EXPERIENCE

Susan’s experience includes advising: 

• Acrotec (a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group) on the:
  • Acquisition of Friedrich Daniels
  • Acquisition of Mebus MIM-Technik
• Ardian on the acquisition of a majority stake in LIFTKET 
• Bosch on the sale of its security and communications technology product business
• Bregal on the sale of EA Elektro-Automatik
• Carlyle on its majority investment in GBTEC Software AG 
• Cheplapharm on: 
  • The acquisition of the worldwide commercial rights for Zyprexa ® from Eli Lily and Company 
  • The acquisition of the US Marketing Authorization for Pulmicort Flexhaler, a Budesonide inhalation powder for the treatment of Asthma, from AstraZeneca AB
• Deutsche Bank and Orchard Global Asset Management on the sale of HIT Holzindustrie Torgau to Mercer International Inc.
• EMZ Partners on the: 
  • Acquisition of a significant stake in H&Z Unternehmensberatung (H&Z)
  • Acquisition of WEKA Group’s Education Division
  • Acquisition of a majority stake in Aspire Education Group
• Equistone and other shareholders on the sale of Sport Group
• Established. on the acquisition of Blaupunkt
• HANNOVER Finanz and Hans-Werner Mumm on the sale of their shares in ATEC
• Heramba on business combination with Project Energy Reimagined Acquisition Corp.
• Hg on the:
  • Sale of F24
  • Sale of Transporeon
  • Sale of “MeinAuto” and “Mobility Concept”
• iCON Infrastructure and Strategic Fiber Networks on the acquisition of Northern Access and GIM
• IK Partners on its investment in Cinerius Financial Partners
• ITM on the acquisition of a worldwide exclusive license for cancer treatment
• Main Capital Partners on the sale of software company Perbility to Rivean Capital
• Marcolin on the acquisition of ic! berlin
• Novo Nordisk on the acquisition of Cardior Pharmaceuticals
• Oakley Capital on a continuation fund transaction to extend its partnership with IU Group
• One Rock Capital Partners on the acquisition of Constantia Flexibles
• PAI Partners on its joint venture with Nestlé 
• Partners Group on the:
  • Acquisition of a majority stake in Cloudflight
  • Acquisition of Rosen Group
  • Sale of Hofmann Menü Holdings GmbH
• Protective Industrial Products, Inc on the acquisition of ISM Heinrich Krämer GmbH
• Rockaway Capital on the sale of Bringmeister
• SPIE on the:
  • Acquisition of Otto LSE
  • Acquisition of a majority stake in ICG Group
  • Acquisition of ROBUR Industry Service Group
  • Acquisition of a majority stake in BridgingIT
• TQ Ventures on the US$80 million Series C financing of Distribusion
• Triton on the acquisition of Trench
• Wintershall Dea on the sale of its stake in WIGA

Thought Leadership

• Börsen-Zeitung, April 2021 “Tight corset: How the EU regulates artificial intelligence”
• Börsen-Zeitung, July 2021 “Legislator wants to stop patent trolls”
• Börsen-Zeitung, October 2021 “Europe finally gets uniform patent protection”
• Börsen-Zeitung, June 2022 “Free access to data of connected devices and machines”
• Börsen-Zeitung, May 2023 “Taking a close look at the data pool in due diligence”
• Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 2023 “The Winner Takes It All”