Frank-M. Schwarz

Dr. Schwarz’s recent experience includes advising:

• alstria office REIT-AG on the tax aspects in connection with the public takeover by Brookfield against a cash consideration of €3.5 billion;
• Færch Group and its owner, A.P. Møller Holding, on the tax aspects of the acquisition of PACCOR Group from U.S. private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg;
• The KraftHeinz Company on the tax aspects of its acquisition of an 85% stake in Just Spices GmbH;
• Filmbetriebe Berlin Brandenburg and its controlling shareholders on the tax aspects of the sale of a stake in Studio Babelsberg to TPG Real Estate Partners, followed by a subsequent public tender offer by TPG;
• Armira and Boxine in 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;
• SIGNA Sports United GmbH on the tax aspects of its US$3.3 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange as a result of the de-SPAC merger with Yucaipa Acquisition Corporation. The merger also included the acquisition of WiggleCRC Group;
• MorphoSys AG in the tax aspects of its US$1.7 billion acquisition of Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its related US$2 billion financing from Royalty Pharma plc.;
• the shareholders of Canyon Bicycles, Roman Arnold and TSG Consumer Partners in the sale of a majority stake in Canyon Bicycles to Groupe Bruxelles Lambert; 
• funds advised by Energy Infrastructure Partners AG in a €530 million investment for a 49% stake in BayWa r.e. renewable energy GmbH;
• Black Diamond Capital Management, L.L.C., along with InvestIndustrial, in their US$425 million acquisition of the phenolic specialty resin, hexamine and European forest products resins businesses of Hexion Inc.;
• The SCP Group in its:
  • €1.2 billion acquisition of the Real Group from METRO AG; and
  • sale of the digital business of Real, including the online marketplace operated under real.de, to Schwarz Gruppe;
• Gulf Energy Development in its acquisition of a 50% stake in the €2.6 billion offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 2 from Global Infrastructure Partners and its joint venture with Ørsted;
• funds advised by Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners AG in the €500 million acquisition of a 25% ownership interest in the Arkona offshore wind farm in Germany from Equinor ASA;
• I Squared Capital in its acquisition of PEMA from Société Générale;
• Corning Incorporated in its acquisition of substantially all of the Communication Markets division of 3M;
• PayPal Inc. as lead investor in a US$50 million funding round for PPRO Holding GmbH; and
• Key Safety Systems, Inc. in its US$1.6 billion acquisition of substantially all of the assets and operations of Takata Corporation.