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Sophia Braun

Associate

Email

sophia.braun@aoshearman.com

Phone

+49 89 71043 3139

Offices

Munich

V-CARD
Sophia focuses on private equity.
Her advice includes national and cross-border M&A transactions as well as management equity programs and late stage venture capital.

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • Riverside Company on the acquisition of Dastex Reinraumzubehör GmbH & Co, a leading specialized independently owned cleanroom garment & consumables distributor in Europe.
  • Nimbus Private Equity on the sale of Extrusion Technology Group to Davis-Standard, LLC, a global leader in the design, development and distribution of extrusion and converting equipment technology and related customer services.
  • Egeria on the sale of Wentus, a top-tier German plastic film manufacturer specializing in flexible packaging, particularly in the food sector, to Trioworld Group.
  • SAP SE on its investment in Aleph Alpha GmbH, one of the market leaders in the field of generative AI.
  • A joint-stock company in connection with a Series E investment in Volocopter GmbH, a German pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM), an emerging branch of fully electric aviation.
  • iOmx Therapeutics AG, a biopharmaceutical company developing cancer immunotherapies based on next-generation immune checkpoint targets, on a Series B financing round.

Qualifications

Admissions

Second German Law Degree, Oberlandesgericht Muenchen, Germany, 2021

First German Law Degree, University of Passau, Germany, 2017

Academic

Admitted as German Rechtsanwaeltin 2023
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.