Dr. Marcus Klie

• Siris Capital Group in its US$591 Million sale of Fiery.
• Marlin Equity Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Treasury Intelligence Solutions GmbH.
• Apollo Funds in their minority equity investment in AUTODOC SE.
• Deutsche Bank on the financing of the acquisition of Suter Group by Heizkurier Group, a portfolio company of NORD Holding.
• Gurobi Optimization, a portfolio company of Thompson Street Capital Partners, on the acquisition of October Sky.
• Z Capital Partners’ Portfolio Company Techniks Tool Group in its Acquisition of The Eppinger Group.
• Bain Capital Insurance on its joint venture with Canada Life Irish Holding Company Limited, an insurance and financial services company, and JDC Group, a financial services provider.
• COYO GmbH, a portfolio company of Marlin Equity Partners, on the acquisition of Smarp Oy.
• Water Street Healthcare Partners on its sale of Orgentec Group to Sebia S.A.
• COYO GmbH, a portfolio company of Marlin Equity Partners, on the acquisition of Jubiwee SAS.
• Marlin Management Company, LLC on the acquisition of a majority stake in COYO GmbH.
• EMH Digital Growth Fund GmbH & Co. KG with its acquisition of a majority stake in Native Instruments Holding GmbH.
• IDEX Corporation in connection with its acquisition of ABEL Group from Hillenbrand, Inc.
• Micron Technologies, Inc. on its investment in Volocopter.
• Gilde Buy Out Partners on their sale of ComCave Holding GmbH to Amadeus FiRe AG.
• A U.S.-based venture fund in connection with its investment in Flixbus. 
• Intermediate Capital Group on the sale of Loparex group to Pamplona Capital Management. 
• A U.S.-based venture fund on its investments in Marley Spoon, a cooking platform that offers recipes and helps its customers order seasonal ingredients, Shiver Nebula GmbH (Smunch.co), a German provider of office lunch solutions, and allmyhomes, a German-based provider of online real estate brokerage services.
• Intermediate Capital Group on the sale of nora systems GmbH to Interface, Inc.
• A U.S.-based bank on the financing of the acquisition of the German film distributor Telepool GmbH by vehicles controlled by actor Will Smith and movie director Marc Forster by way of an ABL facility.
• Losberger Group on the restructuring of its senior debt. 
• Intermediate Capital Group on the acquisition of proALPHA Group.
• Water Street Healthcare Partners on the acquisition of Interlock Group.
• Shareholders on the disposal of Younicos AG.
• China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd. on an acquisition facility for Creat’s voluntary public takeover of Biotest AG. 
• Bregal Unternehmerkapital on the acquisition of Onlineprinters GmbH.
• A private equity investor on the intended acquisition of the Osram lamps business.
• Gilde Buy Out Partners on the acquisition of amor Group.
• PSAV on the acquisition of KFP Group.
• Sycamore Partners on the acquisition of EMP Merchandising.
• Centerbridge Partners on the restructuring of APCOA PARKING Deutschland GmbH.
• Intermediate Capital Group on the acquisition of Minimax Viking Group.
• Gilde Buy Out Partners on its acquisition of a majority interest in ComCave Group.
• The ad hoc committee of SynLoan I lenders of IVG Immobilien AG.
• The largest lender of SolarWorld AG on a debt-to-equity swap.
• Realtime Technology AG and certain members of its majority shareholders on the sale to Dassault Systèmes.
• Peak-Ryzex, a portfolio company of Keystone Capital, Inc., on the investment in Movilitas Consulting AG.
• Listed stock corporations on general stock corporation law and corporate governance matters.
• On preparing and implementing public takeover bids and mandatory offers.
• On capital markets law (questions on German Securities Trading Act; questions on ad hoc publicity).
• On board remuneration matters.
• Various M&A transactions (including private equity).
• On international restructurings of corporate groups (e.g., following M&A transactions).
• On preparing and accompanying shareholders’ meetings of listed stock corporations.
• On corporate law for international clients considering German subsidiaries.
• On matters of management and supervisory board liability.

*Some of the above matters were handled by Marcus prior to joining Sidley.

• Member of the Munich Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer München, Germany) 
• Member of the German Corporate Lawyers Association (VGR, Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht)
• Member of the Munich M&A Forum e.V.
• Member of the American Bar Association