Dr. Kai Kerger

I am an experienced transaction lawyer and a partner in our corporate/M&A team in Frankfurt am Main and offer years of expertise advising clients in national and cross-border M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions, investments of all kinds, in complex restructurings and reorganisations and joint ventures, in particular in projects with a special technology focus as well as in general corporate and commercial law matters.

Strategic acquisitions of companies with innovative technologies and technological know-how, valuable IP rights and highly-qualified employees have long been part of M&A strategies, a central growth instrument and a means of maintaining and expanding competitiveness. This is all the more true in times of digital transformation and disruption, which are posing a particular challenge for established companies today.

I help my clients in these changing and challenging times, adding the decisive value in addition to traditional and standard M&A and corporate law advice with all the experiences and capabilities gained from advising clients with the most innovative and future-oriented technologies and business models.

My experience includes advising clients from the automotive, technology and communications, healthcare, energy and renewables sectors, as well as acting for investors in large infrastructure projects.

Alongside my M&A advice in classical domestic and cross-border sales and acquisitions including advice on post-closing and post-merger integrational aspects, I regularly advise clients on private equity and venture capital transactions and investments of other kinds and in all areas of corporate and commercial law, including joint ventures and complex restructurings and reorganisations, often with a particular focus on IP and IT.

• Infront ASA: Advising Oslo-listed Infront ASA, the leading market data and trading solution provider in the Nordics, on its €130 million acquisition of the German vwd Group, a leading European provider of information and IT solutions for the investment industry, including its nine European subsidiaries from The Carlyle Group.
• Radiomed – Service für radiologische Großpraxen GmbH: Advising Radiomed, which provides services for healthcare providers, in particular for radiological-diagnostic facilities, and holds interests in various companies in the healthcare sector, on the acquisition of iSoft Health GmbH from Computer Sciences Corporation Group within an international auction process.
• Aareal Bank AG: Advising on the acquisition and subsequent €357 million sale of its majority stake in Immobilien Scout GmbH within an international auction process. ImmobilienScout24 is Germany's largest internet real estate marketplace.
• Alcoa Inc.: Advising on the European group restructuring and subsequent sale of its European wire harness and electronic business in seven jurisdictions to Californian-based private equity firm Platinum LLC as well as European group restructuring and subsequent sale of its Stribel – Electronic Business in four jurisdictions to Flextronics Ltd.
• John Deere (NYSE-listed leader in agricultural machinery and technology): Advising on its cross-border acquisition of Monosem Group, the European market leader in precision planters.
• Merck KGaA: Advising on various technology-focused small-cap acquisitions.
• SpeedCast International Ltd.: Advising the Hong Kong-based leading global satellite communications and network service provider on the acquisition of WINS group and its European subsidiaries, a leading Europe-based provider of innovative broadband satellite communications and IT solutions for the maritime sector.
• Yelp Inc. (NYSE-listed online rating platform): Advising on the €38.7 million acquisition of its German competitor Qype GmbH with its subsidiaries in the UK, France and Spain from in particular Advent Private Equity, Wellington Partners and Vodafone Ventures as sellers.
• Deutsche Beteiligungs AG: Advising on the acquisition of the vitronet Group, a leading provider of all services associated with the setting up and servicing of broadband networks.
• Hager & Meisinger: Advising on the sale of a subsidiary to Henry Schein Inc., a US Fortune 500 company, the world's largest provider of healthcare products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners.
• SEW-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG (one of the leading international players in the drive technology and drive automation system industry): Advising on a joint venture in the field of electro mobility with Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, one of the leading system partners to the international automotive industry.
• Advising one of the world's leading providers of systems and components for the automotive industry on its European-wide reorganisation.