Dr Wilhelm Nolting-Hauff
Dr Wilhelm Nolting-Hauff is a corporate partner in the Düsseldorf office and specialises in all aspects of M&A and corporate law.
He advises on company acquisitions and sales, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, as well as general corporate law. Wilhelm is highly experienced in advising global companies and private equity investors on complex, cross-border M&A transactions. A particular focus is on clients from the China region, advising them on their investments in Germany.
He is regularly recommended in leading legal publications, including JUVE and Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers, for his "precise negotiation and solution-oriented representation of clients' interests".
Accolades
- Frequently recommended lawyer for corporate law and for M&A, JUVE 2025
- "Top 10 M&A Lawyer Germany", Finance/Merger Links, 2022
- Leading Lawyer for M&A ("Top-Anwalt für M&A") in Germany, WirtschaftsWoche 2018
- An "outstanding" lawyer and "personality of integrity ... with commercial understanding, who represents clients' interests emphatically, with a sense of proportion and in a solution-oriented manner", Juve Handbook
- Leader in his field, (Legal) Experts Europe
- Listed since 2011 in "Best Lawyers in Germany” for M&A, Private Equity, Corporate and Venture Capital Law, Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- Shareholders of c-trace GmbH on the sale of the company to Norwegian Tomra Group*
- Advanced Technology & Materials and Integrity Capital Partners on their acquisition of German carbon-fiber specialist COTESA*
- AEONMED on the acquisition of Heyer Medical AG*
- Centrotec Sustainable AG on sale of Bond-Laminates to LANXESS*
- Chaowei Power (Changxing) in a German Chinese joint venture with the Franconian MOLL-Group*
- Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane / TX Logistik AG on the takeover of the Exploris Group*
- Frauenthal Group on the acquisition of the commercial vehicle springs business from ThyssenKrupp*
- Hueck Industrie Holding on the sale of HUECK Extrusion to Norske Hydro*
- Knauf on the acquisition of Interfer-Group from Bain Capital*
- KUKA Home (Hangzhou Jason Furniture) on the acquisition of ROLF BENZ*
- Luxempart on the acquisition of shares in physiotherapy provider Novotergum AG*
- Luxempart on its investment in Deutsche Fachpflege Group*
- Nanjing Estun Automation and China Renaissance Capital (CRCI) on the acquisition of Cloos-Group, a manufacturer of welding robots*
- Nitto Denko on the acquisition of nolax airbag AG*
- Thales and EADS on the sale of Bayern Chemie to MBDA*
- Vantage Towers AG on multi-billion-euro takeover by KKR and GIP and on going private*
- Vapiano Group and its shareholders on capital increase and acquisition of shareholding by Bio Exchange GmbH*
*prior to joining the firm
Background
Wilhelm Nolting-Hauff completed the First State Examination in 1994 in Heidelberg and holds a Doctor of Laws degree (Dr iur) from the University of Heidelberg earned in 1995. He completed the Second State Examination 1997 in Düsseldorf.
