Verena Seevers
Partner
Hamburg
verena.seevers@lw.com
+49.40.4140.30
PRACTICES
- International Tax
- Private Equity
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Tax Controversy
- Transactional Tax
INDUSTRIES
EDUCATION
- Tax Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Hamburg, 2016
- Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Schleswig, 2012
- LL.M., King's College London, 2009
- First German State Exam, University of Hamburg, 2007
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- German
- English
PROFILE
Verena Seevers advises clients on the German and international tax aspects of a full range of corporate and finance transactions, both domestic and cross-border.
Verena solves clients’ tax issues related to:
- Private equity transactions
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Real estate transactions
- Financings and restructurings
- Multi-jurisdictional tax planning
She also advises on post-transaction tax issues related to tax audit and enforcement proceedings.
Verena brings a commercial sensibility drawn from extensive transactional experience. She provides effective answers to the myriad tax questions that arise, especially in the context of complex and deadline-driven transactions.
Before joining the firm in 2013, Verena was an associate in a Big Four accounting firm’s tax department. She studied in Hamburg and London, focusing from the outset on tax law.
EXPERIENCE
Verena's experience includes advising:
- Acrotec (a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group) on the acquisition of Mebus MIM-Technik
- ABG on the acquisition of Reebok
- Aliaxis on the sale of Rheinhütte Pumps to ITT Inc.
- Angelo, Gordon & Co. on transactional tax aspects in various acquisitions of residential real estate portfolios
- Apollo on:
- The €1 billion investment in the Northern Portfolio (residential real estate portfolio controlled by Vonovia)
- The €1 billion investment in the Suedewo Portfolio (residential real estate portfolio controlled by Vonovia)
- The €1 billion investment in Deutsche Wohnen SE
- Astellas Pharma on the:
- Acquisition of Ganymed
- Sale of a pharmaceutical portfolio
- Bregal on the:
- Strategic partnership with Billbee
- Acquisition of Perfect Drive Sports Group
- Acquisition of legal software business STP
- Cheplapharm on the acquisition of a pharmaceutical portfolio from Takeda
- Chequers Capital on the acquisition of Nayak-LM
- DEDIQ on a strategic partnership with SAP
- EMZ Partners on the:
- Sale of Simon Hegele to Nippon Express Holdings (together with further stakeholders)
- Acquisition of Transform8 (together with H&Z)
- Investment in H&Z
- Sale of their shareholding in ASSEPRO
- Acquisition of WEKA Group’s Education division
- Acquisition of a minority stake in Wishcard
- Majority investment in Assepro
- Investment in celebrate company
- Investment in Ingentis
- Investment in Simon Hegele
- Majority investment in Hermann Pipersberg
- Investment in Ankerkraut GmbH
- EQT and Omers on the acquisition of Deutsche Glasfaser
- Hg on the:
- Sale of F24
- Acquisition of a majority stake in AUVESY
- Acquisition of a majority stake in F24
- Acquisition of a majority stake in Serrala
- Sale of Eucon, a leading provider of best-in-class market information and data-based systems
- InfraRed on the development of datacenter platform NexSpace
- KLAR Partners on the acquisition of ISS Kanal Services
- LeanIX`s investors on the sale to SAP
- Main Capital Partners on the sale of software company Perbility to Rivean Capital
- Paragon Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in KME SPECIAL
- Partners Group on the acquisition of Rosen Group
- Permira on the acquisition of a majority stake in Engel & Völkers
- PMG on its strategic investment in Pro4All
- Quadriga Capital on the sale of its majority stake in SCIO Automation Holding GmbH
- RWE, PreussenElektra, EnBW, and Vattenfall on the transfer of interim storage facilities for radioactive waste
- Swiss Life Asset Management AG and Gelsenwasser AG on the acquisition of Infrareal
- TA Associates on the acquisition of Enscape
- TeamViewer on the:
- Acquisition of Viscopic
- Acquisition of Xaleon
- The Carlyle Group on the sale of Klenk Holz
- Trade Republic on its US$900 million Series C financing
- Trilantic Europe on its investment in Smile Eyes
- Triton on the:
- Sale of SGL
- Acquisition and high-yield bond financing related to Renk Group