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Peter Erbacher

Partner and Notary, Frankfurt

Overview

Professional experience

Education and qualifications

Overview

Peter has specialised experience in advising clients on national and international M&A transactions, restructurings and corporate law.

Work highlights
  • BP: advising on numerous transactions, including 
  • ­the planned sale of refinery and pipeline stakes as well as on the planned purchase of a terminal,
  • ­a Europe-wide cash pool project,
  • the acquisition of Veba Oel and the subsequent reorganisation and integration of the Veba Oel Group and ARAL into Deutsche BP, 
  • ­the carve out and sale of over 900 service stations in Germany, Hungary and Slovakia as well as a refinery participation to OMV and Orlen, 
  • ­the restructuring and subsequent sale of its global olefins, derivatives and refining subsidiary Innovene to Ineos,
  • ­the acquisition by Rosneft of PdVSA's share in its German refining joint venture ROG with BP.
  • McKesson: advising on a number of projects and transactions, such as on the public takeover of Celesio.
  • ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios: advising on its public takeover of Hochtief.
  • Citibank: advising on the carve-out and sale of its German retail banking business (now Targo Bank) to Crédit Mutuel.
  • Dow Chemical: advising on several deals, including on the acquisition of Wolff Walsrode from Bayer AG.
  • Hewlett-Packard: advising on the acquisition of the IT service provider Triaton from ThyssenKrupp.
  • Eurochem: advising on the acquisition of BASF’s fertilizer business.
 

Professional experience

Peter worked as a banker until 1979 at Commerzbank. He joined the German predecessor firm Oppenhoff & Rädler in 1989 and was appointed Partner in 2001.

Education and qualifications

Peter studied law at the Universities of Erlangen and Frankfurt am Main.

He speaks German and English.