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Biography
Johannes Diez is a corporate lawyer based in Munich. He focuses on corporate law, M&A/private equity and venture capital.
With a particular focus in the financial services and technology industries, he advises clients on domestic as well as cross-border M&A and private equity transactions.
Johannes studied law in Tuebingen, Lausanne and Munich. During his traineeship he worked for the corporate team of an international law firm and for the legal department of Siemens AG. A German native speaker, Johannes is fluent in English and has a good knowledge of French.
Professional experience
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- Advising Purplebricks, a leading online real estate agent listed on the London Stock Exchange, on the formation of a joint venture with Axel Springer and the joint acquisition of shares in German online real estate broker Homeday, an operator of a platform for providing real estate appraisals and brokerage services.
- Advising ReachLocal GmbH, a leading provider of online marketing and advertising solutions, on the sale of its business to RegioHelden GmbH.
- Advising Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft on the global joint venture with Daimler AG combining the entire mobility services offering (including ride-hailing, car-sharing, charging, parking and multimodality).
- Advising Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft on the buy-out of several minority shareholders in parking services provider Parkmobile.
- Advising AnaCap Financial Partners, the specialist European financial services private equity firm, on the acquisition of a Munich based provider of solutions and services for cashless physical point-of-sale payment transactions.
- Advising AnaCap Financial Partners, the specialist European financial services private equity firm, on the acquisition of a Vienna based online payment company.
- Advising AnaCap Financial Partners, the specialist European financial services private equity firm, on the acquisition of StarTec Payment & Service GmbH, a leading provider of solutions and services for cashless physical point-of-sale payment transactions.
- Advising AnaCap Financial Partners, the specialist European financial services private equity firm, on the acquisition of a majority stake in online payment company Heidelberger Payment GmbH (Heidelpay).
- Advising GE Capital on the acquisition of a minority stake in the 400 MW offshore windpark Merkur as well as subsequent negotiations with further equity sponsors to the project and the project financing banks.
- Advising Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) in relation to its venture capital investment in the mobile payment service provider SumUp and the merger of SumUp and payleven.
- Advising Swiss utility Energie 360° AG on the Series A Investment into a green electricity trading company.
- Advising Swiss utility Energie 360° AG on the acquisition of a minority share in an electricity trading company.
- Advising Dynasafe Group on its European reorganisation.
- Advising Petroleum Equity on the formation of a joint venture with Austrian RAG AG for the joint development of E&P in the oil sector.
- English
- French
- German
News
Norton Rose Fulbright advises the Auditing Association of German Banks in relation to the privatisation of HSH Nordbank
November 09, 2018
Norton Rose Fulbright advises Purplebricks on joint venture with Axel Springer
October 19, 2018
Norton Rose Fulbright advises ReachLocal on the sale of its German business to RegioHelden
June 22, 2018