Overview
Dr. Carsten Böhm advises clients in international and national transactions in the fields of private equity, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), venture capital and all associated corporate law matters, including restructurings, limited partnership law and corporate governance, as well as with respect to general commercial law and near insolvency situations.
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.
Results
- Advised Ernst & Cie. Die Unternehmer AG on the acquisition of Spritzgussa Plastics GmbH & Co. KG, Spectrum GmbH, the mid-sized Schließmeyer Group and the mid-sized Mölle Group, including various acquisitions of the company’s real estate. Further, advice on the sale of Mölle to SOLIDUS Solutions, a portfolio company of Centerbridge Partners.
- Advised a consortium of family offices and high net worth individuals [confidential] on the acquisition of a participation in a Health Care group.
- Advised the shareholders of BeXema GmbH, a leading manufacturer of high-voltage test equipment, HV emulators and inverters for batteries and fuel cells, on the sale to the Japanese Horiba Group.
- Advised the shareholders of ACTICO Group, a leading RegTech software provider offering intelligent decision automation, on the sale to Bregal Unternehmerkapital, including a significant re-investment.
- Advised pan-European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital on the sale of its portfolio company 7days, a provider of innovative workwear for medical professionals, to a consortium of investors including Chequers Capital and Paragon Partners.
- Advised the owner [confidential] on the sale of a mid-sized group of companies in the healthcare sector (including the dissolution of a complex cash pool and profit and loss transfer agreements) to a Mittelstands-Fonds/Family Office and on the re-investment.
- Advised the owner [confidential] on the sale of a mid-sized furniture manufacturer to a family office.
- Advised German Mittelstand investor Halder on the acquisition of Anker Kassensysteme GmbH in a management buy-out.
- Advised the minority shareholder [confidential] on the sale of its share in a mid-sized company in the field of development and production of measuring instruments for liquid analysis.
- Advised a US private equity investor [confidential] on the refinancing and restructuring of its German portfolio companies.
- Advised the owners and managing directors of Mast Kunststoffe GmbH & Co. KG in the sale of the company and the real property to the Japanese group PM DM MinebeaMitsumi.
- Advised the owners [confidential] in the sale of their mid-sized plant engineering company in an auction process to a Japanese group.
- Advised the owners [confidential] in the sale of their mid-sized company in the healthcare sector in the course of an auction process and a complex post-closing dispute.
- Advised a US private equity investor [confidential] on the acquisition of all shares of the founder and majority shareholder of a German mid-sized water analysis equipment manufacturer and subsequent acquisition of all shares of the minority shareholders as well as further ongoing advice.
- Advised the owners [confidential] on the sale of their mid-sized cosmetics company to an Indian group.
- Advised KG, Mr. Peter Binderer, on the sale of Weinkellerei Binderer Group to Les Grands Chais de France.
- Advised Interglobal Industrieholding GmbH, an industrial holding company owned by entrepreneur Reinhard Ernst, on the sale of (1) its majority shares in Harmonic Drive AG to a Japanese consortium consisting of Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. and Innovation Network Corporation of Japan and (2) all shares in Ovalo GmbH to Nabtesco Corporation of Japan.
- Advised the sole shareholder and managing director of MBN GmbH, Mr. Bernd Menrad, on the sale of the company to the private equity house Perusa, including his re-investment and new employment contract.
- Advised the founders and sole shareholders on the sale of their shares in the mid-sized company AAT Alber Antriebstechnik GmbH to the Swedish REAC AB, a portfolio company of the listed investment AB Latour, including their new employment contracts.
- Advised a consortium of family offices and high net worth individuals [confidential] on the acquisition of a minority interest in a major bicycle retailer.
- Advised a syndicate of banks [confidential] regarding an acquisition-financing loan granted to a private equity house.
- Advised the founders as well as the CEO and COO of F24 AG, on the sale of their shares in stock listed F24 AG to the family office Armira.
- Advised Aurelius on the sale of the mid-sized fidelis HR Group to a strategic investor.
- Advised the founders and managing directors of lichtbasis meissner – spahn GmbH, on the sale of the company to the private equity house Finatem and on their re-investment.
- Advised a US private equity investor [confidential] on the acquisition of a German technology company.
- Advised the CEO [confidential] of a large food company held by a French private equity house on the sale of the company, including his shares in it, to a German private equity house, including his re-investment and new employment contract.
- Advised the founding families and the investor Beaufort Capital on the sale of proALPHA Software AG to Bregal Capital and advised the founder Wolf and the management on the re-investment and participation in the management participation program offered by Bregal.
- Advised numerous managers and management teams regarding management incentive programs.
- Advised Honeywell on the acquisition of a German-based laboratory research chemicals business from Sigma-Aldrich.
Recognitions
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™ 2023 Germany: Leading Lawyer for Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- JUVE 2019/2020: frequently recommended for M&A (“commercial approach, tough in negotiations”, says a competitor) and Private Equity (“a true upcoming guy in the last years”, says a competitor)
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™ Germany: recommended in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022 for Corporate Law
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2015, Carsten Böhm, recommended and praised as a someone who “combines legal experience and entrepreneurial thinking”
- The Legal 500 Deutschland 2015 and 2021
