Dr. Roderic Pagel

DR. RODERIC PAGEL is co-head of the European Tax group and advises clients on German and international tax matters, with a particular focus on the structuring of Private Equity and M&A deals and restructuring transactions, as well as fund structuring.

In the 2017 edition of Chambers Europe, clients describe him as “very knowledgeable and responsive to requests.” The 2018 edition named him as a leading tax lawyer in Germany. Roderic has also been recognized by Who’s Who Legal Germany 2022 for Investment Management, and he is listed as “Best Lawyer” for Tax Law in Germany by Handelsblatt Best Lawyers 2025.

Prior to joining Sidley in 2017, Roderic was a partner in another international law firm.

He is fluent in German, English, and French.

Recent experience includes advising:

• Apollo and certain other shareholders on the sale of the share capital of German bank Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB) to TARGO Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of leading French cooperative bank Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale.
• Kartesia in connection with the financing of the management buy-out of the German consultancy firm goetzpartners (now Fortlane Partners).
• Rivean Capital on the acquisition of Perbility GmbH.
• Apollo Funds in their minority equity investment in AUTODOC SE.
• proALPHA on the acquisition of Quiply Technologies GmbH, a modern employee communication 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.
• Z Capital Partners’ Portfolio Company Techniks Tool Group in its Acquisition of The Eppinger Group.
• Schur Flexibles Group, an international flexible plastic packaging manufacturer, on its successful financial restructuring.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Rodenstock Group, a Compass Partners portfolio company, on their acquisition 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.
• ARDIAN France S.A. on the acquisition of a majority stake in the GBA Group.
• EnvisionTEC, a global provider of 3D printing solutions, on the sale to Desktop Metal, for approximately US$300 million in cash and stock.
• 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.
• Queen’s Park Equity LLP on its debut private equity fund, Queen’s Park Equity Partners I, L.P.
• 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.
• ACPS Automotive, a technology and market leader in towbars/hitches for cars, SUVs, and vans, on the completion of its financial restructuring.
• Summit Partners on various investments, inter alia in Appway AG, ProGlove, Elatec and Market Logic Software AG, as well as on the sale of shares in Signavio GmbH.
• Water Street Healthcare Partners and its portfolio company Key Surgical on the acquisition of all shares in Insitumed GmbH.  
• Martinrea Inc. on the acquisition of the structural components for passenger cars division from Metalsa S.A. de C.V.
• Rodenstock Group, a German manufacturer of high-quality progressive lenses, on their refinancing. 
• Losberger De Boer Group on its financial and operative restructuring. 
• OpCapita on the sale of NKD Group to TDR Capital. 
• Gilde Buy Out Partners on its acquisition of Gundlach Automotive Corporation, Caseking Group and numerous other transactions.  
• Sun Capital Partners on the acquisition of ESIM Chemicals GmbH.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners on its acquisition of Bosal ACPS.  
• Intermediate Capital Group, inter alia on the acquisition of Minimax Viking Group and proALPHA Group.
• Water Street Healthcare Partners on the acquisition of Interlock Group.
• Shareholders on the disposal of Younicos AG.

• Member of the Munich Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer München, Germany)
• Member of the Munich Tax Advisor Association (Steuerberaterkammer München, Germany)