Martin is a Counsel at our Munich office and a member of the Corporate and M&A practice group.
He specialises on national and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions, joint ventures and reorganisations of international groups.
In addition, he has comprehensive experience in corporate and capital markets law and advises management and supervisory board members on all questions related to corporate governance and corporate compliance as well as in connection with the preparation and holding of general meetings of listed companies.
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Martin's recent experience includes advising:
- Infrastructure investment manager Ancala on its acquisition of a majority stake in MUCH Group, a specialist provider of temporary modular building, related accessories, services and broader infrastructure solutions
- The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) on the sale of its 29 % stake in Oldenburgische Landesbank AG (OLB) to TARGO Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale, and on the discontinued efforts to list OLB on the stock exchange
- Molecular Connections, a leader in digital transformation and data science, on its acquisition of Morressier group, an innovative platform provider reshaping scholarly workflows
- Kohler Co. on the acquisition of KLAFS GmbH, a market-leading manufacturer of saunas, steam baths and other hydrothermal equipment from a private equity fund
- Johnson Matthey plc on the sale of its German battery materials business to the Epsilon Carbon Group
- Johnson Matthey plc on the sale of Johnson Matthey Piezo Products GmbH, a company focussed on the development, design, production and marketing of technical ceramic based components, to Hoerbiger Holding AG
- AURELIUS Equity Opportunities on the acquisition of the Armstrong ceiling business from Knauf Group
- Archer Daniels Midlands on the acquisition of Ziegler group, a leading European provider of natural citrus flavor ingredients
- Autoliv regarding its newly established joint venture "Zenuity" with the Swedish car manufacturer Volvo Cars in the area of automated driving and driving assistance systems
- Horizon Global on the acquisition of Westfalia and Terwa Group from DPE Deutsche Private Equity with a volume of €167 million
- An aerospace and defense manufacturer on its US$3.5 billion holding company reorganization, a global reorganization which required coordination of work in 11 different jurisdictions
- Harmonic Drive AG on the transformation into a European public limited company (SE)
- An S-Dax listed company with respect to several corporate law matters, the preparation and holding of the virtual or physical ordinary general meetings as well as regarding capital market law-related matters (share buy-back program)
- Martin Sanftleben is recommended for Corporate and M&A by Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt in the young talent category "Ones to Watch"
- Studied law at the University of Bayreuth
- Completed additional course in economics at the University of Bayreuth with a special focus on tax and finance
- He wrote his doctoral thesis on a comparative law investment law topic