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About Dr. David Schwintowski
David advises on transactional and regulatory matters, both domestic and cross-border.
His areas of practice include public and private M&A, corporate restructurings, privatisations, insurance and banking law. He specialises in advising financial investors, including private equity houses and insurance companies.
He is a member of our Insurance Group.
He speaks German and English.
Recent work
- Advising Cinven and Hannover Re on their €300m acquisition of Heidelberger Leben, a provider of German retirement and life insurance products, from Lloyds Banking Group.
- Advising Cinven and Hannover Re on their €220m acquisition of the Skandia life insurance business in Germany and Austria.
- Advising industrial gases specialist industrial gas producer Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC) and its subsidiary Matheson Tri-Gas (MTG) on their US$5bn acquisition of Praxair's European industrial gas business.
Qualifications
Awards
- Wolf-Rüdiger-Bub-Preis of University of Potsdam for PhD thesis
- Socrates Scholarship granted by Humboldt University (Berlin) and King's College (London)
Education
- PhD degree from University of Potsdam (doctor of law - Dr. iur)
- King's College London, UK (LL.M.)
Professional qualifications
- Rechtsanwalt, Germany