Clifford Chance
Samuel Frommelt specialises in domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions.
He has extensive experience in advising private equity clients and their portfolio companies as well as venture capital funds and strategic investors on a range of matters, including acquisitions and divestments, minority investments, carve-outs, add-ons, joint ventures and corporate reorganisations.
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His recent experience includes advising:
- Astorg's portfolio company Corialis on the acquisition of Gutmann Group
- Paragon Partners
- with its portfolio company WEKA Group on the carve-out and sale of WEKA Fachmedien GmbH
- on the sale of Condecta Group to Swiss Life Asset Managers
- on its investment in Primed Group
- with its WEKA portfolio companies on the carve-out and sale of their education business
- on the sale of inprotec AG to International Chemical Investors Group*matter handled at previous law firm
- Vidia Equity on the acquisitions of
- Schmidt Group
- JNS Group
- Vento Group
- Wierig Group
- Altor on the acquisition of a majority stake in Kommunalkredit Austria
- L Catterton on the acquisition of a majority stake in BIRKENSTOCK Group*
- A bidding consortium led by Advent, Cinven and RAG-Stiftung on the acquisition of TK elevator business*
- Apax Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in ADCO Group*
- Bain Capital
- together with Carlyle on the public takeover offer for OSRAM Licht AG *
- together with H.I.G Capital and CQS-led consortium on the sale of international outdoor clothing retailer Jack Wolfskin to Callaway Golf for €418 million*
- together with Cinven on the public delisting tender offer to the shareholders of STADA Arzneimittel AG*
- on the bidding process for PharmaZell GmbH, a portfolio company of Deutsche Private Equity (DPE)*
- BC Partners on the bidding process for Logoplaste*
- Core Equity Holdings on the bidding process for Canyon Bicycles*
- Union Park Capital on the acquisition of laser manufacturer Z-LASER*
- TDR Capital on the acquisition of NKD Group from OpCapita*
- Pritzker Private Capital (PPC) and their portfolio company C.H. Guenther & Son LLC (CHG) on the acquisition of Wback GmbH*
- Deutsche Bank on the US$200 million venture debt financing for everphone
- BlackRock on the US$500 million venture debt financing of SellerX
- Lakestar together with Lightspeed Venture Partners on their investment in lemon.markets
- Cellnex Telecom on its bid for the German and Austrian tower businesses of Deutsche Funkturm from Deutsche Telekom
- SK Capital on the intended purchase of Evonik’s methacrylates business valued at over €2 billion*
- International Chemical Investors Group on the acquisitions of
- superabsorbents business from Evonik
- HCS Group
- Aptiv
- on the acquisition of a majority stake in Intercable s.r.l.
- on the investment in TTTech Auto AG valuing the company at US$1 billion
- on the acquisition of Höhle ÖU (Estonia)
- on the acquisition of gabo Systemtechnik GmbH from Bregal Unternehmerkapital*
*matter handled at previous law firm
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Contact details
- Clifford Chance, Munich
- +4989216328008
- Email me
- Speaks German, English and French
- Practice area M&A corporate
Career and qualifications
- University of Passau (First State Examination) 2014
- Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf (Second State Examination) 2016
- Admitted as a Rechtsanwalt in Germany 2016
- MBA 2017
- University of Passau (Dr. jur.) 2018
- Joined Clifford Chance 2021
- Counsel 2022
- Partner since 2025
Awards and citations
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Handelsblatt 2023 & 2024 - Private Equity - Member of team winning "Law Firm of the Year for Private Equity and Venture Capital"
JUVE Awards 2019, 2020 & 2022 - Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
Handelsblatt 2021 & 2022 - Private Equity