Armin Mustafić

ARMIN MUSTAFIĆ advises on all aspects of German business and corporate law, in particular national and cross-border private equity, M&A, venture capital, general corporate matters as well as restructurings.

Prior to joining Sidley in 2017, Armin was a lawyer in the private equity, M&A and restructuring practice of another international law firm.

Armin is fluent in English, German and Bosnian.

In recent years, Armin has advised:

• Apollo-managed funds in their acquisition of a majority stake in Kelvion, a leading global provider of energy-efficient heat exchange and cooling solutions, from funds advised by Triton Partners.
• Apollo Funds in their minority equity investment in AUTODOC SE.
• A U.S.-based venture fund in connection with its investment in Flixbus.
• Accuride Corporation/Crestview Partners on the acquisition of mefro wheels Group.
• Aptean Inc. on its internal group reorganization.
• ARDIAN France S.A. on the acquisition of a majority stake in the GBA Group.
• Bain Capital Insurance
  • on its joint venture with Canada Life Irish Holding Company Limited, an insurance and financial services company, and JDC Group, a financial services provider.
  • on the acquisition of MSX International.
• Baxter International Inc. on the acquisition of SuppreMol.
• Centerbridge Partners on the restructuring of APCOA PARKING Deutschland GmbH.
• Crown Bioscience in its acquisition of the IndivuServ business unit of Indivumed GmbH.
• EMH Digital Growth Fund GmbH & Co. KG with its acquisition of a majority stake in Native Instruments Holding GmbH.
• Gilde Buy Out Partners
  • on the acquisition of Amor Group.
  • on the acquisition of Caseking Group and add-on acquisitions.
  • in its acquisition of Gundlach Automotive Corporation.
  • on the acquisition of Losberger Group.
  • on the acquisition of TonerPartner Group.
  • on the sale of COMCAVE Holding GmbH to Amadeus FiRe AG.
  • on the sale of Pro Gamers Group to HAL Investments and Management.
• Great Hill Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, in its acquisition of Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion from affiliates of Univision.
• IDEX Corporation in connection with its acquisition of ABEL Group from Hillenbrand, Inc.
• Klöckner Pentaplast/Strategic Value Partners on the acquisition of LINPAC Group.
• Losberger De Boer Group on its financial and operative restructuring.
• Marlin Management Company, LLC on the acquisition of a majority stake in COYO GmbH.
• Martinrea Inc.
  • on the acquisition of the structural components for passenger cars division from Metalsa S.A. de C.V.
  • on its sale of assets and extrusion plant to Hammerer Aluminium Industries.
• proALPHA
  • on the acquisition of Empolis Group, a provider of cloud-based and AI-assisted software products for intelligent decision support.
  • on the acquisition of ENIT, a leading provider for energy management and carbon tracking.
• Rivean Capital on the acquisition of Perbility GmbH.
• Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets with approximately US$57.1 billion of assets under management, on its strategic, preferred investment into AGP Sustainable Real Assets, a Singapore-based global infrastructure and real assets developer and operator.
• Summit Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Elatec Group.
• Sun Capital Partners on the acquisition of ESIM Chemicals GmbH.
• The ad hoc committee of senior bondholders of HETA Asset Resolution AG (formerly known as Hypo Alpe Adria).
• The ad hoc committee of SynLoan I lenders of IVG Immobilien AG.
• The founder of Canyon Bicycles on the sale of a minority stake to TSG Consumer Partners.
• The major shareholders of IVG on the sale of Officefirst to Blackstone.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners on the acquisition of the ACPS Group from Bosal.
• Water Street Healthcare Partners on its sale of Orgentec Group to Sebia S.A.
  
  

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