Bernd Dreier
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Bernd Dreier, LL.M. (Columbia) is a corporate lawyer based in Munich.
Bernd is an experienced lawyer, advising private equity investors as well as national and international companies on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, restructurings, carve-out transactions and management participation programs, as well as M&A insurance products.
In addition to his prior experience in private practice with two renowned international law firms, Bernd was the general counsel at a Munich based private equity fund, and following that responsible for the warranties and indemnities insurance business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for a major international insurance provider.
Professional experience
Collapse all- LL.M. – Columbia Law School, 2014
- 2nd State Exam – Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf (OLG Düsseldorf), 2011
- 1st State Exam – University of Passau (Universität Passau), 2008
- Law studies at University of Passau, Macquarie University (Sydney)
- Rechtsanwalt 2011
Advising:
- FSN Capital/Swash Group – add-on acquisition of Le Monde Du Bain and the formation of Swash Group
- DUBAG – carve-out acquisition of the Emitec catalyst business from Vitesco Technologies
- Armira/Salesfive Holding – add-on acquisition of we speak fluent cx GmbH
- Armira/Salesfive Holding – add-on acquisition of Integration Matters GmbH
- Intermediate Capital Group – acquisition of a minority stake in EXXETA AG
- FSN Capital – investment in MEGABAD, a leading e-commerce retailer of sanitary products and accessories in the DACH region
- Armira – acquisition of Salesfive, one of the leading digital transformation and Salesforce consultancies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
- EMH Partners GmbH (as general counsel) – acquisition of a minority stake in Design Offices GmbH*; acquisition of a minority stake in and structuring and implementation of management participation program for Native Instruments Holding GmbH*; acquisition of a minority stake in Brainlab AG*
- Capvis Equity Partners – acquisition of Wer liefert Was? from Paragon Partners and implementation of management participation program*
- Liaoning Dare Group – acquisition of automotive supplier Carcoustics Group*
- SGL Carbon SE – sale of the graphite electrodes business to Showa Denko K.K.*
- Bain Capital Private Equity – sale of automotive supplier FTE automotive to Valeo SA*
- Knorr Bremse – acquisition of Vossloh Kiepe GmbH*
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft – joint venture with Valeo for powertrains for e-mobility*
- Elster Group SE – takeover by Melrose plc*
- Nomura Group – acquisition of German business operations of Delta Lloyd NV*
(* prior to joining Norton Rose Fulbright LLP)
- Warranty & Indemnity-Versicherung bei der Unternehmenstransaktion, in Mahnke/Rohlfs, Betriebliches Risikomanagement und Industrieversicherung, Springer Gabler 2020 (with Carolin van Straelen and Jannik Revers)
- AIG-Studie 2019: Steigende Anzahl der Meldungen und höhere Schäden, in M&A Review Special "M&A Insurance 2019", June 2019, p. 36 (with Dennis Froneberg)
- English
- German
News
Norton Rose Fulbright advises UG Healthcare Corporation on acquisition of majority stake in Unigloves Germany
May 17, 2024
German team advises Salesfive on acquisition of Integration Matters and reinvestment of Integration Matters shareholders
February 23, 2023
Cross-border team advises DUBAG on Emitec acquisition
October 14, 2022