Overview
Florian Lechner is a partner in the Frankfurt office of McDermott Will & Emery Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater LLP focusing on M&A transactions and complex commercial law matters.
Florian advises domestic and foreign corporate clients from a wide variety of sectors—including telecommunications, media and technology, energy, industrials, and automotive—on a broad range of legal issues, in particular on commercial contracts (including e-commerce and general terms) as well as M&A transactions.
Before joining McDermott Will & Emery, Florian was a senior associate with a magic circle law firm and accompanied, in his role as interim general counsel as part of a client secondment, the internal reorganisation of a large consumer bank.
Results
- Advised owners of Elmotec Group on the sale of their shares to Schaeffler Technologies
- Advising a major Japanese automotive supplier on its contractual arrangements with various German automotive manufacturers
- Advised Samsung on its public takeover of Harman (including its AKG, JBL, Bang&Olufsen, Harman/Kardon brands)*
- Advised Hanwha Advanced Materials Corp. on the acquisition of Heycoustics GmbH, a producer of underbody shields for key OEMs in the automotive industry*
- Advised a major Korean conglomerate on its proposed acquisition of a German automotive supplier with operations spread across a range of jurisdictions, including Asia*
- Advised Coca-Cola on a variety of commercial contract matters*
- Advised Mainz 05 concerning their general ticketing terms and conditions*
- Advised Ikano Bank on a variety of commercial and corporate matters*
- Advised KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH in relation to the financing of the silicon metal plant “Bakki Silicon“ in North East Iceland, in particular negotiating the EPC and supply contracts*
- Advised KUKA AG, Augsburg, on a public takeover for the acquisition of shares in a Swiss automation solutions company*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.
Recognitions
- WirtschaftsWoche 2020 recommends Florian Lechner as “Top Lawyer 2020” for Corporate Law
- Global Pro Bono Advocate of the Year of a leading international law firm
