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Gerold Niggemann

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gerold.niggemann@hugheshubbard.com
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Gerold Niggemann is a partner in Hughes Hubbard’s corporate department.  His practice focuses on cross-border M&A, de-SPACs, joint ventures and venture capital.  His experience includes representing both strategic and financial investors in public and private acquisitions and divestitures as well as early and late stage startups in fundraisings in the United States and a multitude of international jurisdictions.

Recognition

  • Named by The American Lawyer as a Dealmaker of the Year 2022
  • Named to The Deal’s Top Rising Stars: Class of 2021. The list spotlights new M&A-focused partners at major U.S. law firms who have shown an ability to navigate complex deal-making situations.

Highlighted Publications

  • Co-author of chapter in Practitioners’ Handbook on public takeover bids under the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act, published by C.H. Beck, Germany (2018)
  • Co-author of chapters on cross-border takeover bids and competing takeover bids in Handbook of Takeover Law, published by C.H. Beck, Germany (2017)
  • Co-author of sections on offerings of equity and equity-linked securities in Treatise on the German Stock Corporation Act, published by C.H. Beck, Germany, 3rd edition (2017)
  • Co-author of article on the reporting obligations vis-à-vis stockholders to which the management board of a German stock corporation is subject in connection with equity offerings from authorized capital (ex subscription rights), and consequences of non-compliance, Die Aktiengesellschaft, Germany (2013, p. 269)
  • Co-author of article on undisclosed (‘hidden’) contributions in kind in German entrepreneurial companies, Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht, Germany (2012, p. 1412)
  • Author of thesis on creditor protection under German corporate law and the impact of the European Freedom of Establishment, published by Duncker & Humblot, Germany (2010)

Highlighted Matters

  • Represented Grab, Southeast Asia’s super app, in:
    • Its merger with SPAC Altimeter Growth Corp., a transaction that took Grab public in the largest de-SPAC ever, ascribing to Grab a pro-forma equity value of approximately $39.6 billion
    • Its digital banking joint venture with Singapore Telecommunications
    • A $300m funding round for its fintech arm Grab Financial
    • Its multi-billion Series H preferred equity financing
    • Its acquisition of Uber’s business in various Southeast Asian jurisdictions, which transaction was selected Technology, Media & Telecom Deal of the Year in The Deal’s Cross-Border Asia Awards 2019
    • A $1 billion preferred equity investment by lead investor Toyota
    • A $700 million preferred equity investment by MUFG, Japan's largest bank
    • The formation of a strategic partnership with Microsoft pursuant to which Microsoft invested in Grab, and Grab leveraged Microsoft's expertise in machine learning and other artificial intelligence
  • Represented Julep Media GmbH, Germany's largest independent podcast monetization platform, in its sale to U.S. based Liberated Syndication Inc.
  • Represented Latin America’s fintech Ualá in its $350 million Series D preferred equity financing, presumed to be the largest private fundraising round ever by an Argentine company, as well as all of Ualá’s prior rounds, raising funds from affiliates of Tencent, Softbank, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, Soros Fund Management, Monashees, Ribbit Capital and Jefferies, among others
  • Represented Cantor Fitzgerald as sponsor in a de-SPAC merger with View Inc., the Silicon Valley-based smart glass manufacturer
  • Represented Patrick Drahi in his $3.7 billion public takeover of Sotheby’s
  • Represented Platinum Equity in its $1.9 billion public takeover of Wesco Aircraft
  • Represented JD Sports Fashion, one of the world's leading retailers of sports and fashion brands headquartered in the U.K., in:
    • Its acquisition of athletic footwear and apparel streetwear retailer DTLR Villa
    • Its acquisition of Shoe Palace and Nice Kicks for cash consideration of $325 million and the issuance to certain sellers of equity valued at approx. $356 million
    • Its $558 million public takeover of Finish Line, a retailer of athletic footwear, apparel and accessories
  • Represented Daimler Truck in:
    • Its acquisition of a majority stake in U.S. self-driving technology company Torc Robotics (through its subsidiary Daimler Trucks and Buses Holding Inc.), which transaction was selected as a finalist for Most Innovative Deal of the Year in The Deal Awards Middle Market 2020
    • Its acquisition of a provider of remanufactured heavy-duty powertrain components (through its subsidiary Detroit Diesel Remanufacturing)
  • Represented leading independent publisher Bloomsbury Publishing in its acquisition of academic publisher ABC-CLIO
  • Represented ANI Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition of generic drugmaker Novitium Pharma
  • Represented Coupang, the largest Korean e-commerce website, in its $2 billion Series J fundraising
  • Represented TechOps, a Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico joint venture for the operation of an MRO facility in Mexico, in connection with an agreement to grant MRO Holdings, one of America’s largest aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul service providers, access to TechOps’ capacity for a period of ten years
  • Represented the Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of TerraForm Power, Inc. in its $6.6 billion merger and sponsorship transaction with Brookfield Asset Management and the concurrent settlement arrangements with its former sponsor SunEdison
  • Represented Greenbriar Equity Group LLC in its sale of transportation management firm Transplace Holdings LLC to TPG Capital
  • Represented India-based IT giant Wipro in its $500 million acquisition of Appirio Inc., a cloud computing and IT consulting company
  • Represented Wafra Capital in several of its acquisitions
  • Represented Cenveo, a world leader in custom printing, in the restructuring of its debt profile through an offer to exchange its outstanding 11.5% senior notes due 2017 for new 6% senior notes due 2024 and warrants, and relating arrangements with certain significant noteholders (including a repurchase from Allianz Global Investors of Cenveo’s 7% senior exchangeable notes due 2017)
  • Represented Nexans, a leading global cable manufacturer headquartered in Paris, France, in the divestment of its German rolling stock and wire harnesses business to Sirail, a French specialty manufacturer of rolling stock and wire harnesses
  • Represented Edenred, a leading provider of expense management services headquartered in Paris, France, in its acquisition of a minority stake (with an option to acquire a majority stake) in UTA, a key player in the European fleet management market, and the entering into of relating joint venture arrangements




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Firm Leads Grab in Going Public Via De-SPACing Merger at $40B Pro-Forma Valuation
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Firm Guides ANI Pharmaceuticals in Deal to Buy Novitium Pharma
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Hughes Hubbard Advises JD Sports in Deal to Buy DTLR Villa
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Firm Helps Grab Raise $2B in First Term Loan
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Hughes Hubbard Promotes Three to Partnership and Five to Counsel
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Firm Assists JD Sports in Purchase of Shoe Palace and Nice Kicks
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Firm Leads Cantor Fitzgerald SPAC in Merger With View
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Firm Helps Grab Raise Over $700M From Japan’s MUFG
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Firm Shortlisted for Two Honors in The Deal Awards Middle Market 2020
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Hughes Hubbard Honored Twice in The Deal’s Cross-Border Asia Awards
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Hughes Hubbard Advises Ualá in Another Fundraising Round
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Hughes Hubbard Paves Way for Completion of $3.7B Acquisition of Sotheby's
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Firm Guides Platinum Equity in $1.9B Deal for Wesco Aircraft
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Firm Assists Condé Nast in Sale of Golf Digest and Brides
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Firm Guides Daimler in Acquisition of Self-Driving Technology Company Torc Robotics
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Hughes Hubbard Assists Cipla in Acquisition of Avenue Therapeutics
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​Hughes Hubbard Assists Grab in Record $1B Investment From Toyota
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Hughes Hubbard Involved in Two Matters Shortlisted for The Deal Awards
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Firm Helps JD Sports Expand in US With Finish Line Acquisition
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Hughes Hubbard Advises Grab in Acquisition of Uber’s Southeast Asia Business
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​Hughes Hubbard Assists Wipro Digital in Purchase of Design Consultancy Firm
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Firm Advises Initial Purchaser Group in CBS' $900M Debt Offering
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Hughes Hubbard Reps Renowned Diamond Trading Companies in Ch. 11 Cases
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​TerraForm Power Agrees to Sell Majority Stake to Brookfield
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Firm Counsels Wipro in $500M Acquisition of Appirio
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Firm Guides Wafra Capital in Acquisition of Oxford Finance
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Education
  • Columbia University, School of Law, LL.M., 2012, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
  • University of Freiburg, Germany, J.D., 2008, summa cum laude
  • University of Freiburg, Germany, First State Examination, 2007
Bar Admissions
  • Germany, 2011
  • New York, 2013
Languages
  • French
  • German
Areas of Focus
Asia Pacific
Corporate
Latin America
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity

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