Dr. Steffen Schniepp is a partner and heads the German Corporate Finance practice group and the Frankfurt office of Eversheds Sutherland.
He advises well-known clients on complex, mostly international, high-profile PE and M&A transactions. His clients include international corporations, DAX companies and leading private equity investors. Before joining Eversheds Sutherland, he was a partner at leading international and British law firms. He also served as Managing Partner for Germany, Europe and EMEA and as Global Head of M&A for PwC.
Steffen has been regularly recommended by Legal 500, JUVE and Handelsblatt as a leading expert in private equity and M&A for many years.
“Steffen Schniepp's main strengths are his pragmatism and negotiating skills. He has a really good tactical instinct and I always enjoy collaborating with him.”
Client Chambers Germany 2025
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Dr Steffen Schniepp’s experience includes advising*:
- German Family Office on the sale of global chemical company in 10 jurisdictions
- UK PE on the acquisition of a German logistic company
- hubergroup on the sale of their subsidiary Gleitsmann Security Inks to French IN Groupe
- Süd Beteiligungen on the acquisition of a steel processing company
- Phoenix Equity Partners on the acquisition of an international sea chart manufacturer
- Swedish PE on the acquisition of a German security company
- Delivery Hero on the multi-billion $ acquisition of Glovo in more than 20 jurisdictions
- Federal Republic of Germany on the multi-billion $ investment in Curevac and subsequent IPO
- Hannover Finanz on the acquisition of an international automotive supplier
- Genui on various buy- and sell-side transactions
- Würth on various strategic acquisitions and sell-side transactions in different jurisdictions
- Mahle on a strategic acquisition in Italy
- Shareholder of Volume Graphics on the sale to Hexagon
- Böhringer Ingelheim on the sale of a stake in AGC
- Bosch on various transactions and JV formations
- Siemens on various transactions and JV formations
- German mobility company on various sell-side transactions
* partly before joining Eversheds Sutherland
- Schniepp/Giesecke: Virtual shares and general terms and conditions, NZG 2017, 128
- Schniepp/Holfeld: Compliance guarantees in company purchase agreements, DB 2016, 1738
- Schniepp/Hensel: Shareholder loans- joint and several liability of assignor and assignee in M&A transactions, BB 2015, 777
- Schniepp/Hensel: Problems with the Chain of Title - The Merger of the Target GmbH as a Royal or Wooden Road, NZG 2014, 857
- The Liquidity Commitment, Peter Lang Verlag 2008
- Dr. Steffen Schniepp studied law at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and received his doctorate in 2008