Dr. Sebastian Daub

Sebastian has specialised experience in private equity, M&A and joint ventures as well as corporate law. He is global co-head of the firm’s infrastructure sector and has an outstanding market reputation for transactions in that sector.

Experience

Specialised experience in private equity, M&A and joint ventures as well as corporate law.

Recent transactions include:

• Société Générale: advising on the sale of its truck and trailer rental business to a portfolio company of I Squared Capital.
• Vodafone: advising on a joint venture with Altice Group for the roll-out of optional fibre in carbon areas in Germany.
• PGGM Infrastructure: advising on the acquisition of a stake in Alpha Trains from the Canadian pension fund Public Sector Pension Investments (PSP Investments)
• A global airport operator: advising on the renegotiations of terminal operating agreements
• BlackRock: advising on the acquisition of 50.1 percent in Mainova WebHouse forming a joint venture for the development of data centers in the Rhine/Main region

• KKR Credit Advisors EMEA: advising on the sale of Tekfor Group, a German automotive supplier and a leading specialist for mission-critical high-performance components, modules and fasteners, to American Axle & Manufacturing.

• 2011 to date Partner, Linklaters
• 2006 - 2011 Managing Associate, Linklaters
• 2004 - 2006 Associate, Linklaters
• 2002 - 2004 Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

• 2002 - Second Legal State Examination (2. Juristisches Staatsexamen)
• 2000 - 2002 Landgericht Darmstadt, legal traineeship (Referendariat)
• 2000 - Doctorate, University of Konstanz
• 2000 - Attorney-at-Law, New York
• 1999 - LL.M., Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, USA
• 1997 - First Legal State Examination (1.Juristisches Staatsexamen)

He speaks German, English, French.