Dr. Peter Wand LL.M.

Partner

Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern

Frankfurt

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Biography

Dr. Peter Wand is a partner in the Frankfurt office of Baker McKenzie. He has more than 20 years of experience in cross-border M&A transactions for corporate, private equity and venture capital clients.

Practice Focus

Peter regularly advises on high-end M&A transactions, reorganizations, carve-outs and joint ventures with a focus on automotive and financial services. He also has long-standing experience advising leading institutional investors on fund investments.

Representative Legal Matters

Regularly advises Daimler on M&A transactions.
Regularly advises Tencent on venture capital transactions, such as the USD 1 billion financing round for on-demand grocery delivery start-up Gorillas.
Regularly advises the German Nuclear Waste Management Fund and other leading institutional investors on their fund investments.
Advised Rakuten on a long-term partnership with 1&1 to build its own mobile network.
Advised Visa on its acquisition of Payworks, a provider of next-generation point of sale payment technology.
Advised specialty chemicals group Evonik on the EUR 3 billion sale of its methacrylates business to funds advised by Advent International.
Advised Mayersche Buchhandlung with Best Of Books on the merger with omnichannel book retailer Thalia.
Advised global IT services provider Birlasoft on the worldwide integration aspects of its merger with KPIT.
Advised LKQ on the EUR 1.5 billion acquisition of Stahlgruber.
Advised Sulzer on the acquisition of GEKA Group from 3i.
Advised Sika on the acquisition of the FAIST ChemTec Group.
Advised Sulzer on the acquisition of the Transcodent Group.
Advised Flowserve on the EUR 186 million sale of Gestra Group to Spirax-Sarco Engineering.

Professional Honors

Fifth annual Global Business Edition of The Best Lawyers for his work in mergers and acquisitions law, 2021
12th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Germany for his work in mergers and acquisitions law, 2021
Leading lawyer for Corporate/M&A work in Germany, Chambers Global 2019/2020
Leading lawyer for Corporate/M&A work in Germany, Juve 2019/2020

Professional Associations and Memberships

Invest Europe - Member of the Investor Regulation Working Group
International Bar Association - Member

Admissions

New York~United States (2002)
Germany (1999)

Education

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Dr. jur.) (2000)
Columbia University School of Law (LL.M., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar) (1998)
State of Bavaria (Second State Exam) (1997)
State of Bavaria (First State Exam) (1995)

Languages

English
French
German

Publications

Co-author (with Tobias Greven and Rouven Reuter), "Legal Project Management bei M&A-Transaktionen", Zeitschrift für Unternehmensjuristen, 6-2021, pp. 49-52

Co-author (with Rouven Reuter et al.), "Insurtech: Opportunities and Legal Challenges for the Insurance Industry," (pts. 3 & 4), Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Financier, No. 2-2020, pp. 75-88

Author, "Health Care M&A Transactions in Germany," PLI Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions Answer Book 2019 (6th edition), July 2019

Author, "Käufe mit geringer Haftung - Die Konjunktur bei Unternehmenskäufen", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, No. 85, p. 16, 10 April 2019

Co-author (with Dr. Christian Vocke), "Transaktionen ohne Ärger – Versicherungen flankieren Unternehmensverkäufe", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, No. 203, p. 16, 31 August 2016

Presentations

Moderator/Speaker, "Warranty & Indemnity Insurance", BUJ-M&A Summit, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 24 November 2021

Geschäftsführer: Dr. Matthias Scholz, Dr. Thomas Schänzle, Dr. Christian Vocke
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