Jörg Fischer

In recent years, Jörg has advised:

• proALPHA on the acquisition of DIG GmbH, an expert for cloud solutions in the field of operational purchasing and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange).
• proALPHA on the acquisition of Gedys IntraWare GmbH, a customer relationship management (CRM) software provider.
• proALPHA on the acquisition of Persis GmbH, a human capital management (HCM) software provider.
• Deutsche Bank on the financing of the acquisition of Suter Group by Heizkurier Group, a portfolio company of NORD Holding.
• Rivean Capital on the acquisition of Green Mobility Holding GmbH.
• proALPHA on the acquisition of Empolis Group, a provider of cloud-based and AI-assisted software products for intelligent decision support.
• proALPHA on the acquisition of ENIT, a leading provider for energy management and carbon tracking.
• Kiniciti on its investment in Ncardia, a leader in developing stem cell-based solutions for drug discovery and cell therapy.
• Gilde Buy Out Partners on the sale of Pro Gamers Group to HAL Investments and Management.
• COYO GmbH, a portfolio company of Marlin Equity Partners, on the acquisition of Smarp OY.
• Water Street Healthcare Partners on its sale of Orgentec Group to Sebia S.A.
• COYO GmbH, a portfolio company of Marlin Equity Partners, on the acquisition of Jubiwee SAS.
• German automotive supplier Linde + Wiemann on its successful financial restructuring.
• proALPHA on the acquisition of CP Corporate Planning AG, a provider of software for operative controlling, integrated financial and performance planning, and consolidation.
• Summit Partners on its US$68 million growth equity investment in online language school Lingoda GmbH.
• proALPHA Group on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Böhme & Weihs GmbH Industrieholding, on the participation in SKILL Software and on the acquisition of curecomp Software Services GmbH.
• Marlin Management Company, LLC on the acquisition of a majority stake in COYO GmbH.
• EMH Digital Growth Fund GmbH & Co. KG with its acquisition of a majority stake in Native Instruments Holding GmbH.
• IDEX Corporation in connection with its acquisition of ABEL Group from Hillenbrand, Inc.
• Gilde Buy Out Partners on the acquisition of TonerPartner Group.
• Summit Partners on its €50 million investment in Solactive AG, a technology-enabled provider of indices and index solutions to the global financial services industry.
• Gilde Buy Out Partners in their sale of COMCAVE Holding GmbH to Amadeus FiRe AG.
• A U.S.-based venture fund in connection with its investment in Flixbus. 
• Water Street Healthcare Partners and its portfolio company Key Surgical on the acquisition of all shares in Insitumed GmbH.  
• Summit Partners, inter alia on their investment in ProGlove, a leading provider of smart, wearable and lightweight barcode scanners, the sale of shares in Signavio GmbH, a provider of business transformation solutions, to Apax Digital and DTCP, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Elatec Group, one of the world’s leading suppliers of multi-standard RFID readers, from DPE (Deutsche Private Equity), and on its acquisition of a participation in Market Logic Software AG, a leading provider of enterprise SaaS marketing information systems.
• Compass Partners International and Rodenstock Group, a German manufacturer of high-quality progressive lenses, in connection with the refinancing of Rodenstock’s senior debt with a €395 million cov-lite TLB.  
• Losberger De Boer Group on its financial and operative restructuring.  
• OpCapita on its sale of NKD Group to TDR Capital. 
• Gilde Buy Out Partners in its acquisition of Gundlach Automotive Corporation. 
• Sun Capital Partners on the acquisition of ESIM Chemicals GmbH. 
• Centerbridge Partners Europe LLP on the sale of their investment in A.T.U Auto-Teile-Unger Group.
• Shareholders in Tipico Group on their sale of a majority stake to CVC Capital Partners.
• A leading German Credit Institute in court proceedings on withholding tax allowance.
• An automotive supplier as well as its shareholders and managing directors in fiscal court proceedings defending against secondary tax liability claims.
• A leading German wind turbine manufacturer with regard to tax audit matters and its post-closing settlement process.
• United Way Worldwide and PHINEO gAG on its German not-for-profit activities.
• On the restructuring of a medium-sized group in the food sector and the investment of a strategic minority shareholder.

*Some of the above matters were handled by Jörg prior to joining Sidley.

• Member of the Munich Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer München, Germany)
• Member of the Munich Tax Advisor Association (Steuerberaterkammer München, Germany)
• Member of the Association of Specialised Tax Lawyers (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Fachanwälte für Steuerrecht e. V.)
• Member of the German section of the International Fiscal Association (Deutsche Landesgruppe der IFA, Deutsche Vereinigung für Internationales Steuerrecht)