Maximilian Schroeter

Dr. Schroeter represents private equity funds, strategic investors, and domestic and interna­tional corporate clients in leveraged buyouts, management buyouts, management incentive plans, debt and equity restructurings, and distressed investments, among other engagements.

Since joining Skadden, Dr. Schroeter’s experience includes advising:

• BlackRock in its acquisition of Preqin at an enterprise value of £2.55 billion
• FINN, a leading car subscription platform, in its US$110 million Series B financing round led by Korelya Capital, including both new and existing investors, with an implied company value of more than US$500 million
• Celonis, a German decacorn and global leader in execution management, currently valued at US$13 billion, in its US$400 million Series D extension led by the Qatar Investment Authority, including both new and existing investors
• Hg in connection with its significant minority investment, alongside EQT and TA Associates, in IFS and WorkWave, two cloud-based software services businesses, at a US$10 billion valuation
• Danish Færch Group and its owner, A.P. Møller Holding, on the acquisition of PACCOR Group from U.S. private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg
• Silver Lake in its strategic partnership and investment in German publicly listed company Software AG via the purchase of €344 million aggregate principal amount of subordinated unsecured convertible notes. This is the first PIPE by any U.S. technology investment firm in a German public company

His representations prior to joining Skadden include advising:

• EQT Partners on the merger of FocusVision and Confirmit
• Gilde Buy Out Partners on the acquisition of TonerPartner Group
• CareerBuilder on its sale of Textkernel, a global AI-powered HR technology provider, headquartered in the Netherlands, to Main Capital Partners
• OpCapita on its sale of NKD Group to TDR Capital
• Summit Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Elatec group, a leading supplier of multi-standard RFID readers
• Bain Capital on the acquisition of MSX International