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Marcus Wolter

Global Managing Partner & CEO

Team: Legal

Office: London, New York and TOkyo

CONTACT: marcus@novara-law.com

Marcus leads the Novara platform. Educated at Humboldt University Berlin and Harvard Law School, he spent over a decade at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Munich, London and Tokyo advising on landmark cross-border transactions - including Microsoft/Nokia, SoftBank/ARM, Starbucks' USD 1.3bn East China JV buy-out, and Yokohama Rubber/Trelleborg. He is fluent in English and German. With his blue-chip client based engaged in deals across the globe Marcus currently splits his time between our London, New York and Tokyo offices. Marcus is also a director of Novara Global Capital and on the board of advisors of National Diversified Funding Corporataion.

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MARCUS’ EXPERIENCE INCLUDES ADVISING:​

  • Eppendorf on its acquisition of Genie Inc’s lab automation system from a US founder group.

  • Eppendorf on the successful sale of Bio-ITech B.V. (eLabNext) and related US assets to SciShield Holdings Inc.

  • Nexo on the acquisition of Buenbit, a leading Latin American digital assets platform.

  • Decentralized Web3 Software Technologies Fund on its successful Series D investment in a next-generation gaming company integrating blockchain technology into games to create digital economies where players can own, trade, and monetize in-game assets.

  • Decentralized Web3 Software Technologies Fund on the recapitalization and exercise of its warrants in relation to a Chicago-based company operating an online marketplace.

  • Various Japanese listed and German companies on their growth equity and venture capital investments as well as on setting up their corporate venture capital programs.

  • Forterra, a leader in ground-based autonomous vehicle technology for defense and commercial markets, on the successful acquisition of goTenna, Inc. 

  • Tokyo and Bangkok based fintech unicorn Opn Holdings on its US$120 million Series C+ round and its acquisition of MerchantE.

  • Emerson (NYSE EMR) on its acquisition of FLEXIM Flexible Industriemeßtechnik GmbH, a global leader in clamp-on ultrasonic flow measurement for liquids, gases, and steam.

  • A major Japanese bank on its participation in a central bank backed utility settlement coin project.

  • A leading US technology company on its consortium bid led by Bain Capital for the acquisition of Toshiba Memory.

  • The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. on its acquisition of Trelleborg Wheel Systems Holding AB, the wheel systems business of Swedish listed Trelleborg AB, for an enterprise value of over €2 billion.

  • Toray Industries, Inc. on its joint venture with LG Chem, Ltd. in Hungary.

  • Lenovo on its PC joint venture with Fujitsu.

  • Ajinomoto, Japan’s largest food company, on its US$532 million acquisition of a 33.33% stake in Promasidor, a major seasonings and processed foods manufacturer operating in 36 African countries.

  • Ajinomoto on its sale of a feed use amino acid company in France.

  • Marubeni Corporation on its cooperation with GE to deploy artificial intelligence solutions for predictive maintenance and increased operational efficiency in Marubeni Corporation’s power plants.

  • Marubeni Corporation on its acquisition of Danish Salmon A/S together with Nippon Suisan Kaisha.
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