Dr. Volkmar Bruckner is a corporate partner in the Munich office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. 

JUVE recommends Volkmar in its 2018/2019 edition for large-cap and mid-cap private equity transactions as well as M&A. He is also recognized in the 2019 edition of IFLR1000 as a highly regarded lawyer for private equity and M&A. Handelsblatt Best Lawyers 2019 lists Volkmar among the “best lawyers” for M&A.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• SK Capital on the intended purchase of Evonik’s methacrylates business valued at over EUR 2 billion

• Bain Capital Credit, H.I.G Capital and CQS-led consortium on the sale of international outdoor clothing retailer Jack Wolfskin to Callaway Golf for EUR 418 million

• Toys’R’Us on the sale of its stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to toy retailer Smyths

• Oaktree Capital Management on the investment in NL - HOLDING GmbH

• Bregal Unternehmerkapital on the acquisition of LaserTryk for its portfolio company Onlineprinters GmbH

• Centerbridge on the sale of A.T.U Group, the German automotive services leader, to French Mobivia Groupe, Europe's largest independent automotive maintenance and repair services group*

• TPG Capital and Ardian on the sale of MEDIA BROADCAST group to German listed freenet AG*

• Italian Industrie de Nora on the global joint venture with ThyssenKrupp group*

• Paragon Partners on several transactions, including the intended acquisition of all assets from German listed Balda AG*

• Global Environmental Fund on the investment in German global-woods AG and its subsidiary in Uganda*

• Siemens AG on the USD 7.6 billion acquisition of Dresser Rand Inc., on its internal reorganization of the health care business and the sale of its global watertechnology division*

• Bain Capital on several transactions, including the acquisition of Bavaria Yachtbau*

• Onex on the acquisition of KraussMaffei group*