Dr. Sebastian Heim M.Sc.

Partner

Contact
F +49 89.25559.3700

Munich

Maximilianstraße 15
80539 Munich

T +49 89.25559.3623

F +49 89.25559.3700

Sebastian Heim is a member of the firm’s Corporate Group. 

Primary Focus & Experience

Sebastian Heim's practice focuses on corporate law and M&A, specializing in private equity transactions. Sebastian also advises clients with respect to restructurings and insolvency law. 

Selected Project Sample

  • Hg on Investment of JTL-Software in countX and GREYHOUND.
  • Hg on Its Investment in JTL-Software.
  • Advent International on Acquisition of a Majority Shareholding in ZIMMERMANN.
  • General Atlantic on PIPE Investment in ATOSS Software AG.
  • Seller of Chemitas GmbH on Sale to H.C. Starck/Masan High-Tec Materials Group.
  • General Atlantic on Combination of Deutsche Börse’s Qontigo and ISS.
  • Advent International on ADIA Investment in INNIO.
  • EQT Future on Acquisition of Participation in SHL Medical AG.
  • Personio on Its $200M Second Series E Financing Round Led by Greenoaks.
  • CURA in Connection with Voluntary Takeover Offer for Deutsche EuroShop AG.
  • Productsup on its $70M Series B Financing Round Led by Bregal.
  • General Atlantic on $115M Series E Financing Round of Staffbase.
  • EQT Infrastructure on the Sale of Its Stake in G+E GETEC Holding GmbH to the Infrastructure Investments Fund.
  • Allianz X on Integration of finanzen Group into CLARK and Allianz X’s Related Investment in CLARK.
  • General Atlantic on Joint Venture with TX Group, Ringier and La Mobilière to Create Leading Digital Marketplace Group.
  • General Atlantic on Investment in Chrono24.
  • General Atlantic on Strategic Partnership with Staffbase.
  • Otto Group on Proposed Sale of Mondial Relay to InPost.
  • SVP Global and EnTrust Global on Acquisition of Aviation Investment and Asset Management Business from DVB Bank.
  • AUTO1 Group on €255 Million Financing Round for Autohero Expansion.
  • Otto Group on Partnership with Advent for Hermes Germany and Hermes UK.
  • ControlExpert Shareholders on Sale of a Majority Stake to Allianz X.
  • Saal Digital Shareholders Around Nordwind Capital on Sale of Shares and their Reinvest.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Sebastian studied at the university of Mannheim, where he also obtained his doctorate degree with a thesis on insolvency law and was a long-term research assistant at the chair of Civil Law, Banking and Capital Markets Law, Insolvency Law of Prof. Dr. Georg Bitter. At the London School of Economics and Political Science, Sebastian completed his master studies, M.Sc. Law and Accounting. Together with Prof. Dr. Georg Bitter, Sebastian Heim is the author of a textbook on German corporate law (Bitter/Heim, Gesellschaftsrecht), which was published in 2018 in fourth edition.

Sebastian was admitted to the German bar in 2008 and is fluent in both German and English.

Additional Details
Education
  • University of Mannheim, Dr.
  • London School of Economics and Political Science, M.Sc.
  • Hesse, Second State Exam
  • University of Mannheim, First State Exam
Admissions
  • Germany