Dr. Maximilian Platzer is a partner in Latham & Watkins' Frankfurt office and practices in the Corporate Department. He advises private equity investors and corporate entities on German and cross-border M&A transactions and public takeovers. His practice covers both the buy-side and sell-side of acquisitions as well as co-investments and management participations.

Prior to joining the firm in March 2017, Maximilian was an associate for several years at another international law firm.

Maximilian's recent experience includes advising:

  • LeanIX`s investors on the sale to SAP
  • yfood on Nestlé’s minority investment
  • Hg on:
    • The sale of F24
    • The sale of MeinAuto’s divisions
    • The investment of Permira in GGW Group
    • On the sale of MediFox
    • The sale of Transporeon
    • Its investment in LucaNet
    • The acquisition of a majority stake in Fonds Finanz
    • The acquisition of a majority stake in Serrala
    • The acquisition of a majority stake in AUVESY
    • The acquisition of a majority stake in F24 
    • The acquisition of P&I 
    • The acquisition of Transporeon
    • The acquisition of MediFox
    • The Sale of QUNDIS
  • Permira on:
    • The acquisition of a majority stake in Engel & Völkers
    • Its investment in Flixbus 
  • Astorg on the acquisition of CordenPharma
  • 3i on:
    • The strategic investment in xSuite
    • The acquisition of Schlemmer*
  • Triton on:
    • The acquisition of Royal Reesink
    • And Investment Authority with Abu Dhabi (ADIA) on the Acquisition of IFCO
  • Bregal Unternehmerkapital on:
    • The acquisition of SHD
    • The acquisition of Pragma Informatique
    • The acquisition of NRW Building Technology Holding
  • CVC on its joint venture with Messer for the acquisition of certain assets from Linde and Praxair
  • L Catterton on the financing round of Razor Group
  • Ergon Capital on the acquisition of svt
  • Silverfleet Capital on the acquisition of ec4u and BULPROS
  • EMZ Partners on the participation in HRworks
  • EMH Partners on the acquisition of a minority stake in LIGANOVA GROUP 
  • EG Group on the acquisition of OMV’s petrol station business in Germany
  • Entrepreneur family Harting on the acquisition of Studer Cables
  • KKR and Hyperion on the acquisition of Arno Friedrich Hartmetall
  • Chequers Capital on the sale of Cordenka
  • Midea on the takeover of KUKA*
  • China National Chemical Corporation on the acquisition of KraussMaffei*
  • HypoVereinsbank on the sale of DAB Bank to BNP Paribas*
  • Bridgepoint on the sale of CABB International to Permira*
  • Celesio on the merger with McKesson*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

Education

  • Dr. iur., Ruprecht-Karls-University, 2015
  • Second State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Frankfurt, 2013
  • First State Exam, Ruprecht-Karls-University, 2009

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • German