Morten Werner’s practice focuses on corporate transactions, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, general corporate law, and employment law matters in Germany.

He has significant experience in advising financial and strategic investors across all sectors.

Morten also advises on German employment law matters, in particular on all employment law aspects of M&A transactions and corporate restructurings, as well as management contracts and their termination, employment litigation, and long-term incentive plans.

Morten joined the firm in 2021. Between 2018 and 2021, Morten was a stagiaire in the Cologne office.

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Notable Experience

M&A

  • Warburg Pincus in its pending acquisition of Redwood Software, a portfolio company of Turn/River Capital.

  • A German DAX 40 industrial and consumer products group on the divestment of its global metal packaging coatings business.

  • Synopsys in the carve-out of the German optical solutions group business in connection with the sale of the global optical solutions group business to Keysight.

  • Synopsys in the carve-out of the German software integrity group (SIG) business in connection with the sale of the global SIG business to Clearlake and Francisco Partners.

  • Ecolab in the divestiture of its global surgical solutions business to Medline Industries. 

  • OpenText in the sale of its Application Modernization and Connectivity (AMC) business to Rocket Software, a Bain Capital portfolio company.

  • Solvay in the global spin-off of its specialty activities in preparation of the dual listing of Syensqo on Euronext.

  • Decathlon S.A. in its acquisition of Bergfreunde GmbH, an online specialist retailer for mountain sports, climbing, and outdoor equipment.

  • Synopsys in its acquisition of PikeTec from private equity fund ECM Equity Capital Management.

  • Albany International Corporation in its acquisition of Heimbach Group.

  • International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) in the sale of its Savory Solutions business to PAI Partners.

  • Atlassian in its acquisition of Orderly Databases for Confluence.

  • Alimentation Couche-Tard in the acquisition of TotalEnergies’ retail assets (including over 2,100 gas stations) in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

  • Infinite Electronics, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company, in its acquisition of Cable Connectivity Group B.V. (CCG).

  • DCC Healthcare in its acquisition of Medi-Globe Group, an international medical devices business focused on minimally invasive procedures from Duke Street.

  • Mercer International Inc. in its acquisition of German Holzindustrie Torgau from Deutsche Bank and funds advised by Orchard Global Asset Management.

  • Westlake Chemical Corporation in its acquisition of Hexion’s global epoxy business.

  • International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) on European benefits matters in connection with the sale of its Microbial Control business units to Lanxess AG.

  • International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) in the sale of its fruit and vegetable preparation business to Frulact, a portfolio company of Ardian.

  • Baxter Healthcare in its strategic partnership with ZeoSys.

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