Gerold Niggemann

Gerold Niggemann is an associate in Hughes Hubbard’s corporate department. His practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and general corporate matters. 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.

Prior to joining Hughes Hubbard, Gerold was an associate with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York and Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

• Represented Daimler Trucks and Buses Holding Inc., a subsidiary of German automaker Daimler AG, in its acquisition of a majority stake in U.S. self-driving technology company Torc Robotics
• Represented Grab, Southeast Asia’s largest ride-hailing company, in:
  • Its multi-billion Series H preferred equity financing
  • Its acquisition of Uber’s business in various Southeast Asian jurisdictions
  • A $1 billion preferred equity investment by lead investor Toyota
  • The formation of a strategic partnership with Microsoft pursuant to which Microsoft will invest in Grab and Grab will leverage Microsoft's expertise in machine learning and other artificial intelligence
• Represented Coupang, the largest Korean e-commerce website, in its $2 billion Series J fundraising
• Represented U.K. sporting goods retailer JD Sports Fashion in its $558 million acquisition of Finish Line, a NASDAQ-listed retailer of athletic footwear, apparel and accessories
• Represented Bancar Technologies Limited., the startup behind Latin America’s Ualá fintech app, in all of its fundraising rounds since its inception
• Represented TechOps, a Delta 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 Daimler subsidiary Detroit Diesel Remanufacturing in its acquisition of a provider of remanufactured heavy-duty powertrain components
• 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 Gazprom, one of the world’s largest energy companies based in Russia, in:
  • An asset swap (involving gas fields in Siberia, Russia, and gas trading and storage facilities in Germany and Switzerland) with Wintershall, a subsidiary of BASF, the largest diversified chemical company in the world; and
  • The divestment of a minority stake in VNG, a German gas pipeline operator
• 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