Alexander "Stefan" Rieger

alexander.rieger@lw.com

+49.69.6062.6501

Profile

Dr. Alexander “Stefan” Rieger, Regional Chair of the firm’s Corporate Department in Continental Europe, is widely recognized for advising clients on complex M&A transactions and projects in the international infrastructure and energy sector.

The Legal 500 ranks him as one of the leading partners of the next generation for M&A in Germany. JUVE lists him as “frequently recommended” for M&A.

Stefan’s clients include leading infrastructure funds, pension funds, insurance companies, private equity investors, and corporates from around the globe.

By utilizing his background as a straight-forward infrastructure lawyer, Stefan adds value rarely available in the market at the interface between infrastructure and M&A.

In advising his clients, Stefan emphasizes practicality, striving to achieve his clients’ business objectives by leveraging his “perfect understanding of the market and related transaction dynamics” (The Legal 500 2023).

Experience

Stefan’s representative experience includes advising:

GIC on the €6.7 billion investment in Techem alongside TPG
Wintershall Dea on the sale of its stake in WIGA
CVC DIF on several transactions, including the:
- Investment in metrofibre, a platform to build out fiber networks across Germany
- Investment in ruhrfibre, a platform to build out a fiber network in the City of Essen*
Versicherungskammer Group on several transactions, including the:
- Acquisition of a stake in Amprion from Evonik
- Acquisition of Ferngas Group*
Mainova on several transactions, including the:
- Sale of a majority stake in its data center business to BlackRock
- Joint venture with Tishman Speyer to develop data centers in Frankfurt
- Sale of its EV-charging business chargemaker together with Dussmann to ista
InfraRed Capital Partners on several transactions, including the:
- Investment in and development of the data center platform NexSpace
- Investment in the German B247 road project*
UBS Asset Management on several transactions, including the:
- Acquisition of a fiber network from VXFiber
- Acquisition of LuneCom*
- Acquisition of sewikom*
Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP) on several transactions, including the:
- Acquisition of a majority shareholding in maincubes
- Initial investment in maincubes*
- Numerous portfolio transactions for maincubes
DWS Group on its major investment in Deutsche GigaNetz*
iCON Infrastructure on the acquisition of Strategic Fiber Networks Group*
Intermediate Capital Group and TNG Glasfaser on the acquisition of fiber business sdt.net AG
NorthC Group on several transactions, including the:
- Acquisition of a data center in Switzerland
- Entry into Frankfurt’s data center market
- Acquisition of IP Exchange*
- Acquisition of Netrics Group*
Lugman Group on the acquisition of the Fechenheim Industrial Park from Clariant
AtlasEdge, a JV between Liberty Global and DigitalBridge, on its acquisition of Datacenter One*
CommerzReal on the acquisition of several wind farm projects
Greenvolt on its investment in solar developer MaxSolar
Encavis on the acquisition of a wind farm in Finland
IST3 Infrastruktur Global jointly with Allianz Capital Partners in a consortium with OMERS Infrastructure and AXA Real Assets on the successful acquisition of a 49.99% stake in the “fibre-to-the-home” (SFR FTTH) business of Altice France*
John Laing Infrastructure Environmental Fund on the successful acquisition of various wind farms in France
Alpha Capital Partners and Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation on the acquisition of a data center in Germany
EEW Energy from Waste on the successful disposal of shares in the waste incineration plant Borsigstraße/Hamburg*
EVN AG on several transactions, including the:
- Investment in a large-scale wastewater project in Kuwait*
- Acquisition of shares in European Energy Exchange AG*
InfraVia Capital Partners and Egis Capital Partners on the disposal of their shares in the German A8 motorway*