Christian Strauß is an associate in the Executive Compensation, Employment & Benefits Practice in the Munich office of Latham & Watkins. 

Christian primarily handles individual and collective employment relations. He advises German and international clients on employment law matters in the context of restructurings and downsizings, as well as M&A and private equity transactions.

Christian studied law in Augsburg and Malibu. Before and during his legal clerkship, he worked in another renowned international commercial law firm with stations in Munich and Los Angeles.

Christian’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 Group
  • Bitly on employment law aspects of the acquisition of Egoditor
  • Deutsche Beteiligungs AG on employment law aspects on the investment in freiheit.com
  • Hg on the:
    • Sale of MeinAuto’s divisions
    • Employment law aspects of the acquisition of a majority stake in Serrala
  • EMZ Partners on employment law aspects in connection with its:
    • Majority investment in Hermann Pipersberg
    • Investment in Simon Hegele
  • Fresenius on the sale of the majority of Vamed’s rehabilitation business to PAI Partners
  • Northern Fiber Holding and UBS Asset Management on purchase of fiber network from VX Fiber and customers of Lila Connect
  • Novo Nordisk on the acquisition of Cardior Pharmaceuticals
  • Oakley Capital on a continuation fund transaction to extend its partnership with IU Group
  • OneTrust on employment law aspects of the acquisition of Planetly
  • Partners Group on the acquisition of Rosen Group
  • Permira on employment law aspects of the acquisition of a majority stake in Engel & Völkers
  • Platinum Equity on employment law aspects of the acquisition of Continental Bakeries
  • Quadriga Capital on the sale of its majority stake in SCIO Automation Holding GmbH
  • SPIE on:
    • The acquisition of Otto LSE
    • The acquisition of a majority stake in ICG Group
  • Triton on the acquisition of Trench
  • TA Associates on employment law aspects in connection with the:
    • Strategic growth investment in Adcubum and tech11
    • Merger of Chaos and Enscape
  • Unsere Grüne Glasfaser on the acquisition of Infrafibre Germany
  • Wintershall Dea on the sale of its stake in WIGA

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

Education

  • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Munich
  • First German State Exam, University of Augsburg

Languages Spoken

  • German
  • English