Panoramic: Automotive and Mobility 2025
Dr. Nikolas Zirngibl
Partner Corporate & Finance
Languages
English, German
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
WirtschaftsWoche, 2016"Leading expert for M&A"
Our Munich based M&A partner Nikolas Zirngibl is heading our German Corporate & Finance Practice as well as our German M&A Practice. He is also a member of the Hogan Lovells global M&A leadership team as well as the global automotive sector group leadership team.
Nikolas has more than 20 years of experience as M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital lawyer. In recent years, he has advised clients in the automotive, chemicals and technology industry on various complex cross-border and joint venture transactions. Nikolas and his team are known for the collaborative and pragmatic approach to get deals done.
Nikolas is also known for his expertise with global restructuring and reorganization projects. Nikolas’ team has led various global projects coordinating reorganization transactions in more than 75 jurisdictions.
Clients and colleagues praise his “experience with international transactions” and see him as “very competent and good negotiator” (JUVE 2024/25).
Nikolas is recognized as leading M&A lawyers by various legal directories. JUVE lists Nikolas as leading M&A Partner under 50 since 2016. Chambers Global ranks Nikolas for High-end M&A Capability (since 2024) as well as for Private Equity/Venture Capital (since 2016), Thomson Reuters as Stand-Out Lawyer 2025, Legal500 for Corporate and M&A.
WirtschaftsWoche, 2016"Leading expert for M&A"
Representative experience
Advising Daimler on a mobility joint venture with BMW.
Advising BASF on the combination of its paper and water chemicals business with Solenis.
Advising the German Ministry of Defense on the termination of a joint venture.
Advising Daimler on the combination of taxi-platforms MyTaxi and Hailo.
Advising Daimler on its investment in volocopter.
Advising Stylight on the sale to ProSieben.Sat1.
Advising STP on a majority investment of HgCapital.
Advising FlixBus on the merger with MeinFernbus.
Advising U City on the acquisition of the Vienna International hotel platform.
Advising Pramerica on the acquisition of two retail portfolios.
Advising Ducatt on the acquisition of the special glass business of Centrosolar.
Advising Porsche on its investment in Capricorn.
Advising VR Leasing on the sale of its Russian subsidiary FB Leasing.
Advising mopay on the merger with Boku.
Credentials
Education
- Dr. iur., LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), 2003
- Second State Exam in Law, LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), 2003
- First State Exam in Law, University of Passau, 2000