Christian Cascante
Maybachstrasse 6
70469
Biography: Mergers and Acquisitions
Christian Cascante is a partner at Gleiss Lutz and head of the corporate/M&A group. His practice focuses on M&A, corporate and restructuring work and in particular on public takeovers, cross-border acquisitions and private equity.Over the years, he has advised German and foreign corporations on many M&A transactions, inter alia, in more than 40 planned or executed public takeovers, eg, as lead counsel on Blackstone's takeover of Celanese, the largest takeover in Germany in 2004, or Merck KGaA on their €14.6 billion unsolicited bid for Schering AG, Germany's largest takeover in 2006, Robert Bosch on the public takeover of aleo solar AG in 2009, or the tender offer of the Land Baden-Württemberg to all shareholders of EnBW following the acquisition of the shares held by EDF in EnBW, the largest M&A transaction in Germany in 2010. Recent M&A work includes advising The Blackstone Group on the German aspects of the US$26 billion acquisition of the Hilton Group and the €1.3 billion acquisition of Klöckner Pentaplast, Credit Suisse in connection with its advice to Qatar Holding LLC on the takeover of Porsche's VW options, and the sale of Infineon's wireless business to Intel for US$1.4 billion.
Christian Cascante was singled out as one of the top 20 rainmakers in M&A by the German legal directory JUVE and is regularly recommended for M&A and private equity transactions in Chambers, IFLR 1000, The International Who's Who of Merger & Acquisition Lawyers, Guide to the World's Leading M&A Lawyers, Guide to the World's Leading Private Equity Lawyers and PLC Cross-border Handbook M&A.
Christian Cascante studied business administration (BA) in Hagen and law in Tübingen, Grenoble and at the University of Chicago. He was also seconded to law firms in London (1994), New York (2001), and Palo Alto (2001).
He is a native speaker of both German and Spanish, is fluent in English and speaks some French.
This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers which can be purchased from our Bookstore.
Other Practice Areas
Christian Cascante also features in the following practice areas:
It is not possible to buy entry into any Who's Who Legal publication
Nominees have been selected based upon comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practice lawyers worldwide. Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.