Dr. Leopold Riedl

Primary Focus & Experience

Leopold Riedl represents private equity funds as well as public and private corporations on domestic and cross-border transactions, joint ventures and spin-offs. Leopold has experience in advising clients in a wide range of industries and also on general corporate matters and asset deals.

Selected Project Samples

• Altor on the acquisition of majority stake in F24.
• EMH Partners on the significant minority investment in Stonebranch.
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on the investment in cleversoft.
• Sartorius on the acquisition of Polyplus for approximately 2.4B Euros.
• Shareholders of LucaNet AG on the strategic partnership with Hg.
• EMH and its co shareholders on the sale of a majority of shares in Native Instruments GmbH.
• PAI Partners and Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking on the sale of Xella Group to Lone Star.
• Advent on the sale of its majority stake in GFKL Financial Services AG to the financial investor Permira.
• General Atlantic on the merger of FlixBus and MeinFernbus and the related investment by General Atlantic in the combined businesses.

Recognition & Accomplishments

He studied law at the University of Würzburg and at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), and spent his clerkship period (Referendariat) in Frankfurt and London. He also holds a doctorate degree from the University of Würzburg and is a former Foundation of German Business (sdw) scholarship holder.

Leopold Riedl is admitted to the German bar and speaks German and English.