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Dr. Tom Frank
Partner

T +49 40 3008510-0
F +49 40 3008510-99
M +49 179 5012 175
E t.frank@lswf.de

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M&A/Private Equity
Venture Capital
Corporate Law
Employment/Restructurings

Tom Frank specializes in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity transactions. He also advises German and international clients from various industries on issues of corporate and labor law, especially in the context of reorganizations, including legal aspects of co-determination, collective bargaining, and labor management relations. His areas of expertise also cover the complete spectrum of individual and collective labor law and employment contract law. His clientele include American, English, and German financial investors as well as well-known companies in the logistics and food industries and the communication sector.

Vita

Attorney/Partner with Leo Schmidt-Hollburg Witte & Frank (since 2013)

Attorney/Partner at Löhde Leo Schmidt-Hollburg & Witte (2002-2013)

Doctorate in insolvency law at the University of Hamburg

Lecturer for civil law at the University of Hamburg

Legal traineeship in Hamburg and New York

Studies of law at the University of Hamburg

Recommendations

Juve: M&A (every year since 2009), Corporate (every year since 2009)

Best Lawyers: Corporate Law Germany (every year since 2015) and M&A Germany (every year since 2021)

Deutschlands beste Anwälte (Handelsblatt): Corporate Law (every year since 2016), M&A (every year since 2022)

“High quality employment advice” (competitor, JUVE 2017)

“Reliable and competent in M&A” (competitor, JUVE 2016)

“Quick and really good in corporate and employment” (competitor, JUVE 2015)

“Highly competent, helpful and pleasant” (competitor, JUVE 2011) 

Select Transactions:

  • DSV Group on an ongoing basis on small and medium-sized transactions in Germany as well as on corporate and employment restructurings
  • DSV Group on an ongoing basis on corporate and employment matters related to post-merger integrations (Agility, Panalpina, UTI, ABX, Frans Maas, etc.)
  • NTG Transport Group A/S on the acquisition of the SCHMALZ + SCHÖN Group
  • NTG Transport Group A/S on the acquisition of ITC Group
  • Staffbase SE on its transformation into a Societas Europaea (SE) on the employee participation procedure
  • Nordic Alpha Partners on an ongoing basis on financing rounds and exits (Dyemansion, Blue Inductive, STABL, etc.)
  • Earlybird and UVC on the PIPE investment in Lilium
  • LGT Bank on its re-entry to Germany
  • Arive on its Series A financing round
  • Arive on acquisition of Drop
  • Shareholders of FFG FINANZCHECK on the tender process and sale to Scout24 AG
  • Management of FFG FINANZCHECK Finanzportale GmbH on sale to smava
  • Founders of Transfermarkt on partial sale to Axel Springer
  • Founders of www.gruenes.haus on sale to Funke Medien
  • Shareholders on sale of Hansaton Group to Sonova AG
  • Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG on foundation of Nuways AG
  • RHJI on acquisition of BHF Bank AG (employment law, pensions and restructuring)
  • LGT Foundation on the sale of the German LGT Bank to ABN AMRO (employment law) and the subsequent restructuring; and on the acquisition of BHF Bank AG (employment law, pensions and restructuring)
  • AON Group on employment restructurings on an ongoing basis
  • Ongoing advice to various board members of various SDAX and MDAX companies, particularly on liability and compensation matters.

Languages

German 

English