Berlin
Mathilde Beaumunier
Principal Associate
Berlin: +49 30 20 28 37 22
About
Mathilde is a French-qualified competition lawyer.
She joined our Berlin antitrust, competition and trade practice in January 2017 and works on multijurisdictional merger filings, vertical agreements and cartel investigations where she advises clients across all industries with a focus on industrial and financial sectors.
During her time at Freshfields, Mathilde spent six months on secondment in-house with a large international bank and was also seconded to our Rome and London offices.
Mathilde speaks English and German in addition to native French.
She is also a member of the Community Impact team of the Berlin office.
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- Lufthansa on its proposed acquisition of a stake in ITA Airways (EU Phase II).
- Subsea7, the subsea engineering, construction and services company for offshore projects in the energy industry listed on Euronext Oslo, on its proposed combination with Saipem, the Italian engineering and construction company for the energy and infrastructure sectors (both offshore and onshore) listed on Euronext Milan.
- Cinven, the leading international private equity firm focused on building world-class global and European companies on its envisaged exit from the Viridium group, the leading specialist in the efficient management of life insurance portfolios in Germany.
- SoftwareOne Holding AG on an agreement with Crayon Group Holding ASA to launch a recommended voluntary stock and cash offer to acquire all the outstanding shares in Crayon. The tender offer comprises an equity value of approximately €1.4bn and is subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals, with completion expected in Q3 2025.
- DSV on its €14.3bn acquisition of Schenker, the logistics division of Deutsche Bahn and one of the world's leading logistics service providers, from Deutsche Bahn. The transaction is still subject to various approvals. Freshfields worked on this transaction together with Copenhagen-based law firm Moalem Weitemeyer and other members of its worldwide StrongerTogether network.
- A European carrier on its potential cooperation with another airline.
- EQT on the divestment of Schülke & Mayr, a leading provider of infection prevention and treatment solutions for the healthcare industry.
- A shipping company on German merger control in connection with several joint ventures.
- Hellman & Friedman on its voluntary public takeover offer for zooplus, including partnership with EQT IX.
- Kronospan on its proposed acquisition of the Polish business of Pfleiderer (EU Phase II).
- Saint-Gobain on its $2.3 billion Construction Chemicals merger with GCP Applied Technologies.
- Payments platform Nets and its owner Hellman & Friedman on the all-share merger of Nets into Nexi, in a transaction valued at €7.8bn.
- Fidelidade - Companhia de Seguros, S.A., the leading insurance company in Portugal, on the acquisition of a majority stake in the prosperity company AG, an insurtech group with main focus of operation in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein.
- gategroup on the acquisition of the European business of Lufthansa’s catering subsidiary LSG Sky Chefs.
- Nets, majority owned by Hellman & Friedman, on the disposal of the majority of its Corporate Services businesses to Mastercard for €2.85bn.
- Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group on the planned acquisition of BENTELER Distribution.
- SumUp, the global mobile payment services provider, on its proposed acquisition of Tiller Systems, a leading European digital service provider for gastronomy merchants.
- Francisco Partners in relation to its investment in Native Instruments, a Berlin-based company active in digital music creation software and hardware and acquisition of MyHeritage, global discovery platform for exploring family history.
- CVC/Messer Group on the multi-jurisdictional merger filings when acquiring parts of the Linde/Praxair technical gases business.
- Hellman & Friedman on the European Commission’s review of its proposed acquisition of payment group Concardis.
Mathilde Beaumunier
Principal Associate
T +49 30 20 28 37 22
berlin Office
Potsdamer Platz 1
10785 berlin