Natalie Daghles
Rechtsanwältin (Lawyer), Partner
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Life Sciences
Environmental Social and Governance
Dr Natalie K. Daghles advises DAX40 public companies, private companies, private equity firms, and sovereign wealth funds on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including: Public Takeovers, Joint Ventures, Carve-outs, Corporate Restructurings, Distressed M&A, Venture Capital Investments, Corporate Governance. She skillfully navigates transactions with unusual complexities related to regulatory issues, Carve-outs, or Joint Ventures. Given her extensive and complementary German and cross-border experience, she has a keen sense of what is at market.
Projects
- Cerner Corporation on its acquisition of the IT healthcare business from Siemens and the divestiture of a part to CompuGroup
- Hyundai Motor Company in a public tender offer and private acquisition of a majority stake (jointly with Santander) in Sixt Leasing from Sixt SE
- Ferrari on the sale of a majority stake in Ferrari Financial Services GmbH to FCA Bank and the resulting joint venture
- Hellman & Friedman/Blackstone Group on the public tender offer for Scout24
- Summit Partners on various acquisitions and add-on acquisitions (buy-and-build)
- Henkel on various transactions
- E.ON on various transactions including a cross-border asset swap transaction with Statkraft and on the divestiture of its Hungarian gas storage and trading activities
- IPIC, an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, on the acquisition of Ferrostaal, and subsequent compliance investigations
- ICG on its sale of assets from insolvent DLW Flooring by Gerflor, an ICG portfolio company
- German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy on the sale of Adam Opel
- UniCredit on the divestiture of its stake in investment management firm SwanCap
Distinctions
- Top M&A Lawyer, WirtschaftsWoche 2020
- Corporate Law Recognition, Best Lawyers Germany / Handelsblatt 2020
- Ranked in the 100 HERoes Women Executives Role Models List, Involve 2020
- Recognized as "respected advisor on cross-border deals", The Legal 500 Germany 2020
- Top 40 up and coming legal professionals, JUVE 40 under 40, JUVE 2019
- Names of the Next Generation for M&A, The Legal 500 Germany 2018
Insights
Career
- Studied law at Westfaelische-Wilhelms University Muenster
- Doctorate studies at Humboldt-University Berlin
- Associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP
- Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP
- Admitted to the Chamber of Lawyers Düsseldorf
- At Noerr since 2020
Memberships
- Initiative Women into Leadership e.V., Member of the Management Board
- German Corporate Law Association (VGR)
Publications
- Cybersecurity-Compliance: Board executives’ obligations and liability risks in times of increasing digitization, DER BETRIEB Nr. 38, 21.09.2018
- Sustainability as new quality characteristic, Börsen-Zeitung, 13.06.2020