Dr. Kamyar Abrar

Prior to joining Willkie in 2020, Kamyar was a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in Frankfurt.

• “Very precise, experienced, creative, fast, assertive – a superstar."
  JUVE on Kamyar Abrar (2020)
• One of Germany's top M&A lawyers, an honor extended to only 91 German M&A attorneys
  WirtschaftsWoche/Handelsblatt (2020)
• Listed as top lawyer for M&A
  Handelsblatt (2020)
• Listed in Germany's Best Lawyers for M&A
  Handelsblatt rating in cooperation with Best Lawyers (2020)

Since 2004, Kamyar has been a lecturer at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management where he teaches in the Master of M&A program.

Kamyar has advised on the following selected significant matters: *

• AlixPartners on the acquisition of Berylls, a leading automotive consulting firm
• SGT Capital on the acquisition of ELATEC GmbH, a leading international developer and supplier of secure access management solutions
• EQT Growth on its investment in Integrity Next GmbH
• STARK Group on the acquisition of Austrian building materials distributor Schilowsky Baumarkt und Baustoffhandel KG
• EQT Growth on the acquisition of GotPhoto Company
• STARK Group on the acquisition of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Ltd
• Blackstone and Blackstone Growth in numerous transactions, including the joint venture of portfolio company Clarion Events with gfu to host leading consumer electronics and home appliances trade show IFA; and Blackstone Growth’s investments in the DACH region
• STARK Deutschland GmbH on its acquisition of German building material distributor KONZ Group
• CALIDA GROUP, a global apparel group, on the acquisition of sustainable German lingerie brand erlich textil
• STARK Group on the acquisition of Dach & Wand Handels GmbH, a leading Austrian building material distributor
• commercetools GmbH, a portfolio company of Insight Partners, on its acquisition of Frontastic GmbH
• STARK Deutschland GmbH on the acquisition of Tröger & Entenmann Group, a leading German provider of water and gas supply and wastewater disposal solutions
• GHO Capital on its investment in Sanner Group
• SGT Capital on the acquisition of Utimaco Group from private equity fund EQT Mid Market Europe
• STARK Deutschland GmbH in its agreement to acquire Melle Gallhöfer, a leading German specialist dealer for roofs and facades, from private equity fund palero
• Questel and its financial sponsors Eurazeo, IK Investment Partners and Raise Investissement on the contemplated acquisition of NovumIP from Paragon Partners
• Consortium comprising lead investor Apax Partners, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, Summit Partners, GP Bullhound and the Founders in the sale of portfolio company Signavio, a leader in the enterprise business process intelligence and process management space, to SAP
• Apax Digital on the investment in Price f(x) AG (series C round)
• HPS Investment Partners on securing debt financing for the acquisition of Schülke by EQT Partners from Air Liquide
• Novalpina on the proposed acquisition of PharmaZell from DPE
• Lindsay Goldberg on the sale of VDM Metals Group to Acerinox S.A.
• Upfield Group B.V. on the acquisition of Arivia S.A.
• Bain Capital on the majority acquisition of Kantar from WPP
• Inven Capital on the investment in zolar GmbH (series B round)
• Lone Star Funds / Stark Group A/S on the proposed acquisition of the European building distribution business from CRH
• Apax Digital on the investment in Signavio and acquisition from Summit Partners (series C round)
• Lone Star Funds / Stark Group A/S on the acquisition of SGBDD from Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A.
• Inven Capital on the investment in and sale of sonnen GmbH to Shell New Energies
• Hannam & Partners on the sale of MKM to KME SE
• Advent/Culligan on the bolt-on acquisition of Aqua Vital Group
• GHO Capital on the acquisition of Linimed Group from Vitruvian Partners
• TowerBrook/Infopro Digital on the bolt-on acquisition of DOCUgroup from GMT Communications Partners
• Inven Capital on the investment in sunfire GmbH (series B and C rounds)
• Alibaba on the acquisition of Daraz Group from Rocket Internet
• HNA Airport Group GmbH on the acquisition of Frankfurt Hahn airport
• EQT Expansion Capital II on the sale of Roeser Group to Sana Kliniken AG
• Inven Capital on the investment in Cloud & Heat (series B and C rounds)
• TPG Capital on the sale MEDIA BROADCAST Group to Freenet AG
• Centerbridge Partners on the acquisition of Senvion SE from India’s Suzlon Group
• Bregal on the acquisition of Binder group
• Atos S.E. on the acquisition of the IT infrastructure outsourcing business of Xerox
• Cinven, Blackstone and CPPIB on their bid for assets disposed of by Holcim and Lafarge as part of their merger
• MEDIA BROADCAST Group on the sale of orbital and frequency rights to SES Astra S.A.
• General Electric on the sale of its European fleet businesses to Arval Service Lease S.A.
• Change Capital Partners on the sale of Hallhuber to GERRY WEBER International AG
• TPG Capital and DLJ Merchant Banking Funds on the sale of a majority stake in Grohe Group to LIXIL Group
• Charterhouse Capital Partners on the acquisition of Armacell Group from Investcorp SA
• General Motors on the acquisition of Ally Bank's European auto finance operations
• Summit Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in 360 Treasury Systems AG
• Bregal on the acquisition of Novem Beteiligungs GmbH

* Kamyar advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.