Dr. Leopold Riedl

Primary Focus & Experience

Leopold Riedl represents private equity funds as well as public and private corporations on domestic and cross-border transactions, joint ventures and spin-offs. Leopold has experience in advising clients in a wide range of industries and also on general corporate matters and asset deals.

Selected Project Samples

• Capvis on the acquisition of a stake in ProXES.
• Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) on the sale of its shares in ZGS Verwaltungs-GmbH (Schülerhilfe). 
• H.C. Starck Group on the sale of its STC Division to Höganäs AB.
• PAI Partners and Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking on the sale of Xella Group to Lone Star.
• Bilfinger SE on the sale of its Building and Facility business segment to EQT.
• Axel Springer SE on the sale of its shareholding in runtastic GmbH, an Austrian internet company.
• Advent on the sale of its majority stake in GFKL Financial Services AG to the financial investor Permira.
• General Atlantic on the merger of FlixBus and MeinFernbus and the related investment by General Atlantic in the combined businesses.
• Douglas Holding on the sale of Hussel to EMERAM Capital Partners.
• Douglas Holding AG and its parent company AI Beauty & Cy SCA on the sale of CHRIST jewellery stores to the financial investor 3i. 

Recognition & Accomplishments

He studied law at the University of Würzburg and at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), and spent his clerkship period (Referendariat) in Frankfurt and London. He also holds a doctorate degree from the University of Würzburg and is a former Foundation of German Business (sdw) scholarship holder.

Leopold Riedl is admitted to the German bar and speaks German and English.