Florian Schmid

In recognition of his work, Dr. Schmid has been honored as a Rising Star by ITR World Tax and repeatedly named one of Best Lawyers’ Ones To Watch. Since joining the firm, his significant transactions and representations include advising:

• many multinational companies on joint audits, appeals, litigation and other tax proceedings
• CureVac N.V. on the tax structuring of its business combination and all-stock acquisition by BioNTech SE that values CureVac N.V. at US$1.25 billion
• International Flavors and Fragrances Inc. on the tax aspects of the sale of its nitrocellulose business, associated production facilities and the Walsrode Industrial Park to Czechoslovak Group A.S.
• United Talent Agency (UTA) on the tax aspects of its acquisition of European soccer agency ROOF Group GmbH, UTA’s largest M&A transaction to date
• SDCL Edge Acquisition Corporation, an NYSE-listed SPAC, on the tax structuring aspects of its business combination with cunova GmbH, a leading global manufacturer of high-end specialty copper alloy products
• MorphoSys AG on the tax structuring and tax aspects of its €2.7 billion sale to, and public takeover by, Novartis and the simultaneous disposition of the worldwide marketing rights of its antibody drug Monjuvi to Incyte Corporation
• alstria office REIT-AG on the tax aspects in connection with the public takeover by Brookfield against a cash consideration of €3.5 billion
• Hillenbrand, Inc. on the US$730 million acquisition of the Food and Performance Materials business of Schenck Process and the post-closing reorganization
• BlackRock on a cross-border reorganization
• Hermann Rosen, founder of ROSEN Group, a global leader in inspection and integrity management services for energy transmission pipelines, on the tax structuring and tax aspects of the carve-out of the company’s New Ventures division, the sale of ROSEN Group to Partners Group AG and a significant reinvestment by Mr. Rosen in the new ownership structure
• Trimble on its €1.9 billion acquisition of Transporeon, a leading cloud-based transportation management software platform, from Hg
• FINN, a leading car subscription platform, on its US$110 million Series B financing round led by Korelya Capital, including both new and existing investors, with an implied company value of more than US$500 million
• Armira and Boxine on Boxine’s €1 billion business combination with 468 SPAC I SE, one of the first de-SPAC transactions in the market involving a German-listed blanc cheque company
• The SCP Group on its acquisition of Real GmbH from METRO AG
• Intel Corporation on its US$1 billion sale of its smartphone modem business to Apple Inc.
• funds advised by Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners AG on the €500 million acquisition of a 25% ownership interest in the Arkona offshore wind farm in Germany from Equinor ASA
• the joint bookrunners, including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Barclays, in the €2.3 billion initial public offering and listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange of TeamViewer
• Perella Weinberg Partners LP on the restructuring of its London office and workforce to reflect its longer-term strategic and expansion goals
• Communications & Power Industries LLC on its acquisition of SATCOM Technologies from General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc.
• I Squared Capital on its acquisition of PEMA from Société Générale