SELECTED PUBLICLY KNOWN TRANSACTIONS IN THE AREA OF MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

• Greenland International Holding Pte Ltd on the sale of all shares of Greenland Seafood Gruppe (parent company AliSa International GmbH) to Eight Fifty Food Group (CapVest).

• KF Design GmbH on its sale and investment by Verdane.

• CommitMed Group on its sale to Schülke & Mayr GmbH.

• WMC Healthcare and its shareholders on its sale to Nordic Capital Partners.

• Amerigon Inc. (now Gentherm Inc.) on the acquisition of the listed W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG and the subsequent squeeze-out, including the settlement of disputes with active shareholders.

• Apax Partners on several transactions such as the acquisition and sale of cosmetics manufacturer and distributor LR Health & Beauty International, Germany's largest cable network operator Kabel Deutschland and the acquisition of listed D+S Europe AG.

• Avenso AG and its shareholders on the transaction with EQT.

• C+S Botschen and Acton Capital Partners on the sale of the German luxury fashion e-commerce company mytheresa.com and Theresa Warenvertrieb to the Neiman Marcus Group.

• The Carlyle Group and Advent International on the acquisition of the world's leading window frame supplier HT Troplast AG and its subsequent sale to Arcapita.

• The Carlyle Group on numerous transactions such as the acquisition of 6 specialist mail order companies from the Quelle Group and the Ameos/Ahag clinic group.

• Crosslantic Capital Management on various transactions such as the acquisition of shares in Atheneum Partners and the Career Team Group.

• Renowned family office in the sale of its holdings in the international investment bank Riverrock, Sapinda Holding BV and Loyalty Partners SA (Payback).

• Etanco S.A.S on the acquisition of Systea Pohl GmbH.

• FSN Capital Partners on the acquisition of fiberglass hose liner production company iMPREG Group.

• Sharesholders of the Ginkgo Management Consulting GmbH on the sale of all shares to DPE Deutsche Private Equity Gesellschaft mbH as well as advising sellers on their reinvestment.

• The shareholders of the intensive care company Heimomed on the sale to Atos Medical SA.

• Lafayette Mittelstand Capital on various transactions such as (i) the acquisition of the globally active sports equipment and garden furniture manufacturer Kettler GmbH, (ii) the acquisition of the Europe-wide steel processing specialist Wecubex Group, (iii) the acquisition and sale of the sports wheel manufacturer BBS, (iv) the acquisition of photovoltaic components manufacturer Jurchen Technology and (v) the acquisition and sale of publisher Lehmans Media GmbH.

• Leo Express on the acquisition of the railway operator Locomore GmbH & Co. KG together with Flixbus.

• LGT Germany on the sale of its private bank Bethmann.

• Loyalty Partner and its shareholders on the sale of the global loyalty provider Loyalty Partner Holdings to American Express.

• The shareholders of the generics manufacturer neuraxpharm on their sale to the family office of the Strüngemann family.

• RInvest GmbH on the acquisition of various investments including Project Healthy Living Inc., Intale Inc., Appcard Inc. and Locafox GmbH.

• Sahara/Meridian Ltd. on the acquisition of the German business of the fisheries and fish processing company Royal Greenland A/S.

• Scheer Group on the acquisition of the IDS Scheer consulting business of Software AG and its reorganisation in the context of insolvency plan proceedings.

• Sky Deutschland on the acquisition of Plazamedia and a minority interest in SPORT1/Constantin Sport Marketing.

• Tennebaum Capital Partners on the acquisition of the ship fund company König & Cie.

• Vitruvian Partners on various transactions such as the purchase and sale of one of the largest German intensive care companies (Linimed).

RELATED M&A TRANSACTIONS IN THE FIELD OF DIGITAL BUSINESS

• Deutsche Telekom on the acquisition and exploitation of live sports reporting rights for and via its IPTV and mobile TV platforms.

• SAP for complex software and online legal issues.

• Salesforce.com Germany GmbH on the design and implementation of a cloud computing business model.

• Negotiation of sponsorship and merchandising agreements with FIFA regarding the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.