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About Dr. Steffen Kleefass
Steffen advises on M&A transactions, in the private equity sector in particular, as well as on general corporate matters.
Steffen is based in our Frankfurt office. He has also worked in our Hamburg (2014-2021), London (2018) and New York (2014) offices.
Steffen was listed as one of the top 25 private equity lawyers aged under 40 across the commercial legal market in the UK and Europe by Law.com in 2023. He was also named 'Lawyer of the Future' in 2021 and in 2022 for the private equity sector by Handelsblatt and Best Lawyers.
He speaks German, English, Italian, and some French.
Recent work
- One Equity Partners (i) on its sale of the Walki Group to Oji Holdings, (ii) on its acquisition of the Fortaco Group, (iii) on its acquisition of a 29% stake in Cicor Technologies AG from HEB Swiss Investment AG
- Blackstone on the sale of the mining business of the Schenck Process Group to Sandvik and on the sale of the food business of the Schenck Process Group to Hillenbrand
- Lindsay Goldberg on the sale of the Paccor Group to Faerch
- Hellman & Friedman and AutoScout24 (i) on their sale of Finanzcheck to smava, and (ii) on their acquisition of Leasingmarkt
- CVC (i) on its acquisition of the STARK Group from Lone Star, and (ii) on its acquisition of a 50% stake in DFE Pharma
- Triton and Leadec on the sale of the Veltec Group
- BC Partners (i) on its acquisition of the CeramTec Group from Cinven, and (ii) on its sale of the SGB-SMIT Group to One Equity Partners
- Maersk Line A/S on its acquisition of Hamburg Süd from the Oetker Group
Qualifications
- Rechtsanwalt, Germany
- University of Münster (Dr. iur.)
- University of California’s Hastings College of the Law (LL.M.)
- Universities of Heidelberg and Münster (law)