Andre Happel
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Steuerberater (Tax Consultant), Partner
Andre Happel focuses on national and international M&A, Private Equity and real estate transactions. Moreover, his areas of practice include advising on national and cross-border group reorganisations, joint venture and family businesses and their shareholders on special tax issues. His clients are from the industrial, financial, private equity, or real estate sector. He comments on the Transformation Tax Act and the Foreign Tax Act.
Projects
- TransMedics Group
advising on strategic investment in PAD Aviation to create dedicated European transplant logistics network (2026) - Northern Fiber Holding GmbH
advising on sale of Northern Fiber Holding to Strategic Fiber Networks (2026) - Margarete Steiff GmbH
advising on sale of majority shareholding to Ravensburger (2026) - Rothschild & Co Bank AG
advising on the acquisition of the Hamburg-based private bank Marcard, Stein & Co from M.M. Warburg & CO (2026) - AEQUITA SE & Co. KGaA
advising on the acquisition of Rheinmetall’s Power Systems Division (2026) - NDW-Maschinenbau-Holding GmbH
advising on sale of MAFI Transport-Systeme and TREPEL Airport Equipment to Mutares (2026) - AD Ports Group
advising on the acquisition of MBS Logistics (2026) - Dentressangle portfolio company EDL Capital AG
advising on the acquisition of Mesalvo’s radiology IT healthcare business (2026) - A. Eberle GmbH & Co. KG
advising on a growth partnership with Bregal Unternehmerkapital (2026) - Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.
advising on the Billion-Euro public takeover of JDE Peet's (EUR 14,86 billion) (2026) - Colas SA
advising on acquisition of road construction and recycling activities of Frauenrath Group (2026) - Bauer Media Group (on behalf of aliance of press wholesalers)
advising on joint venture to restructure press distribution in Germany (2026) - STRABAG AG
advising on the acquisition of WTE Wassertechnik GmbH from EVN (2025) - Bank syndicate of consortium lenders
advising on successful completion of restructuring financing for BayWa r.e. AG (2025) - J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC
advising on the sale of HRK Lunis AG to Seven2 (2025) - Bank syndicate of consortium lenders
advising on the restructuring of VARTA AG (2025) - Sogestran Group
advising on the acquisition of Reederei Jaegers GmbH (2025) - Koehler Invest GmbH
advising on the merger of BigRep GmbH with SMG Technology Acceleration SE (SPAC and De-SPAC) (2024) - VR Equitypartner GmbH
advising on the sale of the European Convenience Food to French LDC Group (2024) - Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited
advising on the acquisition of the Heubach Group (2024) - IBM Corp.
advising on acquisition of the webMethods and StreamSets businesses from Software AG (2023) - Gegenbauer Holding SE & Co. KG
advising on the combination of its Facility Management Services (Joint Venture) with Apleona GmbH (2023) - Omnicom Group Inc.
advising on the acquisition of Hamburg-based creative agency Grabarz & Partner (2023) - Summit Partners
advising on (i) the expansion of a range of buy-and-build platforms in various sectors, including dentists, oncologists, dermatologists, insurance brokers and asset managers, (ii) the investment in TIC Group CERTANIA, and (iii) the sale of Cinerius Financial Partners (2023)
Distinctions
- "Working with Andre Happel is a real pleasure as he is very responsive and prompt to our needs."
Client, Legal 500, 2025 - The addition of Andre Happel two years ago has increasingly paid off. The consultant has provided tax advice on many M&A and PE deals and is a key part of the practice.
JUVE Handbuch Steuern 2025
Career
Study of Finance and Taxes at the University of Applied Administrative Sciences Rotenburg a.d. Fulda
Studied law at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Worked for major international law firms in Frankfurt am Main
At Noerr since 2023
Admitted to the Frankfurt am Main Chamber of Lawyers and the Hessen Chamber of Tax Consultants
Publications
- eKommentar Umwandlungssteuergesetz
§§ 15, 16 und 23 UmwStG - eKommentar Außensteuergesetz
§§ 1a, 21 AStG - Steuerplanung grenzüberschreitender Umwandlungen von Kapital- auf Kapitalgesellschaften unter Berücksichtigung des anderen Staates
DStZ 2022, 787-806 - Interprofessionelle Sozietät: Was tun bei (Teil-) Gewerblichkeit?
AnwBl Online 2022, 414
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