Moritz Schneider
Biography
Overview
Moritz is an associate in the M&A/Corporate practice group in the Firm's Hamburg office.
He advises corporates, fast growth companies, financial institutions and investors on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and general corporate law issues. He draws on his entrepreneurial experience from working for one of Europe's leading company builders.
Prior to joining the Firm, Moritz worked inter alia for Deutsche Fußball Liga and gathered professional experience in other leading global law firms. He studied law at EBS Law School in Wiesbaden and Singapore Management University.
Experience
TotalEnergies, 2024
Representation of TotalEnergies on its acquisition of Kyon Energy, one of the leading developers of large scale battery storage systems in Germany.
Prax Group, 2023
Advised the Prax Group, an independent global energy conglomerate, on its agreement to acquire a 37.5 percent interest in PCK Raffinerie GmbH (PCK) and its associated logistics assets from Shell Deutschland GmbH.
BENTELER Group, 2023
Advised Benteler International Aktiengesellschaft on comprehensive €2.0 billion long-term financing, including with the debut issuance of two senior secured high yield bonds with volumes of €525 million and US$500 million, a syndicated loan facility of €810 million and a revolving credit facility of €250 million, as well as the release of collateral in 18 countries originally provided in connection with BENTELER Group's restructuring.
Armira Investment Holding, 2023
Advised Germany-based investment holding Armira on the M&A and financing aspects of its acquisition of Factor Eleven GmbH, a leading German digital marketing software company.
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;
Zalando, 2022
Advised Zalando SE on the acquisition of a majority stake in Highsnobiety, one of the world's most influential street style and new luxury culture media brands.
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.
