Dr Nicolaus Ascherfeld
Partner
Hamburg

Dr Nicolaus Ascherfeld
Partner
Hamburg
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Nicolaus is heading the German Corporate / M&A practice of Allen & Overy and has more than 20 years of experience in advising international and domestic companies on a broad range of corporate transactions with a focus on public and private M&A, private equity and joint ventures.
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Academic
Second German Law Degree, Kammergericht Berlin, 2000
Dr iur, University of Augsburg, Germany, 1999
First German Law Degree, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, 1997
Experience highlights
Fortescue Future Industries regarding its joint venture with Tree Energy Solutions to develop the world’s largest integrated green hydrogen project and an LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Royal Friesland Campina N.V., a Dutch dairy company on the sale of parts of its German consumer business (including three production sites and the Landliebe brand) to Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller.
A consortium of infrastructure investors consisting of Allianz Capital Partners, AIP Management and Norges Bank Investment Management on the acquisition of 49.9% of the shares in the planned 960 MW offshore wind farm "He Dreiht" from EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW) with an investment volume of around EUR2.4bn.
Bayer AG on the sale of its men’s health product Nebido™ (testosterone undecanoate) to Grünenthal for a purchase price totaling up to EUR500m.
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Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
Second German Law Degree, Kammergericht Berlin, 2000
Dr iur, University of Augsburg, Germany, 1999
First German Law Degree, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, 1997