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  1. Cichy Patrick
Hamburg
Dr. Patrick Cichy
Leader of our Global Transaction practice in Germany and Austria and Co-Head of our Global Markets and Nordic Groups
patrick.cichy@freshfields.com
Hamburg: +49 40 36 90 60
Frankfurt am Main: +49 69 27 30 80
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Patrick is the leader of our Global Transaction practice in Germany and Austria, the co-head of our Global Markets Group and our lead country partner for the Nordics, the author of various publications and a regular speaker at conferences.

His practice focuses on M&A as well as corporate and securities law advice to listed companies and financial institutions.

Patrick is constantly ranked among the leading professionals across his areas of expertise. He has built long-term relationships with clients for whom he has acted.

Patrick is very comfortable with complex, high-profile transactions. His MBA from the University of Wales enables him to focus on and add value to the commercial aspects of each deal, while his nine-month secondment to Deutsche Bank’s M&A department in New York and his long-term advice in particular for Hamburg Commercial Bank mean Patrick understands the workings of large financial institutions. He also has good knowledge of the industrial, automotive, transport, and infrastructure sectors. Often clients from the Nordics seek his legal advice.

A native German speaker, Patrick also speaks English and French.

Capabilities
Corporate advisory and governance
Mergers and acquisitions
Private capital
Automotive
Financial services
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Financial sector:

  • Geely on the sale of Danish Saxo Bank.
  • UBS on the worldwide merger and integration with Credit Suisse.
  • Barclays on the sale of its German retail business to Bawag.
  • SEB on the acquisition of Lufthansa Airplus.
  • Warburg Hypothekenbank on its acquisition by Münchener Hypothekenbank.
  • MCE Bank on its acquisition by Santander Consumer Bank.
  • Hamburg Commercial Bank (ex HSH Nordbank) since 2009 on several large projects, including its restructuring, sale of a €5bn non-performing shipping portfolio to a state-owned bad bank, sale of further several billion euro non-performing loan portfolios to various buyers as well as on its sale to i.a. Cerberus and J.C. Flowers.
  • NREP on the acquisition of the real estate credit business from M3 Capital Partners.
  • Raisin Bank on the acquisition of the payment business of Bankhaus August Lenz.
  • A UAE based bank on its capital restructuring, including a state guarantee for its loan portfolio.
  • NORD/LB on its recapitalization and restructuring.
  • Republic of Cyprus on a state guarantee for Cyprus Cooperative Bank.
  • Deutsche Bank on several strategic M&A transactions, among others on the considered takeover of Commerzbank and the sale of BHF-BANK.
  • Postbank on its merger with the retail business of Deutsche Bank.
  • The City of Bremen regarding its shareholding in Bremer Landesbank.
  • Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen on a potential merger with Deka Bank AG as well as its resolution planning.
  • Berenberg Bank on the acquisition of several shipping loan portfolios.
  • Deutsche Post on the sale of Deutsche Postbank to Deutsche Bank.
  • HCI Capital on its public takeover by MPC Capital.
  • Credit Suisse on the acquisition of a shareholding in Aragon.

Other sectors:

  • Volvo on the acquisition of Swecon Germany from Lantmännen.
  • DSV on the acquisition of DB Schenker from Deutsche Bahn.
  • Berlin Brands Group, the international e-commerce group, on its financial restructuring.
  • MSC on the public takeover of HHLA AG, the Hamburg port, logistics and transportation company.
  • Allurity on the acquisition of all shares of Berlin-based cybersecurity consultant Security Research Labs (SRLabs).
  • UPM-Kymmene Corporation on the acquisition of AMC AG Advanced Methods of Coating.
  • Deutsche GigaNetz GmbH on financing of fibre-optic expansion.
  • The German organizing committee in connection with the German Special Olympics National Games 2022 and the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023.
  • Altor Equity Partners, the Nordic Private Equity investor, on a healthcare transaction in Germany.
  • Ørsted, the Danish offshore wind company, on potential sale in Germany.
  • the City of Hamburg in the German bid for the UEFA Euro 2024.
  • the German bidding company as official legal advisor in connection with Hamburg’s bid for hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024.
  • UPM-Kymmene, the Finnish forest industry company, on the sale of a newsprint plant to convert to liner production.
  • BARD Group, the offshore wind companies, on its corporate restructuring and dissolution.
  • BARD Group on the development and sales process of the offshore wind farm project ‘Veja Mate’ to UK-based Laidlaw Capital Group as well as sale of three further early stage offshore wind farm projects with a combined capacity of approx. 1,200 MW to PNE Wind AG.
  • Det Norske Veritas, the Norwegian clarification company, on the joint venture with Germanischer Lloyd SE in Germany.
  • The various shareholders on the sale of all shares in Stallinger Holzindustrie GmbH and Kaufmann Holding AG as well as a qualified minority interest in Stallinger Swiss Timber AG to Mayr-Melnhof-Holz group.
  • HanseMerkur on the acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in various companies in the financial sales sector.
  • Danfoss Power Solutions, the Danish company, on the reorganization of the sales business in thirteen European countries.
  • Otto Group on the sale of Otto Office and Alba Moda.
  • Airbus Group on the sale of the defense electronics division to the private equity investor KKR.
  • Continental on the €11.4bn acquisition of Siemens Automotive Group (VDO) from Siemens.
  • Albert Ballin on the €3.3bn recapitalisation of Hapag-Lloyd AG.
  • The City of Hamburg and Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) on the partial privatisation of HHLA by way of a dual track (trade sale and IPO) process.
  • Gruner+Jahr on the merger of its rotogravure printing activities with those of Axel Springer and Bertelsmann.
  • VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie on its foundation, its restructuring and its IPO.

Nordic clients:

  • Volvo on the acquisition of Swecon Germany from Lantmännen.
  • Geely Financials Denmark A/S on the sale of Danish Saxo Bank
  • DSV, the Danish logistics company, on the acquisition of Deutsche Bahn Schenker for approx. €14bn.
  • SEB, the Swedish bank, on the acquisition of Lufthansa Airplus.
  • UPM-Kymmene Corporation, the Finnish forest industry company, on the acquisition of AMC AG Advanced Methods of Coating.
  • Altor Equity Partners, the Nordic Private Equity Investor, on a healthcare transaction in Germany.
  • NREP, the real estate investor and innovator in the Nordics, on the acquisition of the real estate credit business from M3 Capital Partners.
  • Ørsted, the Danish offshore wind company, on potential sale in Germany.
  • UPM-Kymmene, the Finnish forest industry company, on the sale of a newsprint plant to convert to liner production.
  • Det Norske Veritas, the Norwegian classification company, on the joint venture with Germanischer Lloyd SE in Germany.
  • Danfoss Power Solutions, the Danish company, on the reorganization of the sales business in thirteen European countries.
  • UBS on the worldwide merger and integration with Credit Suisse (including in the Nordics).

Leading lawyer for Corporate and M&A (above 50 years)
— JUVE Handbook – Germany – M&A | 2024/2025
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Dr. Patrick Cichy
Leader of our Global Transaction practice in Germany and Austria and Co-Head of our Global Markets and Nordic Groups
patrick.cichy@freshfields.com

T +49 40 36 90 60

T +49 69 27 30 80

M +49 172 6819090

Hamburg Office

Hohe Bleichen 7

20354 Hamburg
Frankfurt am Main Office

Große Gallusstraße 14

60315 Frankfurt am Main
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