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Volker Gattringer

Partner
+49.(0).69.945.196.280
Fax +49.(0)69.945.196.499

Volker Gattringer, MBA is a partner in the firm's Frankfurt office. He focuses his practice on M&A, distressed investment and restructuring matters.

He regularly advises on and executes M&A transactions representing clients from East Asia.

Professional Background

Mr. Gattringer joined K&L Gates in June 2009. From 2006 through 2009 he practiced as a director at a financial investor in Frankfurt focusing on distressed investments. From January 2003 through September 2006, Mr. Gattringer was attorney-at-law at a leading international law firm in Frankfurt, both advising on M&A and restructuring projects with an industry focus on the banking industry. He also served in the Investment Banking Division of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets in Frankfurt (1999 - 2002), and at Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt (1995 - 1999).

Professional/Civic Activities

  • German Chinese Lawyers' Association

Speaking Engagements

  • "Acquisition of Distressed Companies - German Perception of Chinese Investors," delivered at the University of Nanjing, China, 26 May 2010.
  • Purchase of a German porcelain manufacturer from insolvency administrator
  • Deed-in-lieu purchases of commercial real estates in Germany
  • Purchase of a gifts and toy manufacturer from insolvency administrator
  • Stock-for-stock merger of a German and a Malaysian semiconductor company
  • Advised a Japanese pharmaceutical company on the disposal of its nutrition business
  • Advised Japanese acquiror on the acquisition of a business division from a German automotive supplier
  • Advised the seller of a majority stake in a German savings and loan bank
  • Advised the distressed products group of an investment bank on the restructuring of a listed cinema theater company
  • Advised a US financial investor on the acquisition of a German real estate company
  • Advised a Japanese consumer electronics company on the acquisition of a 29% equity stake in a listed German TV manufacturer in connection with a restructuring
  • Advised a German bank on the disposal of its Eastern European subsidiaries
  • Advised a major UK bank on the acquisition of a Spanish bank’s German credit card portfolio