Patrick is constantly ranked among the leading professionals across his areas of expertise. He has built long-term relationships with clients for whom he has acted.
Patrick is the leader of our Global Transaction practice in Germany and Austria, the co-head of our Global Markets Group and our lead country partner for the Nordics, the author of various publications and a regular speaker at conferences.
His practice focuses on M&A as well as corporate and securities law advice to listed companies and financial institutions.
Patrick is very comfortable with complex, high-profile transactions. His MBA from the University of Wales enables him to focus on and add value to the commercial aspects of each deal, while his nine-month secondment to Deutsche Bank’s M&A department in New York and his long-term advice in particular for Hamburg Commercial Bank mean Patrick understands the workings of large financial institutions. He also has good knowledge of the renewable energy and infrastructure/transport sectors. Often clients from the Nordics seek his legal advice.
A native German speaker, Patrick also speaks English and French.
Financial sector:
- UBS on the worldwide merger and integration with Credit Suisse.
- Barclays on the sale of its German retail business to Bawag.
- SEB on the acquisition of Lufthansa Airplus.
- Warburg Hypothekenbank on its acquisition by Münchener Hypothekenbank.
- MCE Bank on its acquisition by Santander Consumer Bank.
- Hamburg Commercial Bank (ex HSH Nordbank) since 2009 on several large projects, including its restructuring, sale of a €5bn non-performing shipping portfolio to a state-owned bad bank, sale of further several billion euro non-performing loan portfolios to various buyers as well as on its sale to i.a. Cerberus and J.C. Flowers.
- NREP on the acquisition of the real estate credit business from M3 Capital Partners.
- Raisin Bank on the acquisition of the payment business of Bankhaus August Lenz.
- A UAE based bank on its capital restructuring, including a state guarantee for its loan portfolio.
- NORD/LB on its recapitalization and restructuring.
- Republic of Cyprus on a state guarantee for Cyprus Cooperative Bank.
- Deutsche Bank on several strategic M&A transactions, among others on the considered takeover of Commerzbank and the sale of BHF-BANK.
- Postbank on its merger with the retail business of Deutsche Bank.
- The City of Bremen regarding its shareholding in Bremer Landesbank.
- Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen on a potential merger with Deka Bank AG as well as its resolution planning.
- Berenberg Bank on the acquisition of several shipping loan portfolios.
- Deutsche Post on the sale of Deutsche Postbank to Deutsche Bank.
- HCI Capital on its public takeover by MPC Capital.
- Credit Suisse on the acquisition of a shareholding in Aragon.
Other sectors:
- DSV on the acquisition of DB Schenker from Deutsche Bahn.
- Berlin Brands Group, the international e-commerce group, on its financial restructuring.
- MSC on the public takeover of HHLA AG, the Hamburg port, logistics and transportation company.
- Allurity on the acquisition of all shares of Berlin-based cybersecurity consultant Security Research Labs (SRLabs).
- UPM-Kymmene Corporation on the acquisition of AMC AG Advanced Methods of Coating.
- Deutsche GigaNetz GmbH on financing of fibre-optic expansion.
- the German organizing committee in connection with the German Special Olympics National Games 2022 and the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023.
- Altor Equity Partners, the Nordic Private Equity investor, on a healthcare transaction in Germany.
- Ørsted, the Danish offshore wind company, on potential sale in Germany.
- the City of Hamburg in the German bid for the UEFA Euro 2024.
- the German bidding company as official legal advisor in connection with Hamburg’s bid for hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024.
- UPM-Kymmene, the Finnish forest industry company, on the sale of a newsprint plant to convert to liner production.
- BARD Group, the offshore wind companies, on its corporate restructuring and dissolution.
- BARD Group on the development and sales process of the offshore wind farm project ‘Veja Mate’ to UK-based Laidlaw Capital Group as well as sale of three further early stage offshore wind farm projects with a combined capacity of approx. 1,200 MW to PNE Wind AG.
- Det Norske Veritas, the Norwegian clarification company, on the joint venture with Germanischer Lloyd SE in Germany.
- The various shareholders on the sale of all shares in Stallinger Holzindustrie GmbH and Kaufmann Holding AG as well as a qualified minority interest in Stallinger Swiss Timber AG to Mayr-Melnhof-Holz group.
- HanseMerkur on the acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in various companies in the financial sales sector.
- Danfoss Power Solutions, the Danish company, on the reorganization of the sales business in thirteen European countries.
- Otto Group on the sale of Otto Office and Alba Moda.
- Airbus Group on the sale of the defense electronics division to the private equity investor KKR.
- Continental on the €11.4bn acquisition of Siemens Automotive Group (VDO) from Siemens.
- Albert Ballin on the €3.3bn recapitalisation of Hapag-Lloyd AG.
- The City of Hamburg and Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) on the partial privatisation of HHLA by way of a dual track (trade sale and IPO) process.
- Gruner+Jahr on the merger of its rotogravure printing activities with those of Axel Springer and Bertelsmann.
- VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie on its foundation, its restructuring and its IPO.
Nordic clients:
- DSV, the Danish logistics company, on the acquisition of Deutsche Bahn Schenker for approx. €14bn.
- SEB, the Swedish bank, on the acquisition of Lufthansa Airplus.
- UPM-Kymmene Corporation, the Finnish forest industry company, on the acquisition of AMC AG Advanced Methods of Coating.
- Altor Equity Partners, the Nordic Private Equity Investor, on a healthcare transaction in Germany.
- NREP, the real estate investor and innovator in the Nordics, on the acquisition of the real estate credit business from M3 Capital Partners.
- Ørsted, the Danish offshore wind company, on potential sale in Germany.
- UPM-Kymmene, the Finnish forest industry company, on the sale of a newsprint plant to convert to liner production.
- Det Norske Veritas, the Norwegian classification company, on the joint venture with Germanischer Lloyd SE in Germany.
- Danfoss Power Solutions, the Danish company, on the reorganization of the sales business in thirteen European countries.
- UBS on the worldwide merger and integration with Credit Suisse (including in the Nordics).

