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About Sean Tries
Sean is a part of our Global Transactions team and advises clients on corporate law and M&A matters.
He obtained law degrees from Albert-Ludwigs University (Freiburg, Germany) and New York University School of Law (New York City, USA) and speaks English and German.
Recent work
Recent work (selection):
- Advising Encavis on the delisting offer by KKR, the delisting of Encavis shares from the Frankfurt and Hamburg stock exchanges (“double delisting”) (transaction volume ca. €350 million)
- Advising New Work (formerly XING) on the delisting offer by Burda Media, the delisting of the New Work shares from the Frankfurt stock exchange and the conlcusion of a delisting agreement with Burda Media (transaction volume ca. €100 million)
- Advising DDVG on sale of its DDV media stake to Madsack
- Adivising Bauer Media Group on merger of its online comparison business with Netrisk
- Advising French Fintech solutions provider on acquisition of a German fintech*
* Prior to joining Freshfields
Qualifications
Education
- New York University School of Law, USA (LL.M.)
- University of Freiburg, Germany, legal studies
- Higher Regional Court of Berlin (Kammergericht), legal clerkship, inter alia, at the German Federal Ministry of Justice (Bundesministerium der Justiz) and international law firms in Berlin and Hamburg
Professional qualifications
- Attorney-at-Law, Germany (Rechtsanwalt) since 2021
Professional memberships
- German-American Lawyers' Association (DAJV)