Sophie Ulrich

Sophie regularly advises domestic and international clients on all legal aspects of M&A transactions and joint venture transactions across various industries with a certain focus on the Healthcare & Life Sciences and the Technology, Media & Telecommunications industries.

Clients further turn to her for advice on domestic and cross-border corporate reorganizations as well as general corporate law matters.

Sophie is also engaged in the venture capital sector, advising founders, investors, corporates, and family offices in the development and growth of emerging companies.

• Advised Equitix on the acquisition of a sustainability portfolio from Enpal.*
• Advised Holcim on the acquisition of ZinCo GmbH and its subsidiaries.*
• Advised Covestro on the sale of its Additive Manufacturing business to Stratasys.*
• Advised AXA IM Alts on the sale of its majority stake in the "TechnoCampus" office complex in Berlin to Caleus.*
• Advised Rhenus on its expansion in the Latin American market.*
• Advised Flaxtec on the cooperation with Hyundai.*
• Advised IBM on the global separation and reorganization of Kyndryl Holdings, Inc., its manufactured infrastructure services business, prior to the spin-off of Kyndryl into a separate publicly traded company.*
• Advised Caisse des Dépôt et Consignations (CDC) on the acquisition of a minority stake of 28.5% in the financing platform Capveriant GmbH.*
• Advised NRW.BANK on the privatisation of WestSpiel Group.*
• Advised ESTEVE on its acquisition of German pharmaceutical company Riemser Pharma GmbH from private investment house Ardian.*
• Advised Honeywell on the acquitision of Transnorm from IK Investment.*
• Advised Art-Invest on its acquisition of GHOTEL Group, the operator of the "GHOTEL hotel 6 living" hotels from AURELIUS.*
• Advised the co-shareholder of H. Anger's Söhne Bohr- und Brunnenbaugesellschaft mbH on the cooperation with Herrenknecht Group.
• Advised Westmont Hospitality Group on the assumption of the operator role of a German hotel portfolio and the establishment of a joint venture with the property owner Invesco Real Estate.*

* Advice prior to joining Baker McKenzie

• "Ones to Watch" in Germany for M&A Law, 2023 and 2024 editions, Best Lawyers in cooperation with Handelsblatt
• "Ones to Watch" in Germany for Corporate Law, 2023 and 2024 editions, Best Lawyers in cooperation with Handelsblatt

• German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein - DAV) – Member
• German-American Lawyers Association (Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristenvereinigung e.V.- DAJV) – Member
• Corporate Law Association (Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung e.V. - VGR) – Member