Dr. Nico Frehse

• Superhuman
  Superhuman, headquartered in San Francisco, on its acquisition of the venture-backed startup Rows
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas
  Teachers Retirement System of Texas on the Exit of its Investment in Oldenburgische Landesbank AG by way of a complex dual-track process
• PPF Group 
  Advised PPF Group on the acquisition of a 9.10% stake in listed media company ProSiebenSat. 1 Media SE.*
• Faurecia (now: FORVIA)
  Advised Faurecia SE (now: FORVIA SE), one of the world's largest automotive equipment suppliers, on the launch of a voluntary public takeover offer for HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA and the acquisition of 60% of HELLA's shares held by the family shareholder pool resulting in an overall transaction volume of roughly EUR 6.8 billion.*
• Goldman Sachs 
  Advised Goldman Sachs on the consortium alongside Advent, Centerbridge, CPPIB and LGT Group to launch a take-private offer for Aareal Bank AG*
• Cobepa
  Advised leading international private equity firm Cobepa on its investment in Reaction Biology, an industry-leading provider of drug discovery services.*
• Battery Ventures
  Advised international private equity investor Battery Ventures on its voluntary public takeover offer and subsequent delisting tender offer to the shareholders of EASY SOFTWARE AG.*
• Adler Pelzer Holding
  Advised Adler Pelzer Holding GmbH on its voluntary public takeover offer and delisting tender offer to the shareholders of STS Group AG.*
• Ara Partners
  Advised private equity firm Ara Partners on its acquisition of beverage packaging producer Petainer Group.*
• Alder
  Advised Nordic investment fund Alder on various DACH investments.*
• CataCap
  Advised Danish private equity fund CataCap on a German investment.*
• Nexi Group
  Advised Nexi Group on the acquisition of orderbird AG, a POS-software solutions provider for the hospitality sector.*
• Stora Enso
  Advised Stora Enso Oyj on its sale of Maxau paper production site in Germany to Schwarz Produktion, part of Schwarz Group, for an enterprise value of approximately EUR 210 million.*
• GfK
  Advised KKR-backed GfK SE on the transatlantic business combination with Advent-backed NielsenIQ.*
• Armira
  Advised Armira Investment Holding, a Germany-based investment holding, on the M&A and financing aspects of its acquisition of Factor Eleven GmbH, a leading German digital marketing software company.*
• Prax Group
  Advised Prax Group, a multinational, independent energy group on its acquisition of OIL! Tankstellen GmbH, a petrol station operator with subsidiaries and activities in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Denmark, from Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG, an energy company belonging to the Marquard & Bahls Group.*
• Verdane
  Advised growth equity investor Verdane on the acquisition of a majority stake in InnoNature, a nutritional supplements, superfoods and natural cosmetics company.*
• Ahlstrom-Munksjö
  Advised Ahlstrom-Munksjö on the reorganization of the ownership of its Decor business.*
• SECO
  Advised SECO S.p.A. on the acquisition of the entire share capital of Garz & Fricke Holding GmbH and its controlled companies and AF HMI Holding from Afinum Siebte Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, a fund managed by Afinum Management GmbH, and other minority shareholders.*
• Basalt Infrastructure Partners
  Advised Basalt Infrastructure Partners LLP and its fund Basalt III on the acquisition of goetel GmbH and German Network Construction GmbH.*
• HDT Automotive Solutions
  Advised US-based HDT Automotive Solutions, the main shareholder in which is private equity investor Ardian, on the acquisition of German automotive components group Veritas.*
• Hornetsecurity
  Advised software company Hornetsecurity GmbH on the acquisition of IT Seal GmbH.*
• Battery Ventures
  Advised international private equity investor Battery Battery Ventures on the acquisition of laboratory solutions producer Bernd Kraft GmbH (now: AnalytiChem GmbH).*
• Tink
  Advised open banking platform provider Tink AB on its acquisition of FinTecSystems GmbH.*
• Lime Technologies
  Advised Lime Technologies AB, a Sweden-based provider of digital products for customer care and sales, on its acquisition of Userlike UG.*
• Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
  Advised Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG with regards to its subsidiary CAPVERIANT GmbH on the conclusion of an investment and shareholders' agreement with the French state-owned credit institution Caisse des Dépôts.*
• Corestate Capital Holding
  Advised Corestate Capital Holding S.A., a leading independent investment manager for real estate in Europe, on its acquisition of Aggregate Financial Services GmbH, a leading debt financing platform and fully licensed securities trading bank.*
• ADO Properties (now: Adler Group)
  Advised ADO Properties S.A. on its voluntary public takeover offer and delisting tender offer to the shareholders of WESTGRUND Aktiengesellschaft.* 
• ADO Properties (now: Adler Group)
  Advised ADO Properties S.A. on its voluntary public takeover offer (exchange offer) to the shareholders of ADLER Real Estate Aktiengesellschaft. The new company operates as Adler Group S.A. and, following the completion of the transaction, combined a real estate portfolio value of approx. EUR 8.6 billion.*

*Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland

Dr. Nico Frehse's recent presentations and publications include

• Public takeovers by financial investors – practical aspects (Öffentliche Übernahmen durch Finanzinvestoren – Praxisrelevante Aspekte), Die Aktiengesellschaft 2023, pp. 230-237 (co-author with Dr. Matthias Kiesewetter)
• The exemption from the mandatory offer in connection with the restructuring of the target company - a practice report of the last ten years (Die Befreiung vom Pflichtangebot im Zusammenhang mit der Sanierung der Zielgesellschaft - ein Praxisbericht der letzten zehn Jahre), Betriebs-Berater 2021, pp. 135-138 (co-author with Dr. Matthias Kiesewetter)
• The adjustment of the offer pursuant to Sec. 21 para. 1 WpÜG – Guarantee for success or just a deferred failure of the public tender or takeover offer? (Die Angebotsänderung nach § 21 WpÜG – Erfolgsgarant oder doch nur hinausgezögertes Scheitern des öffentlichen Erwerbs- oder Übernahmeangebots?) Betriebs-Berater 2018, pp. 2312-2316
• Five years PartG mbB - The legal form for lawyers, (Fünf Jahre PartG mbB – Die Verbandsform für Anwälte), NJW 2018, pp. 2175-2179 (co-author with Prof. Dr. Jan Lieder and Prof. Dr. Matthias Kilian)
• Internal and external liability of the PartG mbB and its partners (Innen- und Außenhaftung der PartG mbB und ihrer Partner), Duncker & Humblot, 2018
• The German takeover law doesn't provide a subsequent adjustment of the consideration by the authority within a public takeover or mandatory offer, comment to EuGH C-206/16, (Das deutsche Übernahmerecht sieht eine nachträgliche Anpassung des Angebotspreises durch die Behörde bei einem Übernahme- oder Pflichtangebot nicht vor, Anmerkung zu EuGH C-206/16), Betriebs-Berater 2018, pp. 75-78 (co-author with Dr. Stephan Schulz)

• Second State Exam, Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein
• Dr. jur., Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
• First State Exam, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel