Norman Wasse is a partner in our Corporate Practice Group in our Frankfurt office. Norman advises German and international clients on various aspects of corporate law and corporate transactions, including private equity and capital markets transactions. He is experienced in the structure of business carve-outs in regulated industries, joint ventures and cross-border M&A transactions involving various jurisdictions.

Prior to joining our firm, Norman worked for major international law firms in Frankfurt and London and in the legal department of a major German bank.

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Private Equity

  • Advising Main Capital Partners on the acquisition of mps public solutions, MACH, DataPlan, FormSolutions, Bildbau, audimex, Cryptshare, PLATO, IQS Software, Wanko Informationslogistik and FleetGO, as well as on the sale of Cleversoft to LLCP.
  • Advising Maltego Technologies, a portfolio company of Charlesbank, on the acquisition of Freezingdata.
  • Advising Biocomposites, a portfolio company of TA Associates, on the acquisition of Artoss and Infectotest.
  • Advising Elos Medtech AB, a portfolio company of TA Associates, on the acquisition of Klingel Group.
  • Advising Investcorp Technology Partners on the acquisition of Contentserv and Avira and the sale of Avira to Norton Life Lock.
  • Advising VR Equitypartner on the acquisition of DITTRICH+CO, Solectrix, and Dr. Neuberger, as well as on the sale of VAUTID.
  • Advising VR Equitypartner and Süd Beteiligungen on the sale of DUO PLAST and Piller Entgrattechnik.
  • Advising SüdBG on the sale of DBW Advance Fiber Technologies.
  • Advising The Hilsinger Company, a portfolio company of Windjammer Capital, on the acquisition of I NEED YOU The Frame Company.
  • Advising The Hilsinger Company, a portfolio company of Blue Point Capital, on the acquisition of Breitfeld & Schliekert and Lexxoo International.
  • Advising Goodridge, a portfolio company of Rubicon, on the acquisition of Kuhnle Engineering.
  • Advising Finatem on the acquisition of GfS Gesellschaft für Straßenunterhaltung.
  • Advising Silver Investment Partners on the acquisition of Hitega, Schüschke, and Varicor.
  • Advising JZ International on the acquisition of Fidor.
  • Advising Ardian on the sale of Competence Call Center.
  • Advising the management of Schülerhilfe on the sale to Oakley.

Private M&A

  • Advising Belden on the acquisition of Berthold Sichert, Voleatech, macmon secure, NetModule and CloudRail.
  • Advising Mainova on the acquisition of Delta-t Messdienst Andreas Völker and mobiheat.
  • Advising Unsere Champions, a portfolio company of Lavorel Group, on the acquisition of Pfiffikus, Raulino, Kindertagesstätte Montessori Kinderhaus*, Kleine Bärchen, Isarkids, Child Care Company, Zwergenwelt, Uki, and MD KitaPartner, as well as the market entry into Switzerland by the acquisition of Kleinegrossewelt*, Kinderkrippe s’Nuscheli, Kindertreff Zwergenburg, Keiki and Allegra Kinderhäuser.
  • Advising Dot Foods on a strategic partnership with Choco.
  • Advising Ratiodata on the acquisition of Accesa.
  • Advising GWS on the acquisition of faveo.
  • Advising TVS-Asianics on the acquisition of Pan Asia Logistics.
  • Advising TransDigm on the acquisition of ILC Holdings, DDC, Franke Aquarotter, Telair, EME and Schroth, as well as the sale of Schroth.
  • Advising UDG Healthcare and Ashfield Pharma on the acquisition of Sellxpert.
  • Advising Atruvia on its participation in yes.com and the sale of Elaxy.
  • Advising Giropay on the sale of giropay to paydirekt.
  • Advising the shareholders of Dastex on the sale to The Riverside Company.
  • Advising the shareholders of imat-uve on the sale to Centre Testing International (CTI).
  • Advising the shareholders of Rauscher on the sale to Ingérop.
  • Advising the shareholders of Elmotec on the sale to Schaeffler Technologies.
  • Advising the shareholders of KBL on the sale to DIH Deutsche Industrie Holding.
  • Advising the shareholders of KBS on the sale to Cramo.
  • Advising the shareholders of imes-icore on the sale to Ardian.

Public M&A/Capital Markets

  • Advising MBB on the share repurchase in 2019 and the private placement of shares in Aumann.
  • Advising Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) on the formation of the CEINEX joint venture with Deutsche Börse and China Financial Futures Exchange Europe.
  • Advising Shanghai Tian Ying Medical Instruments on the takeover of elexxion.
  • Advising Global Eagle Entertainment on the delisting and squeeze-out, and subsequent court appraisal procedure in relation to Advanced Inflight Alliance.
  • Advising several hedge and investment funds in the context of takeovers of listed companies (e.g., Continental, Monsanto and STADA).
  • Advising several listed companies in connection with ordinary and extraordinary shareholders meetings.

Education

  • Nottingham Trent University, LL.M., 2012
  • Higher Regional Court of Koblenz, Second State Examination, 2011
  • University of Mainz, First State Examination, 2009

Admissions

  • Germany, 2011

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Certified Exchange Trader Cash Market, 2013

Languages

  • English
  • German
  • Recommended as one of the best lawyers for corporate law by The Best Lawyers in Germany 2025
  • Mergermarket M&A Deals 2020, Highlighted Individual
  • Legal 500 EMEA 2020, Recommended Lawyer
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