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Dr Nils Koffka

Partner

Email

nils.koffka@aoshearman.com

Phone

+49 40 82221 2112

Offices

Hamburg

V-CARD
Nils is Head of Germany Private Equity and advises private equity funds, domestic and international investors and family offices in complex and large-scale private equity transactions, domestic and cross-border acquisitions, divestitures and leveraged buy-outs.
He has extensive experience in managing large cross-border private equity transactions.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Kühne Holding AG on its joint investment with EQT in the global travel tech company Flixbus SE.
  • Kühne Holding AG on the acquisition of pharmaceutical contract developer and manufacturer Aenova Group from BC Partner.
  • One Equity Partners on the acquisition of Kirey Group, an Italian IT systems integrator and proprietary technology solutions developer, from Synergo Capital SGR.
  • Partners Group and CVC as a bidding consortium on the intended acquisition of CeramTec Group from BC Partners.
  • BC Partners on the acquisition of Tentamus Group GmbH from Auctus.
  • Bridgepoint on the acquisition of a majority stake from Porsche SE in PTV Group ("PTV") and its subsequent acquisition of Econolite, a leading North American provider of intelligent traffic management solutions and Conundra B.V., a Belgian route planning software developer.
  • VASS Consultoría de Sistemas S.L., the Madrid-based portfolio company of US private equity investor One Equity Partners (OEP) on its merger with Ecenta AG.
  • Bridgepoint through its Germany-based portfolio company PharmaZell GmbH on the acquisition of Groupe Novasep SAS.
  • Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) on its acquisition of Dantherm Group A/S (Dantherm), a Danish provider of heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology and subsequently Dantherm’s merger with Trotec Group.
  • Bridgepoint on its acquisition of Infinigate Group, a European Value Added Distributor of enterprise cyber-security solutions, from H.I.G Capital and Infinigate’s subsequent acquisitions of Starlink, a Dubai based reseller of cyber security software and of Nuvias Group, UK.
  • NORD Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH on the acquisition of a majority stake in Dr. Födisch Umweltmesstechnik AG.
  • BC Partners on its acquisition of CeramTec Group from Cinven.
  • BC Partners on its sale of SGB Smit Group to OEP.
  • The shareholder of Otto Bock Group on the sale of a minority stake to EQT.
  • RHI AG on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Brazilian Magnesita Refratários S.A. (Magnesita) from financial investors GP Investments and Rhône Capital.
  • A global alternative investment management firm on the acquisition of a majority stake in Lumileds from Royal Philips.
  • Shareholders on the sale of Innovalue GmbH to EY.
  • Caldec on its sale of Wieners and Wieners to ECM.
  • Springer Science (BC Partners) on its merger with the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.
  • City of Hamburg (SRH) on its acquisition of MVB from Vattenfall and EEW.
  • BC Partners on the acquisition of Springer Science Business Media from EQT.

Pro bono

  • Working with and acting for Hildegard and Horst Röder Stiftung (Hamburg).

Published Work

  • Co-Publisher and Co-Author (2018) "Private Equity", 3. Edition, C.H. Beck Verlag

Qualifications

Academic

State Exam University Heidelberg 1989

State Exam Germany 1992

Dr. juris, Heidelberg 1992

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.