Natalie Daghles
Rechtsanwältin (Lawyer), Partner
Natalie Daghles advises companies and financial investors on M&A transactions (including public takeovers), especially those with a cross-border dimension. Natalie is co-head of our M&A practice group. Over the last few years, she has assisted in a large number of transactions in the financial services and life sciences/healthcare sectors. She has advised clients such as Amneal, Cerner, E.ON, Ferrari, Henkel, Hyundai Motor Company, KPS, Miele, Playtika, Summit Partners, Tengelmann and UniCredit on major transactions.
Projects
- Cerner Corporation
Advising on its acquisition of the IT healthcare business from Siemens and the divestiture of a part to CompuGroup - Hyundai
Advising in a public tender offer and private acquisition of a majority stake (jointly with Santander) in Sixt Leasing from Sixt SE - Ferrari
Advising on the sale of a majority stake in Ferrari Financial Services GmbH to FCA Bank and the resulting joint venture - Hellman & Friedman/Blackstone Group
Advising on the public tender offer for Scout24 - Summit
Advising on various acquisitions and add-on acquisitions (buy-and-build) - Henkel
Advising on various transactions - E.ON
Advising on various transactions including a cross-border asset swap transaction with Statkraft and on the divestiture of its Hungarian gas storage and trading activities - IPIC
Advising an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, on the acquisition of Ferrostaal, and subsequent compliance investigations - ICG
Advising on its sale of assets from insolvent DLW Flooring by Gerflor, an ICG portfolio company - German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Advising on the sale of Adam Opel - UniCredit
Advising on the divestiture of its stake in investment management firm SwanCap
Distinctions
- Ranked as leading partner for M&A in Germany (up to 50 years)
JUVE (2024) - Ranked for Corporate Law and M&A Law
The Best Lawyers in Germany (2024) - Recognition Corporate/M&A: High-end Capabilities
Chambers (2023, 2024) - Listed for M&A and Private Equity
Legal 500 (2023) - “One of the strongest younger M&A partners in the market”; “very good and practical solutions”
JUVE Handbook (2022) - Top M&A lawyer
Wirtschaftswoche (2020)
Career
Studied law at Westfaelische-Wilhelms University Muenster
Doctorate studies at Humboldt-University Berlin
Associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP
Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP
Admitted to the Chamber of Lawyers Düsseldorf
At Noerr since 2020
Memberships
- Initiative Women into Leadership e.V., Member of the Management Board
- German Corporate Law Association (VGR)
Publications
- Cybersecurity-Compliance: Board executives’ obligations and liability risks in times of increasing digitization
DER BETRIEB Nr. 38, 21.09.2018 - Sustainability as new quality characteristic
Börsen-Zeitung, 13.06.2020
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