Dr Oliver Duys LL.M.

• Vantage Towers on partial sale to KKR and GIP (biggest take-private transaction in German business history and most voluminous PE transaction in Germany in 2022) and in connection with its extraordinary shareholders' meeting*
• Comitis Capital on the initial fund structuring and the acquisition of its various portfolio companies 
• nobilia-Werke J. Stickling on its international expansion strategy, in, inter alia, France, the US and China*
• STEAG on various transactions, including the sale of a minority stake in STEAG Power Minerals to the investor HAWAR Group; establishment of a bidding consortium with Bejing Capital Group in an auction process for a portfolio of waste-fired power plants of the investor EQT; acquisition of a business unit of the GILDEMEISTER Group; acquisition of the Krantz business from Caverion; sale of STEAG Power Minerals to EP Power Europe; acquisition of EVN's 49% stake in the Walsum 10 power plant*
• Holland Capital on various direct acquisitions and add-on acquisitions of various of its portfolio  companies*
• Founder of Herter & Co. on the sale of his stake in Herter & Co. to the global financial advisory group Teneo*
• Paulig Group on the sale of its qualified minority stake in Fuchs Group*
• Founders of Protel Hotelsoftware, a cloud-based hotel software, in the sale of their company to Eurazeo and Advent*
• Lilium on its SPAC merger*
• SNAM in connection with Project "EUGAL" (Nordstrom II)*
• Italian Persico Group on its acquisition of a division of automotive supplier bielomatik from the insolvency estate and with respect to its acquisition of certain production machinery from Kiefel group with the aim to “liquidate” the German automotive business of Kiefel*
• EKK Eagle Industry in sale of participation in Integral Accumulator to Freudenberg*
• Hitachi Chemical on acquisition of German Thermal Insulation Manufacturer*
• Austrian Aaron Hotels & Hostels Holding AG in the sale of the budget hotel and hostel group “A&O Hotels and Hostels” to the American private equity investor TPG*
• Westag & Getalit in Takeover by Broadview Industries AG*
• HANNOVER Finanz in the sale of their participation in Lück Group*
• HELLA in the sale of its division Special Applications consisting of HELLA Industries and HELLA Airport Lighting to Hellux (Wünsche Group) and to TKH Group*
• Findos Investor in various transactions, including the sale of the Danish portfolio company FFW to a French PE investor resp. its Italian portfolio company; the sale of Rameder Group to FSN Capital; the acquisition of Sanvartis Group; the acquisition of Careforce Marketing & Sales Service GmbH; the sale of ABIT Group to Marlin Equity Partners; the acquisition of the Dutch EuroSystems Group; the acquisition of Transcom Credit Management Services AS from listed Transcom WorldWide AB; the sale of FAIST ChemTec Group to private equity fund L-GAM Advisers LLP; the acquisition of Rameder group; the sale of shares in FAIST ChemTec Group from FAIST Invest and the Hannover Finanz Group; the acquisition of shares in ABIT GmbH from GFKL Financial Services AG; the acquisition of the majority shareholding in Sterntaler GmbH from its founders and its re-sale to Bitburger Holding GmbH; the structuring of their Funds I, II, III and IV*
• Thales in a bidding process for the sale of Airbus’ border security division*
• Beisheim Capital GmbH on the investment in Private Equity Fonds Cinven VI, MCP und Gilde*
• IMPERIAL Logistics Group in the sale of its majority shareholding in the port and transport logistics provider Neska Schifffahrts- und Speditionskontor GmbH to Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG*
• GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH on the acquisition of the Sanitary Pumps Division of Grundfos-Group*
• Westfälische Drahtindustrie GmbH in connection with the restructuring of its debt*
• Management board of GSW Immobilien AG in connection with the company’s IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and in its capital increase*
• Shareholders of Metro in the sale of real estate portfolio to consortium of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund (MSREF) Global VII and Redos Real Estate (23 retail properties) and to affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management L.P. (45 retail properties)*
• Torsten Toeller in the sale of Trinkgut Group to EDEKA Group and further sale of 36 beverage stores to affiliates of Veltins, Dr. Oetker and REWE Dortmund Group for EDEKA Group*
• Holidaybreak Plc. in the acquisition of Meininger Holding GmbH*
• EADS and Thales in the transfer of a joint venture to the MBDA Group*
• Hella in the sale of Danish Holger Christiansen A/S to Robert Bosch GmbH*

Selected engagements in Middle East and India:

• Gulf Islamic Investments in various international M&A transactions*
• Representation of several large corporates in India on their global investments and transactions, including Aditya Birla Group, ACG, Apollo Tyres, Arcolab, CEAT, CG Power and Industrial Solutions, Cipla, Fampay, Indian Oil, Infosys, Jubilant Pharmova, Locus, Mahindra, Nymble, PCM, Piramal, Spark Minda, Tata, Thermax, TTK Prestige, Raychem, RPG, Vendekin, Wipro*

*prior to joining Herbert Smith Freehills