Baker McKenzie is pleased to announce that Dr. Christoph Jerger joined the firm as a partner in the Transactional Practice Group in Munich. His addition underpins the commitment of the Firm to further build out its global private equity and high-end M&A capabilities both in Germany and on a global basis to address increase in demand.
Christoph is a highly experienced M&A and private equity lawyer who advises financial sponsors on complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, public takeovers, corporate restructurings, and corporate capital markets law matters. He has particular experience in transactions for leading private equity sponsors in acquisitions of private held or publicly listed companies.
His leading expertise has earned significant industry recognition. In the 2025/2026 edition of JUVE Handbook German Commercial Law Firms, he was named a “Rising Star” for private equity and was also featured in JUVE’s 2025 “40 Under 40” list of the most accomplished lawyers in Germany under the age of 40.
Christoph joins from Kirkland & Ellis, where he has practiced since 2017.
Christian Atzler, co-head of the Corporate/M&A Practice Group in Germany at Baker McKenzie, said: “We are very delighted to welcome Christoph to Baker McKenzie. He is a very skilled and highly regarded private equity lawyer with an established practice, strong sponsor relationships and significant experience in the German market. Christoph is an excellent addition to our team as we continue to strengthen our private equity and M&A offering and support clients on complex domestic and cross-border transactions.”
Berthold Hummel, co-head of Baker McKenzie’s Corporate Practice in Germany, added: “Having Christoph joining our Firm is another important step in the continued development and committed growth of our German private equity practice. His impressive deal sheet and traction with large cap financial sponsors in particular will expand our offering to advise domestic and international private equity clients, combining sophisticated and outstanding work with the reach of our global platform.”
David Allen, EMEA chair of Baker McKenzie’s Global Transactional Practice Group, commented: “Christoph’s addition reinforces our commitment to growing our private equity capabilities across EMEA to address increasing demand for our services. His experience and relationships in the German market will add further depth to our offering and enhance the support we provide to clients pursuing increasingly complex and cross-border investment strategies.”
Christoph’s appointment forms part of Baker McKenzie’s continued investment in its German transactional capabilities. It follows the additions of corporate partners Jan Schubert, Dirk Horcher, Daniel Dehghanian, Johannes Baumann, Katharina Stüber and Jakub Lorys, alongside the promotion of lawyers including Tino Marz and Holger Engelkamp.
Globally, the Firm's global Corporate team has welcomed a number of high-profile partners across key jurisdictions, in the past 18 months. They include London-based partners Mark Thompson, Nick Benson, Kevin Heverin, James Wyatt, Helen Johnson, Elisabeth Moseley, Simon Bullock, Stuart Rubin, and Michal Berkner; Tamás Szkiba in Budapest; Anna Orlander in Stockholm; Todd Beauchamp and Charles Weinstein in Washington, DC; Dan Ouyang, Winfield Lau, and Ke (Ronnie) Li in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong; Alexander Stathopoulos in Singapore; Chris Milliken in Ho Chi Minh; Bima Sarumpaet in Jakarta; Andres Barroso in Mexico City; and Miju Damodar, Tim Karcher, Per Chilstrom, Michael Pilo and Jenny Liu in New York.
With more than 2,500 deal practitioners in more than 40 jurisdictions, Baker McKenzie is a transactional powerhouse. The Firm excels in complex, cross-border transactions; over 65% of our deals are multi-jurisdictional. The teams are a hybrid of ‘local’ and ‘global’, combining money-market sophistication with local excellence. As a core part of Baker McKenzie's transactional powerhouse team, the Private Equity group delivers globally-integrated, end-to-end advice across the investment lifecycle, from acquisition to exit.