Biography
Philip Eichhorn is a member of the M&A/Corporate practice group in the Frankfurt office of White & Case.
He advises companies as well as financial investors on all aspects of corporate law as well as national and cross-border M&A transactions.
Prior to joining White & Case as a lawyer, Philip Eichhorn worked for the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) during his legal clerkship. He also gained practical experience in corporate law as a legal trainee at the Frankfurt White & Case office. He studied law at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and the Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main.
Experience
Samsung, 2025
Advised Samsung Electronics on its €1.5 billion acquisition of FläktGroup from Triton.
AirHelp, 2025
Advised the AirHelp group, the market leader in flight disruptions management, on an equity investment by investment fund Abry Partners.
Free State of Bavaria, 2024
Advised the Free State of Bavaria on the reorganization of the equity structure of BayernLB ensuring, in particular, the continuation of housing promotion via its development institution BayernLabo.
Camtek, 2023
Advised Camtek Ltd. on its agreement to acquire the FRT Metrology business (FRT) from California-based FormFactor Inc. for an all-cash purchase price of US$100 million, subject to customary adjustments.
Co-author: "Prohibition of voting in a de facto AG group in the event of a special audit and assertion of claims for damages (Stimmverbot im faktischen AG-Konzern bei Sonderprüfung und Geltendmachung von Ersatzansprüchen)", AG 2024, 345 (with Alexander Kiefner and Karsten Krumm)