Thomas Komanek

THOMAS KOMANEK advises on all aspects of business and corporate law, with a particular focus on complex national and cross-border private equity and M&A transactions, as well as emerging companies and venture capital. He also has experience in corporate reorganizations and restructurings.

Thomas represents private equity funds, strategic investors, and domestic and international corporate clients in leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, management incentive plans, debt and equity restructurings, and distressed investments. Additionally, Thomas advises venture capital funds and corporate venture capital clients on their investments.

Thomas is recommended by Legal 500 EMEA 2025 (Germany) for PE Transactions - Mid-Sized Deals.

 In recent years, Thomas has advised:

• Rivean Capital on the majority investment in Engelmann Sensor GmbH.
• Grab Holdings Ltd. on its strategic investment in Vay Technology GmbH.
• Siemens Energy in their strategic equity investment in Marvel Fusion GmbH.
• Rivean Capital’s portfolio company, Green Mobility Holding, on the acquisition of Pinoma Holding.
• Rivean Capital on the acquisition of Perbility GmbH.
• Rivean Capital's portfolio company, Green Mobility Holding, on the acquisition of A-DIGITAL one GmbH.
• Marlin Equity Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Treasury Intelligence Solutions GmbH.
• Gurobi Optimization, a portfolio company of Thompson Street Capital Partners, on the acquisition of October Sky.
• 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.
• 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.
• Water Street Healthcare Partners on its sale of Orgentec Group to Sebia S.A.
• Vegamour, Inc., in connection with an US$80 million equity investment by affiliates of General Atlantic.
• Rodenstock Group, a Compass Partners portfolio company, on their acquisition by Apax Funds.
• 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.
• EQT Partners on the merger between FocusVision and Confirmit.
• Gilde Buy Out Partners on the acquisition of TonerPartner Group.
• ACPS Automotive, a technology and market leader in towbars/hitches for cars, SUVs, and vans, on the completion of its financial restructuring.
• Micron Technologies, Inc. on its investment in Volocopter.
• 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. 
• Volkswagen AG in its proposed co-investment with Ford Motor Company in autonomous vehicle technology company, Argo AI.  
• OpCapita on its sale of NKD Group to TDR Capital. 
• Gilde Buy Out Partners in its acquisition of Gundlach Automotive Corporation. 
• TowerBrook Capital Partners on the acquisition of the ACPS Group from Bosal.
• Intermediate Capital Group on the acquisition of proALPHA Business Solutions Group.
• Bain Capital on the acquisitions of MSX International.
• The major shareholders of IVG in connection with the sale of Officefirst to Blackstone.
• Gilde Buy Out Funds on the acquisition of Losberger GmbH and a majority interest in the Comcave Group.
• Sycamore Partners on the acquisition of EMP Merchandising.
• Bregal Unternehmerkapital on the acquisition of Onlineprinters GmbH.
• PSAV on the acquisition of KFP Group.
• The ad hoc committee of SynLoan I lenders of IVG Immobilien AG in connection with a debt-to-equity swap.
• Water Street Healthcare Partners on the acquisition of Orgentec Diagnostika GmbH.