Noerr Private Equity continues growth with new partner Holger Ebersberger and team

Noerr is consolidating its strong position in private equity. As of 1 August 2018, recognised private equity/M&A expert Holger Ebersberger is to move to Noerr as an equity partner. He will be accompanied by his team. Up to now Ebersberger has been a partner at Ashurst and will boost Noerr’s Private Equity practice group at its Munich office.

“The Noerr Private Equity Group has achieved success by focusing on a sector-specific implementation of growth strategies in both the buy-out and growth capital fields,” says Georg Schneider, co-head of Noerr’s Private Equity Group. “With Holger Ebersberger we are strengthening our team to assist in complex PE transactions in the mid- and large-cap sector and are honing our profile in the provision of integrated advice to private equity companies.”

Holger Ebersberger assists PE investors at all stages of their investment and has extensive practical experience in programmes for management equity interests, corporate governance measures and joint ventures. Moreover, in transactional advice his expertise is regularly called for in the field of strategic M&A transactions.

“The inclusion of Holger Ebersberger in our partnership underlines that we are continuing our growth in private equity,” says Christian Pleister, co-head of the practice group. “In a market with rising deal values but a falling number of PE transactions, Noerr has ultimately managed to grow against the trend.” Pleister stresses that “Clients value our seamless offer of dual and triple track, including tax structuring by our strong Capital Markets, Finance and Tax teams. Besides this we are market leaders when it comes to know-how on the topics of digitalisation, data privacy and communication which are shaping the future.”

Holger Ebersberger recently advised clients such as PE investors NORD Holding on the sale of the WEMAS Group to Gimv and funds managed by DBAG on the acquisition of the Danish SJØLUND Group. In the area of strategic M&A transactions, Holger Ebersberger recently advised H+H International on the acquisition of the calcium silicate business in Germany and Switzerland from HeidelbergCement.

With a private equity team of more than 50 legal and tax experts and more than 200 projects a year, Noerr is one of the leading law firms in private equity and growth capital. The Noerr Private Equity Group advises well-known private equity investors such as Apollo, Bridgepoint, Deutsche Private Equity, J.C. Flowers, Lexington and Orlando Management as well as market-leading growth capital and tech companies, including Zalando, Rocket Internet, HelloFresh and Global Fashion Group. Significant recent engagements include the acquisition of bike24 for Bridgepoint, the takeover of HSH Nordbank for J.C. Flowers, the takeover of the ProSiebenSat1 SevenVenture portfolio for Lexington, the takeover of 7Days for Silverfleet, the sale of the Oetinger and Beinbauer Groups for funds advised by Orlando Management, the sale of the Daraz Group to Alibaba, the sale of fintech bank Lendico to ING-DiBa and assistance in the IPOs of trivago, Hello Fresh and Delivery Hero (largest IPO of 2017 on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange) and home24.