Alina Kaufmann
Corporate/M&A Counsel, Düsseldorf
Overview
Professional experience
Education and qualifications
Overview
Alina is specialized in advising on corporate law in connection with national and international M&A and VC transactions as well as restructurings and advising on general corporate and group law matters.
Work highlights
- Allianz Direct: advising on (i) the acquisition of Friday’s insurance portfolio via portfolio transfer and (ii) the acquisition of iptiQ’s European P&C business from Swiss Re.
- Aurelius: advising i.a. on the sale of Distrelec Group to RS Group and the European wide carve-out and sale of Nedis Group to Commax.
- Clark: On the acquisition of finanzen.de Group from Allianz X, the acquisition of Anorak Group, the conversion into an AG and SE as well as several financing rounds and ongoing with regarding stock corporation law matters.
- HSBC: Representation in the appraisal proceedings following the squeeze-out of its minority shareholders.
- Volkswagen: On the carve-out of MAN's energy solution business and the subsequent IPO of Traton SE as well as the sale of Volkswagen's 76% stake in listed Renk AG via an auction procedure.
Professional experience
Alina was employed from 2015 to 2018 at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG and Porsche Automobil Holding SE as Legal Counsel for Corporate Law and M&A. She joined Linklaters in 2018 and was appointed Counsel in 2024.
Education and qualifications
Alina studied law at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster, where she later completed a Master's degree in M&A part time.
She speaks German and English.
She speaks German and English.