Georg Christoph Schneider
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Certified Specialist in tax law, Partner
Private Equity
Real Estate Investment Group
Georg Christoph Schneider focuses on advising German and foreign clients in connection with private equity investments, the legal and tax structuring of PE funds, management compensation systems and M&A transactions. He also has particular experience in handling shareholder disputes in and out of court and looks after considerable private assets.
Projects
- Ambienta Capital: Advising on the acquisition of Lässig-Group et al
- Exact/KKR: Advising on the acquisition of weclapp SE
- Bregal Unternehmerkapital: Advising on the acquisition of Theobald Software, trendtours, RelineEurope et al
- DPE Deutsche Private Equity: Advising on the acquisition of AirAlliance-Group, Sill Optics et al
- Orlando/ESSVP-funds: Advising funds advised by Orlando on the sale of Beinbauer, Oetinger or on the acquisition of Buderus Guss or BOS-Group et al
- DBAG: Advising on the acquisition and the disposal of R+S Group et al
- Bridgepoint: Advising on the acquisition of Kreuzfahrtberater, Bike24 et al
- KKR: Advising on the acquisition of Leonine with Tele-München Group, Universum Film GmbH et al
- Avista Capital: Advising on the acquisition of Vision Healthcare Group
- Ensono Capital: Advising on the acquisition of Hosted Data Centers from Wipro
- New Mountain Capital: Advising on the acquisition of ACETO Chemicals
- Nordhealth: Advising on the acquisition of SaaS-Healthcare SaaS provider Vetera
- UniCredit Bank: Advising on the sale of the private equity portfolio of UniCredit and UCB’s participation in the new investment and asset management platform SwanCap Group
- H.I.G. Capital: Advising on the acquisition of Time Manufactoring, Construction Forms et al
Distinctions
- Georg Schneider is ranked for private equity e.g in Best Lawyers, Who's Who Legal, Chambers Europe and as Leading Lawyer by Legal 500 and JUVE.
- Selected quotes: "Highly competent, objective, highly professional, careful, very experienced in tax law" Legal 500 2024. "brilliant skills, unpretentious and outcome-oriented" Juve 2023. "He is very creative and innovative, he is not just a lawyer but a deal advis-er,"reports one interviewee. Another source praises the composed presence he brings to negotiations, saying: "He is very understanding and very calm in difficult situations." or "He has a strong work ethic and fantastic availability and is also a good sparring partner and a pragmatic and solution-oriented lawyer"
Career
Legal studies at the Universities of Mainz and Lausanne (Switzerland)
Admitted to the Munich Chamber of Lawyers since 1996
With Noerr since 1996
Internship at the law firm Macfarlanes London (UK)
Memberships
- Verein für Internationale Steuern und Finanzen München e.V. [Association for International Taxes and Finance Munich]
- Bundesverband Alternative Investments (BAI) [Association Alternative Investments]
- Invest Europe
Publications
- Private Equity: A Transactional Analysis, chapter: Germany, (ed. Chris Hale), 4rd issue, 2020
- Funds: Private Equity, Hedge and all Core Structures, contribution: Germany (ed. Matthew Hudson), 2014
- Leverage durch Internationalisierung, FINANCE-Studie: Private Equity: Impulsgeber im Mittelstand, 4/2012