Agmal Bahrami
Biography
Overview
Agmal advises corporate clients, financial institutions and investors on national and cross-border M&A transactions and corporate law matters. He also advises start-ups on venture capital transactions. Agmal is known for his proactivity, responsiveness, availability and dedication to providing high quality service.
Prior to joining the Firm, Agmal worked for the German Consulate General in Bangalore, India and gained professional experience in other leading global law firms. He studied law at the EBS Law School in Wiesbaden and the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon. Agmal also holds a master's degree in economics from the EBS Business School.
Experience
ENVIRIA, 2024
Advised ENVIRIA on capital commitment of over US$200 million from BlackRock.
Enpal, 2024
Advised Enpal on Equitix and Keppel's majority stake in one of Enpal's energy system portfolios.
Pollen Street Capital, 2023
Advised Pollen Street Capital on its intended acquisition and combination of niiio finance group AG, fundsaccess AG, FundHero SA, FinTecc LLC and MiFID-Recorder GmbH.
Enpal, 2023
Advised Enpal on its €215 million Series D financing round.
Pollen Street Capital, 2022
Advised Pollen Street Capital on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Pair Finance from some of its existing shareholders.
FNZ, 2022
Advised FNZ Group, a leading global wealth management platform which partners with large financial institutions and wealth management firms managing more than US$1.5 trillion in assets for over 20 million customers worldwide, on the acquisition of 100 percent of the shares in DIAMOS AG from ConQor Deutschland GmbH.
wefox, 2022
Advised wefox Holding AG, a leading pan-European InsurTech, on its US$400 million Series D funding round. With a post-money valuation of US$4.5 billion, wefox continues to be one of the highest valued InsurTechs.
LBBW, 2022
Advised Landesbank Baden-Württemberg on the acquisition of Berlin Hyp AG from Landesbank Berlin Holding AG.
Luko, 2022
Advised France's leading InsurTech company Luko on its acquisition of Coya, a German InsurTech company.
Adler Group, 2022
Advised Adler Group S.A. on the sale of a €1.05 billion real estate portfolio to KKR and Velero.
ADLER Real Estate, 2021
Advised ADLER Real Estate AG, a subsidiary of Adler Group S.A., on the sale of approx. 7 percent of the shares in Brack Capital Properties N.V. to a subsidiary of LEG Immobilien SE.
Adler Group, 2021
Advised Adler Group S.A. on the sale of a €1.3 billion real estate portfolio to LEG Immobilien SE.
Enpal, 2021
Advised Enpal on the preparation, execution and closing of its €150 million Series C financing from SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
Avia Solutions Group, 2021
Advised Avia Solutions Group on a strategic partnership with Certares Management LLC (Certares) pursuant to which Certares will make a €300 million structured equity investment in ASG.
Faurecia, 2021
Advised Faurecia S.E. one of the world's largest automotive equipment suppliers, on the launch of a tender offer for HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA and the acquisition of 60 percent of HELLA's shares held by the family shareholder pool resulting in an overall transaction volume of roughly €6.8 billion.
Nestlé Health Science, 2021
Advised Nestlé Health Science on its acquisition of a business from Italian Dr. Schär AG. The acquisition, made by Nestlé's business unit Vitaflo, is for the Mevalia and ComidaMed brands that address inborn errors of metabolism and cow's milk protein allergy.
HDT, 2021
Advised HDT Automotive Solutions, the main shareholder in which is private equity investor Ardian, on the acquisition of German automotive components group Veritas.
wefox, 2021
Advised wefox Holding AG, a leading pan-European digital insurance business and insurance distribution platform, on the preparation, execution and closing of its US$650 million Series C financing. With a post-money valuation of US$3 billion, wefox is one of the highest valued InsurTechs.
PEAC / HPS Investment Partners, 2021
Advised PEAC (Germany) GmbH, a portfolio company of investment funds managed by HPS Investment Partners, LLC, on the acquisition of the business of AAB Leasing GmbH, a subsidiary of Augsburger Aktienbank Aktiengesellschaft and LVM Landwirtschaftlicher Versicherungsverein Muenster a.G.
Memsource / The Carlyle Group, 2021
Advised Memsource, a leading AI-powered translation management system headquartered in the Czech Republic, and its majority shareholder The Carlyle Group, on the acquisition of a majority stake in Phrase, a leading German software localisation platform, from its existing shareholders.
Corestate Capital, 2021
Advised Corestate Capital Holding S.A., a leading independent investment manager for real estate in Europe, on the acquisition of Aggregate Financial Services, a leading debt financing platform and fully licensed securities trading bank.
PEAC Finance Group, 2021
Advised PEAC Finance Group (PEAC) on its successful application for a banking licence. With the granting of the banking licence by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) and the European Central Bank (ECB) in December 2020, PEAC completed its transformation from a financial services institution to a credit institution.
Deutsche Bank, 2020
Advised Deutsche Bank AG on the extension of its strategic partnership with the Talanx Group (Talanx). The new agreement between Privatkundenbank Deutschland and Talanx covers products for the insurance of consumer and mortgage loans for the period starting January 1, 2023.
Deutsche Bank and DWS, 2020
Advised Deutsche Bank AG on the extension of its strategic partnership with Zurich to the Postbank brand and DWS Investment GmbH on the extension of its strategic partnership with Zurich.
Takeda Pharmaceutical, 2020
Advised Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited on an agreement to divest a portfolio of select non-core prescription pharmaceutical products sold in Europe and Canada to Cheplapharm for approximately US$562 million.
Panasonic, 2020
Advised Panasonic Corporation on its equity investment in Blue Yonder, the leading end-to-end supply chain software provider. The investment via a secondary sale of shares values Blue Yonder at an enterprise value of US$5.5 billion.
Pernod Ricard, 2020
Advised Pernod Ricard on the acquisition of the remaining stake in Monkey 47 from its founders.
Galderma, 2020
Advised Galderma on the sale of Bübchen to Dallmann's Pharma GmbH, a Katjes International GmbH & Co. KG company. Bübchen is a German collection of kids and baby care products.
PGL / LOT, 2020
Advised the Polish Aviation Group (PGL), owner of LOT Polish Airlines S.A., on the proposed acquisition of Germany's Condor Flugdienst GmbH. The proposed acquisition was preceded by a bidding process in which PGL prevailed over several financial investors.
Armonea / Colisée, 2019
Advised Armonea Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of Colisée Group, on the sale of DPUW Deutsche Pflege und Wohnen GmbH and its subsidiaries to a portfolio company of Trilantic Capital Partners.
Nestlé, 2019
Advised Nestlé on the creation of a joint venture with Casa Tarradellas, with their respective stakes 40% and 60%. The joint venture will include Herta charcuterie, which is available in six European countries, and the Herta dough business in France and Belgium.
LOEWE, 2019
Advised the insolvency administrator Rüdiger Weiß on the sale of large parts of the traditional German company LOEWE Technologies GmbH. The buyer of the package, which includes technical fixed assets, machinery and the know-how and software rights (EMS and EMC equipment), is the Dr. Schneider Group, a Germany-based OEM automotive supplier.
Easyfairs, 2019
Advised Easyfairs on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Stuttgart-based Untitled Exhibitions GmbH, whose portfolio of events includes All About Automation, four regional trade fairs focused on industrial automation.
Alder Fund, 2019
Advised Alder Fund I AB on the sale of Gasmet Technologies Oy to Nederman Holding AB.
Brookfield Infrastructure and GIC, 2019
Advised a consortium composed of Brookfield Infrastructure and its institutional partners and GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, on the German aspects of the US$8.4 billion acquisition of Genesee & Wyoming Inc., a freight railroad owner and operator based in the United States.
