Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Private Equity Law Restructuring and Insolvency Law
Matthias Horbach
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Dr. Matthias Horbach is head of Skadden’s German M&A practice, advising on complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions, inbound and outbound investments, corporate finance, and various other corporate transactions.
Mr. Horbach’s M&A work includes advising a broad range of clients, including industrial companies, private equity investment firms and investment banks, on acquisitions, dispositions, cross-border mergers, joint ventures and public takeover transactions. In the corporate finance area, he advises banks and borrowers in acquisition finance and other banking transactions. Mr. Horbach also represents clients in intragroup restructurings, corporate governance matters and other areas of corporate law, including negotiating major commercial agreements and assisting with respect to distressed and insolvent German corporations.
Overview
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Germany™ 2026 for work in:
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Private Equity Law
- Restructuring and Insolvency Law
Case History
Transactions
- His representative M&A matters include:
- Trimble Inc. in the sale and contribution of its agriculture business to a joint venture with AGCO Corporation, as well as AGCO’s US$2 billion acquisition of an 85% stake in the joint venture
- WT Microelectronics Co., Ltd., a semiconductor components distributor headquartered in Taiwan, in its $3.8 billion acquisition of Future Electronics Inc., a Canada-based global distributor of electronic components
- The SCP Group in its acquisition of Real GmbH from METRO AG
- Korea Public Officials Benefit Association in the sale of its real estate assets, mutually held with Dream Global Real Estate Investment, to real estate funds managed by The Blackstone Group Inc.
- Intel Co. in its US$1 billion sale of its 5G modem chipset manufacturing division to Apple, Inc.
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