Markus Hiebel

Markus Hiebel's recent work has included representing:

• LTN Global Communications, Inc., a global leader in broadcast-quality IP video transport solutions, in its acquisition of Make.TV, Inc., a provider of software to acquire, route and distribute live video in the cloud with five-nines guaranteed reliability and low-latency
• Kleiner Perkins as lead investor in a Series A financing of Inkitt, a Berlin-based company that has built a crowdsourced publishing platform
• Bessemer Venture Partners regarding its investment in Choco Communications
• A US private equity firm on structuring its acquisition via a joint venture platform of a German and French logistics real estate portfolio
• Onapsis Inc. in its acquisition of the Virtual Forge Group, a leading provider of automated security solutions for SAP
• Castlelake in its public takeover offer in Admiral Capital A/S, Denmark
• Vision Ophthalmology Group (a portfolio company of Stirling Square Capital Partners), on its acquisition of M.E.D Medical Products GmbH, a leading manufacturer of customized surgical kits
• Tysons-based GTT Communications Inc. (NYSE: GTT) in its $2.3 billion cash purchase of Interoute, the operator of one of Europe's largest private fiber networks
• CapitalD in its acquisition of a majority stake in Invincible Brands UG (haftungsbeschränkt), a social media influencer-led marketing and product development company, from several venture capital investors
• Charlesbank on the acquisition of an international business unit in the field of chemicals
• iRobot Corporation, a leading global consumer robot company, in its acquisition of Robopolis SAS, iRobot's largest EMEA distributor
• A US venture capital fund on the investment in a German-based provider of a travel consultancy platform that combines personal service of a travel agency with the simplicity of an online portal in connection with a €7 million Series A financing round
• MunichRe/HSB, on its acquisition of relayr Inc., a Berlin based Internet of Things (IoT) company
• A consortium led by Japanese trading conglomerate ITOCHU Corporation on the acquisition of a 22.5% stake in the German operational offshore wind farm Butendiek from the Danish pension fund administrator PKA*
• Cerberus Capital Management on the sale by way of a share deal of a portfolio of 39 wholesale markets, rented to retail and wholesale group Metro AG, and its existing senior and mezzanine financing to Aroundtown Property Holdings*
• MTG (Modern Times Group) and their subsidiary MTGx on the acquisition of 35% of the shares in InnoGames from Eight Roads Ventures and the company's founders*
• Funds managed by Oakley Capital Private Equity on the acquisition of Elitemedianet GmbH, the operator of the German match-making platform “ElitePartner” from Tomorrow Focus AG*
• The management of Parship/Elitepartner on the management participation scheme in connection with the acquisition of Parship/Elitepartner group by Pro7/Sat1*
• A partner of Karl Höll GmbH & Co. KG, a German specialist manufacturer of flexible aluminium and laminated tubes, on the divesture of his partnership interests to Alltub Group*
• KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC on a potential investment in a distressed German steel and metal scrap recycling company, the Scholz Holding GmbH*
• Sinarmas Cepsa Deutschland GmbH on the acquisition of a sulphonation/sulphation plant in Genthin (Germany) by way of an asset deal from Waschmittelwerke Genthin*
• Grammer AG, a global supplier of automotive interior components and a leading producer of seating systems for commercial vehicles, on the takeover of Reum Kunststoff- und Metalltechnik GmbH and its Polish sister company, Reum Polska Sp.z.o.o.*

* Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.