Thomas Lettau

Practice Areas

• Banking

• Corporate

• Financial services regulatory

• M&A

• Private equity

Career

Thomas Lettau is a partner and co-head of the Corporate/M&A practice group at bpv Huegel. His clients include domestic and foreign strategic investors, private equity funds and financial institutions. He specialises in domestic and international M&A transactions and joint ventures, private equity and venture capital investments as well as cross-border corporate reorganisations. He also provides high-level, strategic advice to the boards and senior management of companies.

Thomas is recognised for his work in corporate/M&A in law directories such as JUVE, Legal 500, IFLR and Handelsblatt (Best Lawyers-Ranking).

Work Highlights

• Investors and management on the sale of a majority stake in EYYES GmbH, a pioneer in artificial intelligence driving assistance solutions, to German-based Vector Informatik GmbH.

• Leading Austrian electricity company, VERBUND, on the acquisition of a 10.15 MW wind farm in Austria.

• Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 4 on the sale of Energie Steiermark stake to the Province of Styria for a purchase price of EUR 525 million, European Directories Group.

• Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 4 on the sale of Energie Steiermark stake to the Province of Styria for a purchase price of EUR 525 million, European Directories Group,European Directories Group, a portfolio company of Triton Partners on the sale of dogado group to international private equity firm Cinven and leading global investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.

• Major Austrian credit institution as acquiring company on two cross-border mergers with Irish credit institutions and one cross-border merger with German credit institution

• WOJNAR on the sale of a majority stake to VIVATIS Holding AG

• dogado group on the merger with HEROLD

• HYPO NOE (largest and oldest regional mortgage bank in Austria) on the sale of real estate service companies in the CEE countries and Austria

• R-IT as shareholder in the IPO of SoftwareONE at SIX with CHF 2.9bn market cap (at offering price)

• R-IT on its sale of global operating COMPAREX AG to (KKR backed) SoftwareONE

• ISS on the sale of its Compact Cleaning business in MBO

• €760mn sale of stake in listed CAI to Starwood Capital by Immofinanz

• €390mn strategic acquisition in listed S Immo by Immofinanz from Signa and RPR

• BAWAG on the demerger and absorption of the banking business of IMMO-BANK

• Cerberus/GoldenTree backed BAWAG P.S.K on the acquisition of start:bausparkasse/IMMO-BANK from Volksbanks

• Cerberus/GoldenTree backed BAWAG P.S.K on the sale of BAWAG Malta Bank Limited

• BP Europa SE on several consecutive (cross-border) mergers (Switzerland, Austria, Germany)

• easybank on the acquisition of VB Leasing from immigon portfolio abbau ag

• €105mn sale of BAWAG P.S.K.’s investment fund arm to Amundi

• €1,6bn BUWOG Spin-off (first from an ATX company)

• Raiffeisen Holding/NÖM on the sale of its UK business

• BP plc on the sale of its European and South African LPG business

• BAWAG on the sale of its fleet management services business to LeasePlan

• RWA on the joint venture with AGRANA regarding the establishment of the largest producer of fruit juice concentrate in Europe

Education