Global law firm Freshfields is advising BIOTRONIK Group, a leading global medical technology company based in Berlin, Germany, on an agreement to divest its Vascular Intervention (‘VI’) division to Teleflex Incorporated, a global provider of medical technologies. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions and is expected to close before the end of the third quarter of 2025.
BIOTRONIK products and offerings save and improve the lives of millions suffering from heart and blood vessel diseases as well as chronic pain. Teleflex, based in Wayne, PA and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, has a diverse portfolio, including solutions in the fields of vascular and interventional access, surgical, anesthesia, cardiac care, urology, emergency medicine and respiratory care. BIOTRONIK’s Vascular Intervention business will complement Teleflex’s interventional business, enabling both companies to deliver enhanced solutions to global markets.
Freshfields is advising BIOTRONIK on all legal aspects of the sale and carve-out, working closely with BIOTRONIK’s in-house team led by Sebastian Pooschke (General Counsel) and comprising Björn Hohmann (Director Legal), Malte Krohn, Maximiliane Häußling (both Senior Legal Counsel, all Projects), Jana Steyer (Legal Operations Manager), Nicole Huber (Senior Legal Counsel, Switzerland), Susanne Baumann (Director Legal) and Sonia Seubert (Senior Legal Counsel, both Regulatory & Medical Affairs). The HR Legal Team was led by Tina Nahrath (Head of International Labor Relations and Labor Law).
The global Freshfields team is being led by Partners Lars Meyer (Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt/Berlin) and Philipp Dohnke (Commercial/M&A, Hamburg) together with Counsel Xiaoguang Cai, Principal Associates Christoph Becherer (both Corporate/M&A, Berlin), Elisabeth Wulf and Maximilian Zellerhoff (both Commercial/M&A, Hamburg), and Associate David Thüning (Corporate/M&A, Berlin) and also included:
- Partners: Helmut Bergmann (Antitrust, Berlin), Guillemette Burgala (Corporate/M&A, Paris), Christel Cacioppo (Paris), Thomas Granetzny (Düsseldorf, both Employment Law), Saloua Ouchan (Corporate/M&A, Amsterdam), Michael Ramb (Regulatory, Berlin), Tanja Walter-Yadegardjam (Tax, Frankfurt)
- Counsel: Bertrand Guerin (Antitrust, Berlin), Lukas Pomaroli (Global Trade/Sanctions, Vienna), Sarah Rohmann (Employment Law, Düsseldorf), Uwe Salaschek (Foreign Investment, Berlin)
- Principal Associates: Tobias Franz (Tax, Hamburg), Katharina Reinhardt (Regulatory, Berlin)
- Associates: Elvan Böninger (Corporate/M&A, Berlin), Uli Diez (Tax, Frankfurt), Faras Mirhoseiny (Corporate/M&A, Berlin), Nico Kiekebusch (Antitrust, Berlin), Julia Kilp (Employment Law, Munich), Asta von Kienitz, Philipp Mroz (both Commercial/M&A, Hamburg), Alexander Schramm (Corporate/M&A, Berlin), Vinzent Will (Regulatory, Berlin)
- Senior Transaction Lawyer: Daria Gorbacheva-Fürstenau (Berlin)
The team was supported by Freshfields’ offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, New York City, Paris, Shanghai, Tokyo, Vienna and Washington and by local law firms among Freshfields’ worldwide StrongerTogether network.
