Volker Kullmann

Volker’s recent experience includes advising:

• 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.
• 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 and subsequently on the acquisition of Rodenstock Group by Apax Funds.
• 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.
• Intermediate Capital Group on the sale of Loparex group to Pamplona Capital Management. 
• Losberger De Boer Group on its financial and operative restructuring. 
• Capiton on the sale of Schur Flexibles GmbH.
• Funds advised by Gilde Buy Out Partners on the acquisition of Amor group, ComCave group and Losberger group as well as the sale of Hofmann-Menü-Manufaktur.
• Funds advised by Gilde Buy Out Partners on the acquisition of Teleplan International N.V., by way of a public takeover (public to private).
• Rodenstock group on the engagement of Compass Partners as an additional investor.
• Intermediate Capital Group on the acquisition of an interest in Minimax Viking Group.
• Intermediate Capital Group on the refinancing of, and acquisition of an equity stake in, nora systems group and in Prefere Resins group.
• Realtime Technology AG and certain of its majority shareholders on the sale to Dassault Systèmes.
• Ardian on the acquisition of a majority interest in Schustermann & Borenstein.
• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. on its €3.6 billion acquisition of Merckle/ratiopharm group.

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