MarkusLedwina

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Markus Ledwina berät umfassend in den Bereichen des Gesellschafts- und Insolvenzrechts, insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit komplexen grenzüberschreitenden M&A- und Private-Equity-Transaktionen und Restrukturierungen (einschließlich der Vertretung vor und in laufenden Insolvenz- und Schutzschirmverfahren).

Repräsentative Projekte: Der Verkauf von SAPs Content-as-a-Service-Geschäft (CaaS) an Verisk, Nissan Motor Co. im Zusammenhang mit der globalen Restrukturierung der Takata Corporation und ihrer Tochtergesellschaften infolge weltweiter Rückrufe von PSAN-Airbag-Inflatoren, die Übernahme der Deublin Company und der Erwerb einer Mehrheitsbeteiligung an der Ragsol AG durch HOERBIGER, The Timken Company und die Übernahme von BEKA Lubrication, die Übernahme des elektronischen Zahlungsmittelanbieters PAY.ON durch ACI Worldwide, Cardinal Health und die Übernahme des Cordis-Geschäfts von Johnson & Johnson sowie The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) und die Übernahme des weltweiten Consumer-Health-Geschäfts der Merck KGaA. Weitere Mandate umfassen: MAHLE's Übernahme der Thermosparte von Delphi sowie der Verkauf des Industriefiltrationsgeschäfts und der Schmiedeaktivitäten von MAHLE sowie Compagnie Plastic Omnium beim Erwerb der Swiss Hydrogen SA. Herr Ledwina vertritt außerdem häufig The Riverside Company, die Nordson Corporation und International Automotive Components Group, S.A (IAC).

Herr Ledwina ist seit 2008 als Rechtsanwalt in Deutschland, seit 2009 als Solicitor in England & Wales und seit 2010 als Attorney at Law im US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien zugelassen.

Er ist Mitglied der State Bar of California, California Young Lawyers Association, Law Society of England and Wales, Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung (DAJV), Deutsch-Britische Juristenvereinigung (DBJV) und Phi Delta Phi – Richard von Weizsäcker Inn.

Daneben ist Herr Ledwina verantwortlicher Redakteur des im Verlag von C.H.Beck erschienenen Handbuchs Gesellschaftsrecht des Auslands in Einzeldarstellungen (Wegen/Spahlinger/Barth, Hrsg.), einer umfassenden und praxisgerechten Darstellung des Gesellschaftsrechts in mehr als 40 wirtschaftlich relevanten Jurisdiktionen.

Erfahrung

  • Mahle sells its thermostat business to ADMETOSJones Day is advising Mahle GmbH in the sale of its thermostat business to ADMETOS, an owner-managed industrial holding and investment company for medium-sized businesses.
  • Timken acquires GGB Bearing Technology for $305 millionJones Day advised The Timken Company in the $305 million acquisition of GGB Bearing Technology (GGB), a division of Enpro, Industries (including exclusive negotiations with respect to the French operations of GGB).
  • Plastic Omnium acquires ams OSRAM Automotive Lighting Systems from ams OSRAM GroupJones Day advised Plastic Omnium in the acquisition of the Automotive Lighting Systems (AMLS) business of ams OSRAM Group in a highly complex international carve-out transaction.
  • Arrowhead Engineered Products acquires Best4ForstJones Day advised Arrowhead Engineered Products, Inc. in the acquisition of Best4Forst, a firm serving the European market with forestry and outdoor power equipment parts ranging from robomowers to commercial logging equipment.
  • SAP forms strategic partnership with Dediq for financial services industriesJones Day advised SAP in the formation of SAP Fioneer, a joint venture with the Munich based investor DEDIQ GmbH whereby SAP contributed its Financial Services and Insurance Services business and DEDIQ will invest more than €500 million.
  • Riverside and Investcorp sell Arrowhead Engineered Products to GenstarJones Day advised The Riverside Company in the sale of Arrowhead Engineered Products to Genstar.
  • EMERAM Capital Partners sells portfolio company MEONA to Trill ImpactJones Day represented EMERAM Capital Partners GmbH, one of the leading investment companies for medium-sized companies in the German-speaking region, in the sale of its portfolio company MEONA, an innovation leader for clinical software, to the private equity firm, Trill Impact.
  • Verizon acquires incubed ITJones Day advised Verizon Communications, Inc. in its acquisition of incubed IT, the creator of a software platform providing autonomous navigation tools to administer, manage, and optimize mixed fleets of robots in industrial settings.
  • Solvay sells barium, strontium and sodium percarbonate businesses to Latour CapitalJones Day advised Solvay S.A., a publicly listed chemical company based in Brussels, Belgium, on the combined sale of its technical-grade barium and strontium business in Germany, Spain and Mexico, and its sodium percarbonate business in Germany to Latour Capital.
  • Verint Systems separates into two independent companiesJones Day advised Verint® Systems Inc. ("Verint") in the separation and spin-off of its cyber intelligence business, Cognyte Systems Ltd.
  • Guardian Europe S.à r.l. sold Guardian Automotive glass business to PARTER Capital Group AGJones Day advised Guardian Europe S.à r.l., a subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc., in the sale of its Guardian Automotive aftermarket glass fabrication and distribution business to PARTER Capital Group AG.
  • HOERBIGER acquires majority stake in RAGSOL GmbHJones Day advised the HOERBIGER Group in its acquisition of a majority stake in RAGSOL GmbH, an Austrian oil and gas solutions provider.
  • HOERBIGER Group acquires Deublin CompanyJones Day advised HOERBIGER Group, a privately-held industrial company headquartered in Switzerland, on the acquisition of Deublin Company, the leading manufacturer of rotating unions in the world.
  • Timken acquires BEKA Lubrication for $165 millionJones Day advised The Timken Company in its $165 million acquisition of BEKA Lubrication (BEKA), a leading global supplier of automatic lubrication systems.
  • Deutsche Beteiligungs AG sold investment in InfianaJones Day advised DBAG Fund VI, a fund advised by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG), on the auction sale of the portfolio company Infiana Group GmbH and indirectly all of its subsidiaries to funds advised by Pamplona Capital Management.
  • Nordson acquires Optical Control GmbH & Co. KGJones Day advised Nordson Corporation in its acquisition of Optical Control GmbH & Co. KG, a German designer and developer of high speed, fully automatic counting systems utilizing x-ray technology.
  • SAP sells Content as a Service (CaaS) business to VeriskJones Day advised SAP SE in the sale of its Content as a Service (CaaS) business, which includes the Environmental Health and Safety Regulatory Content (ERC) and Environmental Health and Safety Regulatory Documentation (ERD) teams and data assets to Verisk, a leading data analytics provider.
  • KWS and J.R. Simplot Company establish joint venture for hybrid potato breedingJones Day advised KWS SAAT SE in the formation of a joint venture company, Aardevo B.V., with J.R. Simplot Company to deliver top performing potato varieties through hybrid breeding.
  • Procter & Gamble acquires consumer health business of Merck KGaAJones Day advised The Procter & Gamble Company (“P&G”) in its €3.375 billion ($4.2 billion) acquisition of the worldwide consumer health business of Merck KGaA.
  • Georgia-Pacific sells European nonwovens business to Glatfelter for $185 millionJones Day advised Georgia-Pacific LLC ("GP") in the sale of its European nonwovens business to Glatfelter, a global manufacturer of specialty papers and engineered products, for $185 million.