Overview
Norman Wasse is a partner in the Frankfurt office of McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP who advises German and international clients on various aspects of corporate law and corporate transactions, including private equity and capital markets transactions. Norman is experienced in the structure of business carve-outs in regulated industries, joint ventures, and cross-border M&A transactions involving various jurisdictions.
Prior to joining McDermott Will & Emery, Norman worked for major international law firms in Frankfurt and London and in the legal department of a major German bank.
Results
Private Equity
- Advises Investcorp Technology Partners on the Sale of Germany’s Leading Cybersecurity Firm Avira to NortonLifeLock
- Advised Windjammer Capital and its portfolio company The Hilsinger Company on the add-on acquisition of I NEED YOU The Frame company.
- Advised VR Equitypartner GmbH and its portfolio company Bookwire Holding GmbH on the financing of the acquisition of readbox publishing GmbH
- Advised VR Equitypartner on the acquisition of a stake in DITTRICH+CO GmbH & Co. KG
- Advised Main Capital Partners on the acquisition of MACH AG
- Advised Investcorp Technology Partners on its €165 million acquisition of Avira, Germany’s leading cybersecurity company
- Advised VR Equitypartner on the sale of VAUTID GmbH to UP Scientech Materials Corp.
- Advising Investcorp on the acquisition of the Contentserv Group
- Advised VR Equitypartner and Süd Beteiligungen on the sale of the majority stake in DUO PLAST Holding
- Advised Rubicon portfolio-company Goodridge on the acquisition of Kuhnle Engineering GmbH
- Advised VR Equitypartner on the acquisition of Dr. Neuberger Group
- Advised Finatem on the acquisition of GfS Gesellschaft für Straßenunterhaltung
- Advised Süd Beteiligungen and VR Equitypartner on the sale of Piller Entgrattechnik to the Belgian private investment group Riflebird
- Advised the management of Schülerhilfe group on its participation in the context of its acquisition by Oakley
- Advised Silver Investment Partners on several transactions including its acquisition of the Schüschke Group and the Varicor Group
- Advised SüdBG on the sale of its shareholdings in DBW Advance Fiber Technologies Group
- Advised Blue Point Capital / The Hilsinger Company on its acquisition of Breitfeld & Schliekert and Lexxoo International
- Advised JZ International on its participation in Fidor Bank AG
- Advised Ardian on the sale of Competence Call Center Group
- Advised PAR Capital on the takeover and subsequent sale of Advanced Inflight Alliance AG
Private M&A
- Advised Ratiodata AG, the German IT System House Partner of Fiducia & GAD IT AG, on the acquisition of Accesa-Group
- Advised giropay GmbH on the sale of giropay to paydirekt GmbH
- Advising Our Champions GmbH on various add-ons Transactions, including Kindertagesstätte Montessori Kinderhaus, Kleine Bärchen, Isarkids Group, Child Care Company, Zwergenwelt and MD KitaPartner
- Advised the owner of Rauscher group on the sale of his shares to Ingérop
- Advised Fiducia & GAD IT AG on its participation in yes.com AG
- Advised owners of Elmotec Group on the sale of their shares to Schaeffler Technologies
- Advised the sellers of beauty and health company KBL AG to Deutsche Industry Holding
- Fiducia & GAD IT AG on its sale of Elaxy to Crealogix
- Advised GWS on the acquisition of a majority stake in faveo
- Advised TVS-Asianics on the acquisition of Pan Asia Logistics Group
- Advised owner Oliver Karrié on the sale of all his shares in KBS group to Cramo AG
- Advised founders Hugo Isert and Christoph Stark on the sale of imes-icore to Ardian
- Advised UDG Healthcare and Ashfield Pharma on the acquisition of the Sellxpert Group
- Advised TransDigm Group on several transactions including its US$1billion acquisition of ILC Holdings and the UK DDC Group, the acquisition of the aerospace business of Franke Aquarotter, the US$750,000 acquisition of the Telair Group, the acquisition and subsequent sale of the Schroth Group, and the acquisition of the EME Group
Public M&A / Capital Markets
- Advising MBB SE on share repurchase 2019
- Advised MBB SE on private placement auf shares in Aumann AG
- Advised Aumann AG on its EUR 80 Mio. rights issue
- Advised Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) on the CEINEX joint venture with Deutsche Börse AG and China Financial Futures Exchange Europe
- Advised Shanghai Tian Ying Medical Instruments on the on its acquisition of elexxion AG
- Advised Global Eagle Entertainment on the delisting and squeeze-out and subsequent court appraisal procedure in relation to Advanced Inflight Alliance AG
- Advised several hedge and investment funds in the context of takeovers of listed companies (e.g., Continental, Monsanto, STADA)
- Advised several listed companies in connection with their ordinary and extraordinary shareholders meetings
Recognitions
- Mergermarket M&A Deals, Highlighted Individual, 2020
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2021, Recommended Lawyer
Community
- Association for Corporate Law
- German-British Lawyers’ Association
- Association of German Jurists
