Miriam Steets
Partner, Private Equity
Miriam Steets is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department, focusing on private equity/venture capital investments as well as cross-border and national mergers and acquisitions. Miriam represents both, private equity/venture capital investors and corporate clients in connection with growth oriented investments as well as transaction situations and general corporate matters. In addition, she advises clients on capital market related matters. Prior to joining Willkie, Miriam was a senior consultant at a Big Four accounting firm.
Experience
- Goldman Sachs Alternatives in its $120 million Series B investment in osapiens, a leading ESG platform and provider of compliance and sustainability reporting solutions
- Bregal Milestone on its Series B Investment in ProductsUp
- Insight Partners in its lead Series A investment in MARKT-PILOT, a provider of spare part pricing software for machine manufacturers
- Insight Partners in the sale of its share in LeanIX, a market leader for enterprise architecture management, to SAP
- Insight Partners on its Series A investment in Aily Labs GmbH, the developer of an AI-powered decision intelligence app for global enterprises
- Insight Partners and the shareholder consortium on the sale of Blinks Labs GmbH (Blinkist)
- Adiuva Capital on an equity funding as part of a strategic capital increase for Sanecum Group
- Insight Partners on its Series A investment in Buynomics GmbH, a SaaS platform to support enterprise customers with commercial decisions
- Conscio Holding GmbH on its acquisition of Gen-Plus GmbH & Co. KG
- Shareholders on the Sale of Arioso Systems GmbH to Bosch
- Insight Partners on its Series A investment in TL Digital Solutions GmbH (TradeLink), the operator of a supply chain collaboration platform
- Insight Partners on its Series A investment in German automated tax return provider ExpressSteuer GmbH
- Insight Partners on its Series A investment in Leapsome GmbH
- Insight Partners in connection with its investments in Alasco, Anydesk, Blinkist, CarOnSale, commercetools, Choco Communications, Chrono24, HomeToGo, Jedox, LeanIX, Moonfare, N26, ParcelLab, SimScale, Staffbase, and Wandelbots
- commercetools GmbH, a portfolio company of Insight Partners, on its acquisition of Frontastic GmbH
- Consortium comprising the founders and all other shareholders of BusyLamp GmbH on its sale to Onit, Inc.
- Adiuva on the sale of care service provider advita to DomusVi
- Bregal Milestone on its Series C Investment in Uberall
- 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
- Genstar Capital on its €2.275 billion sale of ISS to Deutsche Börse
- Ardian in its sale of specialty pharmaceutical group Riemser to Esteve
- Insight Partners in connection with its $145 million majority investment in commercetools
- Insight Partners in connection with its $100+ million majority investment in Jedox
- Aduiva Capital in the sale of ascopharm GmbH
- BBS Automation in its acquisitions Italy-based Team S.r.l.
- CDC Group as a minority investor in connection with the IPO of Jumia AG, formerly African Internet Holding GmbH, at the NYSE
- Takung Art Co. on its dual listing at Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- Eurofins on its acquisition of Novatec GmbH
- Riemser in the purchase of exclusive development and marketing rights for the non-opioid pain treatment Prialt
- Scout24 on its acquisition of Finanzcheck.de GmbH
- Insight Venture Partners as a key investor in connection with the IPO of HelloFresh SE
- Insight Venture Partners as a key investor in connection with the IPO of Delivery Hero AG
- HBC on its lease and cooperation agreements with WeWork as part of several strategic cross-border transactions
- 3i on its purchase of Formel D
- TA Associates on the sale of Online Printer GmbH
- Consultation of financial institutions of tax compliance matters in connection with CRS, FATCA and QI*
* Miriam advised on these matters prior to joining Willkie.
Credentials
Education
Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt, Second State Exam, 2015 Goethe University of Frankfurt, First State Exam, 2012