Matthias Heisse

Career

Matthias is Head of our global Industrials Sector group and partner in the Munich office.

He is a founding partner of Eversheds Sutherland in Germany and until recently served as Managing Partner for Germany.

In his practice, Matthias specializes in mergers and acquisitions, as well as capital markets transactions. He has experience in numerous national and international company restructurings, financings, and reorganizations. His clients include international industrial conglomerates, listed companies, as well as financial investors and banks, which he advises on corporate law and, in particular, with regard to annual stockholder meetings. Moreover, Matthias is a member of several supervisory boards and has served as arbitrator in disputes concerning capital market and corporate law.

Matthias has a particular specialism in advising industrial clients on its inbound investments in Germany and cross-border M&A projects.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Advisory Board of Executive Interim Partners GmbH, a team of C-level interim managers who temporarily take over responsibility for their clients in difficult situations, providing security and increasing income and value

Clients

Matthias' recent experience includes advising:

- Chemtura in its €2.4 billion acquisition by Lanxess

- Archer Daniels Midland on its strategic acquisition of Ziegler Group

- DuPont in its US$4.9 billion disposal of DuPont Performance Coatings to The Carlyle Group

- Messe München on its acquisition of CTT in Moscow and its acquisition of a majority in Fenestration China

- Tognum AG in its acquisition by Daimler and Rolls-Royce

- US Department of Justice as a specialist for German law at various US courts

Languages Spoken

German, English, French