Latham & Watkins Advises Lincoln International on Acquisition of TCG Corporate Finance

Latham & Watkins LLP has advised Lincoln International, a leading global investment banking advisory firm, on the acquisition of TCG Corporate Finance (TCG), a boutique European technology and digital economy advisory firm under the leadership of Harry Mährle with offices in Munich, Berlin, Stockholm, and London. With the acquisition, Lincoln’s team of dedicated technology investment banking advisors serving the private equity community in Europe has doubled and brings Lincoln’s Global Technology Group to over 150 professionals worldwide.

Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The Latham team was led by Century City corporate partner Steven Stokdyk and Düsseldorf corporate partner Heiko Gotsche with associates Nikolaus Becker, Andrew Rutsky, and Jaschar Mirkhani. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Hamburg partner Tobias Klass; on employment matters by Munich counsel Florian Dehmel with associate Christian Strauß; on antitrust and FDI matters by Frankfurt partner Max Hauser and Hamburg partner Jana Dammann de Chapto; on regulatory matters by Frankfurt counsel Joachim Grittmann; on Corporate/IP matters by Frankfurt partner Susan Kempe-Müller and associate Daniela Jaeger; on real estate matters by Frankfurt counsel Sven Nickel; on compliance matters by Hamburg counsel Stefan Bartz, and on data privacy matters by Frankfurt associate Clemens Ganz.