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About Dr. Burak Firat

Burak is a corporate/M&A associate and a member of our Global Transactions team.

He advises on national and cross-border M&A transactions as well as on general corporate matters.

Burak speaks German and English.

Recent work

  • Advising Zentiva on its public purchase offer to the shareholders of Apontis Pharma AG
  • Advising Baloise Group on selling its portfolio holdings in digital insurer FRIDAY to Allianz Direct Versicherungs-AG
  • Advising Polyvantis on the carve-out acquisition of SABIC's worldwide polycarbonate business
  • Advising Nippon Express on its acquisition of Simon Hegele
  • Advising Razor Group on its acquisition of US e-commerce aggregator Perch
  • Advising Fresenius on the divestment of Eugin Group to consortium led by KKR portfolio company IVI RMA Group.
  • Advising Siemens Energy on the conclusion of a guarantee package and on measures strengthening balance sheet

Qualifications

Education

  • Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany (First State Examination, Dr. iur.)
  • University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (LL.M.)
  • Higher Regional Court (Kammergericht), Berlin, Germany (Second State Examination)

Professional qualifications

  • Rechtsanwalt, Germany