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Dr. Chloé Lignier

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Dr. Chloé Lignier advises financial and strategic investors on a variety of domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity and venture capital transactions, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings. In addition to her transactional practice, she advises management and supervisory boards on corporate governance matters.

Chloé has a deep understanding of the German and European business communities, handling complex domestic and cross-border transactions across the technology, automotive and mobility, healthcare, investment funds and financial services, and energy and life sciences sectors, among others. She has a particular focus on middle-market M&A transactions involving private equity firms and German companies.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Chloé worked at international law firms where she advised German and international clients. She speaks French, German, and English.

  • Igneo Infrastructure Partners as part of the First Sentier Investors Group on the establishment of a joint venture with E.ON SE for the rollout of high-speed broadband infrastructure in Germany*
  • Intek Group and KME Special Products GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of KME SE, on an investment in the special products business unit by Paragon Partners*
  • Intek Group and its subsidiary KME SE on the acquisition of parts of Aurubis’ flat rolled products (FRP) business, a leading global provider of non-ferrous metals and a major copper recycler*
  • Intek Group and KME Mansfeld on the sale of the wires business to Elcowire*
  • Cookiebot’s Merger with Usercentrics*
  • iwis Motorsysteme GmbH & Co. KG on the establishment of a new joint venture between iwis engine systems LLC and Daido Corp. of America in the USA*
  • Deutsche Beteiligungs AG on the establishment of the acquisition structure and the re- and co-investment programs in multiple transaction as well as on various add-on acquisitions*
  • First Sentier Investments (FSI) on its public takeover of a 45.1% stake of Mannheim-based energy company MVV AG*
  • Audi on the carve-out of holoride GmbH and on its subsequent financing and the proposed sale of Ducati*
  • KME SE, a subsidiary of Intek Group S.p.A, on the sale of its brass business in Germany and Italy and its tubes business in Germany and Italy to Chinese Hailiang Group, and on the acquisition of MKM Mansfelder Kupfer und Messing GmbH*
  • innogy Innovation Hub on the spinoff and financing of MotionWerk and investment in Fresh Energy*
  • SINO-CEEF Europe on the contemplated acquisition of United Grinding Group*
  • lastminute.com on the acquisition of weg.de from ProSiebenSat.1*
  • Apax on the acquisition of Becton Dickinson, contemplated sale of Unilabs, and several portfolio situations in the German market*
  • BC Partners and its portfolio companies on several investments, buyouts, and add-ons in Germany*

*Indicates matters handled prior to Morgan Lewis

  • Hamburg, Germany, 2015, Second State Examination
  • University of Cologne, 2015, Dr. Jur.
  • University of Cologne, 2011, First State Examination
  • Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2006, LL.M.
  • Munich, Germany