Biography
Lennart Merlin is an Associate in the Frankfurt office and a member of the firm's Private Equity department.
Lennart advises corporations and financial investors on mergers and acquisitions, in particular on private equity transactions.
Prior to joining White & Case as an Associate, he worked in the Corporate Department of another international law firm in Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg and Singapore, first as a research assistant and law clerk, later as an Associate.
Experience
Avista and Damier Group
Advised Avista Healthcare Partners and Damier Group on its acquisition of sanotact Group, an innovative German vitamins and supplements platform.
Ardian
Advised on the acquisition of a majority stake in LIFTKET Group.*
Bregal
Advised on the acquisition of FACT Informationssysteme und Consulting AG.*
Carlyle
Advised on its majority investment in GBTEC Software AG.*
CVC
Advised on the sale of a majority stake in Tipico Group to Banijay Group and the reinvestment in the combined group.*
Demant
Advised on its agreement to acquire KIND Group.*
Hg
Advised on the:
- Further investment in P&I;*
- Partnership with Scopevisio;*
- Sale of Transporeon;* and
- Several add-on acquisitions to expand the GGW Group.*
InfraRed
Advised on the development of data center platform NexSpace.*
LeanIX' investors
Advised on the company's sale to SAP.*
Norvestor
Advised Norvestor on the acquisition of a majority stake in Debtist, an AI driven receivables management and digital debt collection company.
TA Associates
Advised on the strategic growth investment in Hornetsecurity.*
TNG Group
Advised on the acquisition of sdt.net AG.*
*Experience prior to joining White & Case
Professional Highlights
Werbeck, Lennart Merlin, Anmerkung zu Erstreckung des haftungsrechtlichen Schutzbereichs des Organs- und Anstellungsvertrags eines GmbH-Geschäftsführervertrags auf eine KG (BGH, Urt. v. 14.3.2023 – Az. II ZR 162/21), GmbHR, Heft 12, 2023
Werbeck, Lennart Merlin, "Das Gold von Dinklage", Juristische Arbeitsblätter, 2022
Werbeck, Lennart Merlin, Offenbare Unrichtigkeiten im Unternehmensrecht – Das Ringen um die Gesellschafterliste zwischen Registerpraxis und aktueller Rechtsprechung im Lichte allgemeiner Beseitigungsgrundsätze, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2021
Werbeck, Lennart Merlin, Betriebs-Berater, Zustimmungspflicht des Ehegatten bei mittelbarer Veräußerung von GmbH-Geschäftsanteilen – vor allem von Familienunternehmen?, Heft 39, 2021