Dr. Matthias Schell LL.M.

Primary Focus & Experience

Matthias Schell practice area comprises all aspects of national and international tax law. He is specializing in advising on tax aspects of cross-border transactions and corporate reorganizations. Matthias has also a strong expertise in the area of tax related arbitration proceedings and tax litigation.

Selected Project Samples

• General Atlantic as lead investor in USD 500 million Series E financing round from Insider (2024)
• Shareholders on the sale of hkp group AG to Mercer (2024)
• General Atlantic on the placement of ATOSS shares (2024)
• EMH Partners on the significant minority investment in Stonebranch (2024)
• Shareholders on sale of Nayak Group to Chequers Capital (2023)
• OEP on the acquisition of TechnipFMC’s Measurement Solutions Business (2023)
• EMZ on the acquisition of a majority stake in imes-icore (2023)
• Shareholders of Coriolis Pharma on the financial investment by KKR (2023)
• Merger of SIS and ENDEGS to form ETS Group (2023)
• A fund managed by ECM and the management on the sale of their stakes in the software company PikeTec to Synopsys (2023)
• Advent International on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in ZIMMERMANN (2023)
• Ardian on the sale of a majority stake in d&b Group to Providence (2023)
• Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on its investment in cleversoft (2023)
• General Atlantic on PIPE Investment in ATOSS Software AG (2023)
• Seller of Chemitas GmbH on the sale to H.C. Starck/Masan High-Tec Materials Group (2023)
• Afinum on the sale of a majority stake in LIFTKET Group to Ardian (2023)
• Ardian on the acquisition of a stake in Mimacom Flowable Group (2023)
• Funds managed by ECM on the sale of the majority stake in Dermatologikum Hamburg GmbH (2023)
• Altor on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in VTU Group GmbH (2023)
• M2Capital and DYNOS Group on the acquisition of Cheney Pulp & Paper (2022)
• Shareholder on the majority sale of FormMed Healthcare AG to Avedon (2022)
• Personio on its $200M second series E financing round led by Greenoaks (2022)
• Personio on the acquisition of Back Technologies (2022)
• Management on the acquisition of CordenPharma Group by Astorg from ICIG (2022)
• Shareholders of LucaNet AG on the strategic partnership with Hg (2022)
• CPPIB in connection with the new voluntary takeover offer by Atlantic BidCo for Aareal Bank (2022)
• General Atlantic on the $115M series E financing round of Staffbase (2022)
• ECM-Fund GEP V on a partnership investment in Intermate Group (2022)
• Funds advised by LEA Partners GmbH on the agreement to combine the businesses of Enscape and Chaos (2022)
• LEA Partners on the sale of PROCAD Group to Revalize (2021)
• Sartorius on the acquisition of a majority stake in ALS Automated Lab Solutions (2021)
• General Atlantic on the investment in AnyDesk (2021)
• Funds advised by LEA Partners GmbH on the acquisition of a majority stake in Base-Net Informatik AG (2021)
• Allianz X on the integration of finanzen Group into CLARK and Allianz X’s related investment in CLARK (2021)
• LEA Partners on the acquisition of all shares in TAIFUN Software AG (2021)
• Shareholder of Tisso Naturprodukte GmbH on the majority sale to Afinum (2021)
• H.I.G. Capital on the sale of CONET to IK Partners (2021)
• Funds advised by LEA Partners GmbH on the acquisition of a majority stake in b+m Group (2021)
• General Atlantic on the joint venture with TX Group, Ringier and La Mobilière to Create Leading Digital Marketplace Group (2021)
• General Atlantic on the investment in Chrono24 (2021)
• Pamono shareholders on the sale to and the investment in Chairish (2021)
• DBAG Fund VI on the sale of Telio to Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP (2021)
• Salesfive founders and shareholders on the sale of a majority stake (2021)
• Shareholders of Heubach Group on the partnership with SK Capital and their joint acquisition of Clariant’s Pigments Business (2021)
• HANNOVER Finanz on the sale of CP Corporate Planning AG to proALPHA (2021)
• ECM on the acquisition of a majority stake in ACADEMY Group (2021)
• General Atlantic on the strategic partnership with Staffbase (2021) 
• H.I.G. Capital on the sale of Infinigate Holding AG to Bridgepoint (2021)
• AUTO1 on the first German IPO of 2021 (2021)
• EMH and its co-shareholders on the sale of Native Instruments and reinvestment (2021)
• Jedox and shareholders on financing round (2021)
• LEA Partners on the sale of IDL group to insightsoftware (2020)
• Sartorius on the agreement re incorporation of BIA Separations in subgroup Sartorius Stedim Biotech (2020)
• M2Capital and DYNOS Group on the acquisition of the division “Technische Papiere” of Cordier Spezialpapier GmbH (2020)
• Shareholders of PharmaSGP Holding SE on the first German prime standard IPO in 2020 (2020)
• LEA Partners and founders on the sale of BELLIN Group to Coupa (2020)
• pantera AG shareholders on the sale of the majority of its shares to Nexity and pantera Group re strategic cooperation with Nexity (2020)
• Sixt SE on the sale of its shares in Sixt Leasing SE to Hyundai Capital Bank Europe GmbH (2020)

Recognitions & Accomplishments

Current rankings in directories as JUVE, Chambers and Legal 500 recognize him as top lawyer for tax law in Germany.

Matthias Schell is author of various publications in the area of national and international tax law. He is panelist at two nationwide tax conferences of the German Attorney’s Institute (DAI) taking place annually, one dealing with Transformation Law/Transformation Tax Law, the other with the taxation of corporations. Furthermore, he regurlarly gives presentations and speeches on tax-related topics, e.g. in the course of the Munich Tax Conference, IFA-events and the Munich Conference on the Taxation of Enterprises.

Matthias Schell studied law in Augsburg and Malibu, California. He holds a doctorate of the university of Augsburg and a Magister Legum International Commercial Law. Prior to joining Milbank, he worked as a teaching assistant in the area of tax and public law at the University of Augsburg.

Matthias Schell is admitted to the German bar and is accredited as tax advisor and certified tax lawyer (Steuerberater, Fachanwalt für Steuerrecht) in Germany. He speaks German and English.