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Dr. Fabio Borggreve
Partner
Dr. Fabio Borggreve, M.A., is a partner in the Corporate Practice of the Frankfurt office. Fabio has experience in advising private equity investors, industrial corporations and banks on M&A transactions as well as foreign direct investment issues in relation thereto. He also advises regularly on general corporate matters, in particular complex intra-group reorganizations and cross-border mergers.
Fabio has also a special focus on M&A transactions in the Industrial Products, Banking and Fintech sector.
Prior to joining the firm, Fabio worked for several years as a senior associate in the corporate M&A practice of a magic circle UK law firm in Frankfurt a.M.
- Advising CMS Distribution Limited on the acquisition of sysob Group, a value-added distributor of security, networking and server-based computing products, based in Bavaria, Germany, from Beyond Capital and its founder.
- Advising a Swedish OMX Nordic Exchange-listed medical equipment manufacturer regarding the sale of a German radiology devices manufacturer to a German high-tech carbon producer.
- Advising the founding shareholders on the sale of an international connector system manufacturer to a NYSE-listed US connector system manufacturer.
- Advising the founding shareholder in connection with the sale of all shares in a German connector system manufacturer to a NYSE-listed US connector system manufacturer.
- Advising a Swedish OMX Nordic Exchange-listed medical equipment manufacturer in connection with the acquisition of a 20% stake in a German radiation therapy system developer from its Founders.
- Advising ebc-NETWORK-Businessconsultancy for Europe GmbH in the disposal of all shares in Alete GmbH, including its subsidiary GBF GmbH, to DMK Baby GmbH as well as the Carve-out of KiNa GmbH to ebc.
- Advising ebc-NETWORK-Businessconsultancy for Europe GmbH in the acquisition of 80% of the shares in Alete GmbH (before the acquisition ebc already held 20%) from BWK GmbH Unternehmensbeteiligungs-gesellschaft.
- Advising a Canadian pension fund on its minority participation together with another Canadian pension fund in a consortium, led by a listed private equity group, on the acquisition of Germany’s leading provider of heat and water sub-metering services.
- Advising Belgium’s largest electricity transmission system operator on its acquisition of a further stake in one of Germany’s leading transmission system operators for electricity.
- Advising one of UK’s leading private equity firms regarding its acquisition of the European and Asia-Pacific operations of a US manufacturer of consumer lawn, garden and pest control products.
- Advising several international banks on the transfer of their banking business in a post-Brexit scenario.
- Advising a major French bank on its termination of its joint venture, a consumer credit bank, with one of Germany’s largest banks by way of disproportionate split-off.
- Advising on the realignment of the credit and deposit business operations by way of a corporate reorganization of the financial service group of Germany’s biggest automotive manufacturing company.
- Advising a South African private equity fund on its investment in a Berlin-based off grid solar developer for the African market.
- Advising the founders of a German human resources service provider regarding the sale of their company to Triton Partners.
- Advising a Dutch multinational courier delivery service company on the sale of its overnight delivery business to a private equity investor.
- Advising a Saudi Arabian oil company on the establishment of a joint venture on synthetic rubber with a German specialty chemicals company.
- Advising in one of Europe’s largest consumer goods deal, involving a major European bottling company which was merged by way of a three-way merger with a US publicly listed bottling company and a private German bottling company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the world’s largest bottling company, to form a new UK listed company.
- Advising a German private equity company on the acquisition of a German foundry operator from another German private equity firm in a secondary buyout.
- Advising a German private equity company on the sale of one of Germany’s major bakery chains to a French restaurant conglomerate.
- Advising a private equity company on its bid for an Austrian manufacturer of flexible packaging in a competitive auction process.
- Advising a UK-based engineering company on its acquisition of a German safety valves company based in Mannheim.
- Advising a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company on its divestment of the leading manufacturer of nicotine patch and other transdermal drug delivery systems to a German private investment fund.
- Advising a major Swiss life insurance company on its acquisition of a German real estate investment company operating as the real estate arm of a German municipal savings bank.
- Advising leading German media group on its acquisition of an online agency specializing in development, production and publication of digital content.
- Advising a UK-based multinational consumer packaging company on the sale of its pharmaceutical devices and prescription retail business to a South African private equity firm.
- Advising one of the world largest distributors of electronic components and embedded solutions, based in the US, on its acquisition of a German distributor of embedded computer technology and display solutions.
Education
- University of Frankfurt, 2018
- University of Heidelberg, 2014
- Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Second State Examination, 2011
- University of Cologne, First State Examination, 2008
Admissions
- Germany, 2011
Memberships and Affiliations
- Member, German Bar Association (DAV)
- Member, Association for Corporate Law (VGR)
Languages
- German
- English
- Italian
- French
- Recommended by WirtschaftsWoche 2020 as Top Lawyer for Corporate Law in Germany.
- Author, Vor §§ 327a ff., § 327a bis § 327f AktG in: Geßler/Käpplinger, AktG, 75. Aktualisierungslieferung, May 2016.