Volker Kullmann

VOLKER KULLMANN focuses on private equity (leveraged buy-out), M&A transactions, and corporate finance. He represented Ardian, Bridgepoint, Rivean Capital (formerly Gilde Buy Out Partners), Intermediate Capital Group, Rodenstock group, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., and many other clients in complex national and international transactions.

Volker has received acknowledgment from numerous industry ranking guides:

• Handelsblatt “Best Lawyers” 2025 – Ranked as “Best Lawyer” in Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Private Equity Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law.
  
• Legal 500 EMEA 2025 – Recognized for PE Transactions - Mid-Sized Deals in Germany.
• JUVE Handbook 2024/2025 – Recognized for Private Equity.
• Handelsblatt “Best Lawyers” 2024 – Ranked as “Best Lawyer” in Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Private Equity Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law.
• Chambers Europe 2024 – Ranked for Private Equity (Germany).
• Handelsblatt “Best Lawyers” 2023 – Ranked as “Best Lawyer” in Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Private Equity Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law.
• Wirtschaftswoche 2023 – Listed among the “Most Renowned M&A Lawyers.”
• Chambers Europe 2023 – Ranked for Private Equity (Germany), where a client described him as “clearly good.”
• JUVE Handbook 2023/2024 – Recognized for M&A.
• Handelsblatt “Best Lawyers” 2022 – Named “Lawyer of the Year” in Private Equity Law.
• JUVE Handbook 2022/2023 – Recognized as “Often Recommended” for Private Equity and M&A with sources telling the publication he is “always solution-oriented.”

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

He is fluent in German, English, and French.

Volker’s recent experience includes advising:

• Apollo Funds in their minority equity investment in AUTODOC SE.
• DYNAmore Holding GmbH on the sale of its six operational DYNAmore subsidiaries to Ansys, Inc.
• Intermediate Capital Group, inter alia, on the acquisitions of proALPHA Group, Minimax Viking Group, nora Systems group and Prefere Resins group as well as on the sales of Loparex group, nora Systems group and Prefere Resins group.
• Losberger De Boer Group on its financial and operative restructuring. 
• Rodenstock GmbH, a German manufacturer of high-quality progressive lenses, on the sale of its eyewear business to De Rigo group.