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Dr Jacqueline Päßler LL.M. (London)

she/herSenior Associate
About
Jacqueline Päßler advises German and international clients on all corporate law matters, focusing on private equity and M&A transactions. 

She has particular experience advising private equity and international corporate and real estate clients in connection with complex cross-border transactions, co-investments and strategic joint ventures.
Professional QualificationsRechtsanwältin admitted with Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Keensight Capital on investment in aconso AG, the innovation leader in HR document management systems and cloud-based software solutions for the HR sector.
  • Advising an independent German fund manager on various acquisitions and financings of several real estate investments located in Germany, France, and the US.*
  • Advising PGIM Real Estate on the sale, project development and letting of the ‘Junghof Plaza’ in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.*
  • Advising Ares Management on its planned investment (minority shareholding) in the Swiss Peach Property Group AG.*
  • Advising AGC Equity Partners on the acquisition of the hotel and office complex “The Squaire”.*
  • Advising AGC EQUITY Partners on a joint venture and the development of a data centre in Frankfurt.*
  • Advising Henderson Park on the acquisition of an office portfolio in Berlin.*
  • Advising ADF Asset Management on the sale of the H&M logistics center in Hamburg to Ivanhoe Cambridge.*
  • Advising Liberty Global on the sale of its cable business in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania to Vodafone.*
  • Advising AXA IM on the acquisition of an office and science building in Aachen.*
  • Advising Axel Springer on the sale of its publishing house in Hamburg and on the planning and construction of its new media campus in Berlin.*
  • Advising Blackstone on the sale of the pan-European Centre Parcs portfolio.*
*denotes experience from previous firm.
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • Italian
Education
  • Queen Mary University of London, LL.M. in Commercial and Corporate Law, 2019
  • Higher Regional Court Hamburg, Second State Examination, 2017
  • University of Jena, Dr iur, 2016
  • University of Jena, First State Examination, 2013
  • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milan, law studies, 2011
  • University of Jena, First State Examination, 2013

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers 2024/2025: Recognised as “one to watch” for corporate and M&A.

Publications and media

  • Zur Privilegierung von Mietstundungen und Mietzahlungen nach dem COVInsAG, ZIP 2020, 1633-1643 (together with Philipp Scholz)

Prior Experience

  • 2022–2023, Senior Associate at a Hamburg-based transactions-focused law firm
  • 2017–2022, Associate at an international law firm in Hamburg

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