Experience

Ruprecht has worked for Linklaters since 2013 and has been promoted to Counsel in 2023. In 2007/2008 and from 2010 to 2012 he has worked as research assistant in the corporate/M&A departments of other internal law firms.

Ruprecht is member of the German Corporate Law Association (Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung/VGR) and the Munich M&A Forum.

Beyond the Office

Ruprecht studied law at the universities of Heidelberg and Münster and worked as trainee lawyer for the Hamburg Parliament and in the London office of an international law firm. In 2017, he received his Doctorate (Dr. jur.) from the University of Kiel.

He speaks German and English.

Thought Leadership

Ruprecht regularly publishes articles in professional journals and handbooks. Recent publications include:

Handling virtual data during legal investigations and due diligence, in: Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, special edition – cybersecurity: companies in focus – strategies against cyber-attacks, November 2023.
ESG & M&A, in: Der Betrieb, special edition ESG, 22 May 2023.
New Legal Framework for Mergers, in: Börsenzeitung, 4 June 2022, page 9 et seq.
ESG in M&A transactions – an update, in: Der Betrieb, special edition ESG, 30 May 2022.
Co-author: Holzapfel / Pöllath / Bergjan / Engelhardt - M&A in law and practice, 16th edition, 2021.
The increasing importance of ESG in M&A transactions, in: Der Betrieb, special edition ESG, 17 May 2021.
Companies cannot avoid ESG anymore, in: PLATOW Recht, 2 September 2020,
p. 7.
Hot topics for M&A, lecture and essay for the 17th Annual Conference on Corporate Law of the DAI e.V., 2019.
The German Assembly Act of 1953 – historical background, legislative process and subsequent amendments, monograph, Frankfurt a.M., 2018.

Overview

He coordinates the activities of the German Linklaters Healthcare sector and is part of the global Healthcare sector practice group.

In its 2023 Best Lawyers Ranking, German Handelsblatt lists Ruprecht as “One to Watch” for M&A, Private Equity and Corporate Law.

Work highlights

Ruprecht’s experience includes the following matters:

Siemens Healthineers: Advising on the acquisition of Advanced Accelerator Applications Molecular Imaging from Novartis and on further M&A transactions.

International pharmaceutical company: Advising on the contemplated carve-out and divestment of a production site for biosimilars.

TricorBraun: Advising on various M&A transactions, including the acquisitions of the glass packaging providers Glassland GmbH and Euroglas GmbH.

Volkswagen Group: Advising on the sale of Volkswagen Group Rus to local investor Art-Finance LLC.

Carrier Global: Advising on the 12bn EUR acquisition of Viessmann Climate Solutions from Viessmann Family Holdings.

Vitesco Technologies: Advising on the sale of its business segment Selective Catalytic Reduction Systems/Commercial Vehicles to Anhui ActBlue and on the sale of its Emitec business to DUBAG.

Ströer: Advising on several M&A transactions and general corporate law matters.

Mondi: Advising on the sale of its personal care components (PCC) business to Nitto Denko Corporation.

BlackRock: Advising its Global Renewable Power platform on the investment in the European high-power charging network company IONITY.

ADQ: Advising on the acquisition of Swiss pharmaceutical and generics group Acino from Nordic Capital and Avista Capital.

Linde in connection with the $90 billion merger with Praxair including a highly complex global carve-out of Linde business activities and their subsequent divestments, and on the formation of a strategic 50/50 Joint Ventures with Sahara International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem).

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