Carsten advises on all aspects relevant to a transaction, from the preparation and structuring of the transaction process to contractual negotiations, acquisition finance, management participation, closing of the transaction and post-closing restructurings. His clients include private equity houses, corporates and owners, as well as the management of corporates held by private equity houses and banks providing acquisition finance.

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• The CEO of a manufacturer of specialty packaging on the restructuring of the management participation program of an international private equity-owned company
• The founder and shareholder of MBN PROled GmbH on the sale of the company to private equity firm Perusa, on the significant reparticipation, on various add-on acquisitions in the course of their buy-and-built strategy as well as in the exit/sale of the Proled Group, now a larger player in the LED lighting industry in Germany, Belgium and Austria, to the French group Galaed, a portfolio company of the French private equity firm B&Capital
• The international Process Insights group, a portfolio company of the US private equity firm Industrial Growth Partners (IGP), regarding various restructurings, group and internal financing, changes in management, etc.
• The international Industrial Physics group, a portfolio company of the US private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), regarding various restructurings, group and internal financing, changes in management, etc.
• A consortium of family offices and high net worth individuals on the acquisition of a participation in a bicycle shop group
• A consortium of family offices and high net worth individuals on the acquisition of a participation in a Health Care group, including their buy-and-built strategy and the setting up of a fund
• The shareholders of HI NEXT GmbH, an agency specializing in digital business innovation, on the sale of the company to iteratec GmbH
• The shareholder of NEXGEN Business Consultants GmbH, a consulting firm specializing in securities, regulatory affairs and machine learning, on the sale of the company to Cofinpro
• The shareholder of Lomadox GmbH, an online furniture retailer, on the sale of the company to PXL Holding, a portfolio company of private equity house Verdane, including a reparticipation
• The shareholders of Frankenraster GmbH on the merger with the rosenberger | data division of Rosenberger GmbH & Co. KG; the combined company now operates under the name DI.UNIT GmbH
• A German publicly traded company in the field of IT solutions for public transport in several (including attempted) acquisition
• The CEO of a clothes manufacturer group on the exit from the management participation program of an German private equity-owned company, including a near insolvency situation of the group
• The founders and shareholders of ENDEGS GmbH, an environmental services company, on the sale of the company to SIS GmbH, a portfolio company of ECM Equity Capital Management
• The Founders and shareholders of FotoFinder Systems GmbH on the sale of a majority stake in their company to EMZ Partners, including a significant reparticipation
• The shareholders of BeXema GmbH, a manufacturer of high-voltage test equipment, HV emulators and inverters for batteries and fuel cells, on the sale of the company to the Japanese Horiba Group
• The family office Ernst & Cie. on the acquisition of Spritzgussa Plastics, Spectrum, the mid-sized Schließmeyer Group and the mid-sized Mölle Group, including various acquisitions of the company’s real estate; further, on the sale of Mölle to SOLIDUS Solutions, a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners
• The shareholders of ACTICO Group, a RegTech software provider offering intelligent decision automation, on the sale to Bregal Unternehmerkapital, including a significant re-investment
• The shareholders of FuelCon, a global supplier of test and diagnostic systems for fuel cells and batteries, on the sale of the company to the Japanese Horiba Group

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