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Volker Kullmann
- M&A
- Private Equity
VOLKER KULLMANN focuses on private equity (leveraged buy-out) and M&A transactions and corporate finance. He represented Ardian, Bridgepoint, Gilde Buy Out Partners, Intermediate Capital Group, Rodenstock group, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and many other clients in complex national and international transactions.
Chambers Global, Chambers Europe and IFLR1000 recommend Volker as a Leading Lawyer for Corporate/M&A and Private Equity. In Chambers Europe 2019, sources state that “he knows the details well, he can be pragmatic and he has an extremely good amount of experience. He always does a great job,” whilst the 2018 edition identifies Volker as a “prominent figure in the mid-cap sector.” “Clients attest that he is ‘commercially strong, especially at supporting you in negotiations.’” In the 2019/2020 edition of the JUVE Handbook, Volker was recognized as “Frequently Recommended” for Private Equity Transactions (Mid-Cap). He has been listed among the “best lawyers” for Banking and Finance, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity Law in Germany by Handelsblatt Best Lawyers 2020. Most recently, Volker has been included in Wirtschaftswoche’s annual list of ‘Most Renowned M&A Lawyers.’
Prior to joining Sidley in 2017, Volker was a partner in another international law firm.
He is fluent in German, English and French.
Experience
- Representative Matters
Volker’s recent experience includes advising:
- Intermediate Capital Group on the sale of Loparex group to Pamplona Capital Management.
- 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.
- 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.
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Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- Germany – Rechtsanwalt
Education
- Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Law Degree, 1993 (Supplemental qualification in Anglo-American Law)
- Dresdner Bank AG Baden-Baden, Banking Diploma, 1987
Languages
- English
- German