Dr. Stefan Renner

Dr. Stefan Renner, a managing associate in Orrick's Frankfurt office, is a member of the European Corporate Group. Dr. Renner's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, including private equity and venture capital, as well as corporate restructuring. He also advises on general civil and commercial law matters. In addition, Dr. Renner is experienced in real estate transactions. 

Before joining Orrick in 2009, Dr. Renner worked as an associate with Bird & Bird LLP in Frankfurt and was an associate in the Frankfurt office of Hölters & Elsing for more than two years.

Some of the recent transactions in which Dr. Renner has participated include the following:

• A consortium composed of Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited and Sinterama S.p.A. on the acquisition of polyester fiber manufacturer Trevira GmbH and its Polish subsidiary Trevira Sp. z o.o. from insolvency administrator Werner Schneider.
• A consortium composed of the Luxembourg financial investor Cube Infrastructure Fund (Cube) and the Italian state-owned railway Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) with regard to the purchase of the German unit of Arriva plc.
• Findos Investor, an independent private equity fund, on the acquisition of all shares in ABIT GmbH from the listed financial service provider GFKL Financial Services AG.
• Holidaybreak plc, an education, leisure and activity travel group based in the UK, with regard to the acquisition of a 50 percent stake in Meininger Holding GmbH. 
• Shareholders of METRO AG with regard to the sale of a portfolio of 23 retail properties (mostly cash and carry markets) to a consortium of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund (MSREF) Global VII and Redos Real Estate.
• Findos Investor, an independent private equity fund, with regard to the sale of a majority shareholding in Sterntaler GmbH, a manufacturer of children's clothing, to Bitburger Holding GmbH.
• Alliance Boots with regard to the acquisition of megapharm GmbH.
• KNM Process Systems Sdn. Bhd with regard to the acquisition of Borsig Group.
• Scarborough Continental Partners Limited, a jointventure of Scarborough Property Holding and Royal Bank of Scotland, with regard to the acquisition of a real estate portfolio consisting of 26 properties with a total size of 500,000 sqm from international investors represented by Beos GmbH. 
• Rutley European Property Ltd with regard to the acquisition of a real estate portfolio consisting of 17 different retail properties.
• Power-One, Inc. with regard to the restructuring of its European Business Division.
• OSIsoft Inc. with regard to the restructuring of its European business division.