Aliresa Fatemi is counsel in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Intellectual Property Transactions practices.

He has extensive experience in cross-border and national mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and international intellectual property transactions, and regularly advises private and public companies in corporate law matters and corporate and post-M&A disputes.

• TELUS International on its acquisition of Competence Call Center Group 
• American Axle & Manufacturing on the acquisition of the German business of MITEC Automotive AG
• Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) on a regular basis including on the acquisition of Pfaudler Process Solutions, the sale of Spheros Group, the acquisition of SERO Schröder Elektronik Rohrbach, and most recently on the acquisition of Cartonplast Group GmbH
• DBAG-backed Pfaudler GmbH on the acquisition of Julius Montz GmbH, and most recently on the subsequent sale of Julius Montz GmbH to Koch-Glitsch, a subsidiary of Koch Industries
• Continental on various matters including the acquisition of the automotive division of Kathrein SE
• Warner Music Group on the acquisition of EMP Merchandising Handelsgesellschaft mbH
• Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation on a regular basis including on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Wethje Group through its Mitsubishi Rayon division, the acquisition of carbon fiber company CPC S.r.l. in Italy from Innovative Solutions S.r.l., and most recently on the acquisition of all shares in Cleanpart Group GmbH from Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG)
• Andlinger & Company on a regular basis including on the sale of Lapp Insulators Group to Quadriga Capital, the acquisition of SUSPA GmbH from Tyrol Equity et al., the sale of SUSPA GmbH to Mr. Pascal Vanhalst and his family-owned company TVH Group, and most recently on the acquisition of HEW-Kabel group
• Coesia S.p.A on various transactions including on the acquisition of Oystar North America, Inc. from Odewald & Compagnie and most recently on the acquisition of the digital printing business of Atlantic Zeiser from Orell Füssli Holding AG
• Holtzbrinck Ventures, Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures, Global Founders Capital and other shareholders on the sale of MeinAuto GmbH to HgCapital
• The supervisory board of Uniper SE on corporate matters
• Etihad on the restructuring of Air Berlin
• Financial investor on its investment in and the subsequent IPO of HelloFresh
• CITIC Capital on various matters including its co-investment with 3i Group plc to acquire Formel D from Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
• Allianz on various transactions including most recently the sale of its 90.2% stake in stock-listed Oldenburgische Landesbank to Bremer Kreditbank
• General Electric on multiple transactions including on its $4.3 billion acquisition of the aviation business of Avio S.p.A., on the disposition of its European Wayne direct sales and services business and in the sale of central parts of Alstom’s heavy duty gas turbine business to Ansaldo Energia in connection with its acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid business
• M&A and IP advise to International Chemical Investors (ICIG) on a regular basis including on on the acquisition of the international detergents & intermediates business from Clariant the acquisition of Hospira Boulder, Inc. from Pfizer, on the acquisition of Sandoz Industrial Products GmbH from Novartis and on the restructuring of Corden BioChem GmbH
• Various dispute matters including the representation of a German high-tech company as respondent in a US patent infringement dispute, a European life sciences company as respondent in a high-stakes post-M&A arbitration brought by a European chemical company seeking indemnification under a share purchase agreement, Invita AG as a respondent in a three-digit million law suit, and Daimler AG as a respondent in an international arbitration matter

Professional Activities

• German-American Lawyers' Association e.V. (DAJV)
• German-Iranian Lawyers' Association e.V. (DIJV)
• Association for Business and Corporate Law (VGR)
• Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats / International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)

Publications

• Beteiligungstransparenz und der Verlust von Aktionärsrechten – Überblick über die Mitteilungspflichten nach § 20 AktG (Transparency of Shareholdings in a German Stock Corporation and the Loss of Shareholders' Rights), DB 2013, 2195 - 2200
• Von Raub und Missbrauch in der gesellschaftsrechtlichen Beratung (About Robbery and Misuse in Corporate Law), azur 02/12, p. 124 - 125
• LL.M. an der New York University School of Law, USA, (LL.M. at New York University School of Law, USA), Der LL.M. - Das Expertenbuch zum Master of Laws, 2012, S. 248
• Der Begriff der Kenntnis im Bürgerlichen Recht (The Meaning of 'Knowledge' in the German Private Law), NJW 2011, 29 - 30 
• Der Begriff der Kenntnis im Bürgerlichen Recht (The Meaning of 'Knowledge' in the German Private Law), NJOZ 2010, 2637 - 2642
• Die Obliegenheit zur Due Diligence beim Unternehmenskauf – Eine Rekapitulation der Fahrlässigkeit (The Incidental Obligation for Due Diligences in Business Transactions – Recapitulating Negligence), Dissertation, 2009 (book review in: KammerMitteilungen, Düsseldorf Bar Association, 2010, S. 339)
• Arbeitspapier zum Workshop Patentbewertung – Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2006, Industrieclub Düsseldorf (Working Paper to the Workshop Patent Valuation, Wednesday, January 25, 2006, Industrieclub Düsseldorf), Arbeitskreis Patentrecht Universität Düsseldorf (publisher), Editor, 2006
• Verhandlungsführung in China – Erfolg durch interkulturelle Kompetenz (Conduct of Negotiations in China – Success by Intercultural Competence), together with Dr. Winfried F. Schmitz, M.C.J., Kanzleien in Deutschland 2007, 8th Ed. 2006, p. 910 – 914
• Der Individualsoftware-Vertrag (Custom Software Contracts), Toolbox 6/2005, p. 92 – 96