Dr. Peter Wand LL.M.

Partner

Baker & McKenzie Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern mbB

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 transactions and focuses his practice on M&A transactions for corporate, private equity and venture capital clients.

Practice Focus

Peter regularly advises on private and public takeovers, private equity and venture capital transactions, corporate restructurings, carve-outs and joint ventures in a number of industry sectors, including insurance, healthcare and automotive.

Representative Legal Matters

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 omni-channel book retailer Thalia.
Advised global IT services provider Birlasoft on the worldwide integration aspects of its merger with KPIT.
Advised Daimler on its corporate VC program in Europe, Asia and the US.
Advised LKQ on the EUR1.5 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 EUR186 million sale of Gestra Group to Spirax-Sarco Engineering.

Professional Honors

11th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Germany for his work in mergers and acquisitions law, Best Lawyers 2020
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
Best Lawyers in Germany 2019 for M&A, Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers, 2019
Leading lawyer for Corporate/M&A work in Germany and the US, Chambers Global, Chambers Europe 2018
One of the top 30 M&A lawyers in Germany, Wirtschaftswoche 2016

Professional Associations and Memberships

Invest Europe - Member of the Investor Regulation Working Group
International Bar Association - Member
German National Scholarship Foundation - Alumnus
European Recovery Program - Alumnus

Admissions

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

Education

(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

Author, "Health Care M&A Transactions in Germany," PLI Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions Answer Book 2017 (4th edition), July 2017

Co-author (with Dr. Christian Vocke), "Transaktionen ohne Ärger – Versicherungen flankieren Unternehmensverkäufe", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Nr. 203, S.16, 31 August 2016

Presentations

Moderator, "Corporate Venture Capital and M&A Strategy," 11th Annual International M&A and Corporate Finance Summit 2018, Montreux, Switzerland, 18 June 2018

Speaker, "Cross-border mergers and divisions in the EU: an update", Academy of European Law (ERA), Annual Conference on European Company Law and Corporate Governance 2016, Trier, Germany, 22 September 2016

Speaker, "Shareholder Activism - Focus Panel", IFLR European M&A Forum 2015, London, United Kingdom, 29 September 2015

Baker & McKenzie Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern mbB is a professional partnership under German law registered with the Local Court of Frankfurt/Main at PR No. 1602. It is associated with Baker & McKenzie International, a Verein organized under the laws of Switzerland.