Overview
Florian Lechner specializes on M&A transactions and complex commercial law matters. Florian advises domestic and foreign corporate clients from a wide variety of sectors—including telecommunications, media and technology, healthcare, energy, industrials, and automotive—on a broad range of legal issues, in particular on commercial contracts (including e-commerce and general terms) as well as M&A transactions.
Before joining McDermott Will & Emery, Florian was a senior associate with a magic circle law firm and accompanied, in his role as interim general counsel as part of a client secondment, the internal reorganisation of a large consumer bank.
Results
Florian advised:
- Hanwha Q CELLS GmbH on the acquisition of 65% of LYNQTECH GmbH, a subisidary of enercity AG (Stadtwerke Hannover)
- Atruvia AG on the sale of its stake in gbs Gesellschaft für Banksysteme
- Halder portfolio company ANKER on the acquisition of POS service provider PORESY
- Hanwha Solutions Corporation on the EUR 727 million acquisition of RES Méditerranée SAS from Renewable Energy Systems Limited
- Owners of Elmotec Group on the sale of their shares to Schaeffler Technologies
Recognitions
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™, “Ones to Watch” in Germany: Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Data Security and Privacy Law, 2023-2025
- WirtschaftsWoche, “Top Lawyer 2020”: Corporate Law, 2020
- Global Pro Bono, “Advocate of the Year of a leading international law firm”, 2017
