Expertise

Hubertus advises on all aspects of corporate/M&A matters and in distressed situations. He has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border M&A, corporate restructurings, carve-outs and joint ventures. His experience also covers the trading and financing of non-performing loans. His clients include German and international corporations, private equity investors and financial institutions.

Experience
  • Advising global games label and developer Team17 on the acquisition of astragon Entertainment.
  • Advising Octopus Energy on its market entry in Germany by way of acquisition of all shares in an entech company and on various other transactions
  • Advising listed global Spectris Group on various transactions in Germany.
  • Advising the owners of Juers Pharma on the sale of their business as part of a succession plan to German Pharma Wholesale group, a portfolio company of Silver Investment Partners.
  • Advising private equity fund Inflexion on the acquisition of the Kleffmann Group for their portfolio group Kynetec.
  • Advising the founders as well as other managers of Midoco Group, a leading travel tech software company, in connection with the acquisition of a majority share by the German technology investor LEA Partners from the holding company AFINUM.
  • Advising American Golf, a portfolio company of turnaround investor Endless LLP, on the acquisition of German golf clothing producer Golfino out of insolvency.

Publications

Hubertus regularly publishes his areas of expertise.

Languages
  • German
  • English
Education

Hubertus studied law as well as economics at the universities of Cologne, Munich and Hamburg. Upon completion of his studies Hubertus obtained a Ph.D. in law at the University of Kiel. Hubertus brings to Ad-dleshaw Goddard more than ten years experience of working in successful inter-national law firms in Hamburg, London and Munich.

Memberships
  • Hamburg Bar Association
  • German Bar Association (DAV)
  • German Working Group on Insolvency and Restructuring Law