Bio

Dr. Markus Weber has more than 15 years of experience advising German and international corporate and private equity clients in cross-border private and public transactions, joint ventures, restructurings, and general corporate and capital markets law matters. He also provides boardroom advice on corporate governance and compliance matters and liability prevention strategies for board members. Recent transactions and projects include: SUEZ's sale of its recycling and recovery operations in several European countries to PreZero, Amadeus FiRe AG in its €200 million acquisition of ComCave Holding GmbH, Panalpina Welttransport (Holding) AG on its $4.6 billion public takeover by DSV A/S, Fosun's acquisition of FFT from ATON, Lincoln Electric in the acquisition of Air Liquide Welding from Air Liquide, GfK SE in connection with the €2 billion takeover and subsequent taking private by KKR, Plastic Omnium in several strategic acquisitions in the hydrogen field, VREP in connection with the sale of ZMDI to IDT for $307 million, GfK SE's sale of its animal and crop health division, and MAHLE's acquisition of the thermal division of automotive supplier Delphi PLC for $727 million. Other clients in recent representations, in which Markus acted mostly as lead or co-lead lawyer, include AGIC, Fosun, Milliken & Company, NGK, PAG, PolyOne, and Tenneco. Markus also has worked in San Francisco, Frankfurt, and London. He has written extensively on the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) and on M&A-related topics. He is a member of the German-American Lawyers' Association (DAJV), the German-Swiss Lawyers' Association (DSJV), and the Scientific Association for Company and Corporate Law (VGR).