Sadra Shokouhi

AI, Software and Due Diligence Expert (Toronto) Sadra is a tech entrepreneur with a Master’s Degree in Computer Science (specialized in Artificial Intelligence) with over 12 years of industrial experience advising, auditing and building startups and medium / enterprise companies in North America, Asia and Europe. He was a competent lead software engineer before he […]

Konstantin Zygan

Partner Konstantin is a partner at Clairfield in Frankfurt, and over the last seven years, he has worked on various M&A, financing, and strategic advisory projects at Clairfield. Previously Konstantin worked as a financial services analyst at KPMG and joined Clairfield in 2016. Konstantin holds a masters in finance with a focus on corporate finance […]

Dr. Albert Schander

Managing Partner Albert is the founder and managing partner of Clairfield in Germany and a member of the board of Clairfield International. He also leads Clairfield industrial practice group. Previously Albert worked as co-head of corporate finance for an international investment banking group where he was responsible for international equity financing projects and IPOs. Further […]

SAXUM GLOBAL, Norton Rose Fulbright and DAC Beachcroft advising PHOENIX GAMES HOLDING in acquiring Sad Panda Studios Ltd

DUBAI-UAE, DUBAI, DEUTSCHLAND, November 8, 2023 The advisor teams of SAXUM GLOBAL, Norton Rose Fulbright, Vancuver/Canada and DAC Beachcroft, London/UK have advised Phoenix Games Holding („PHOENIX „) in connection with its acquisition of Sad Panda Studios Ltd, British Columbia, Canada (“Sad Panda”). The parties have agreed not to disclose the terms of the transaction. Sad […]

Hostile Takeovers of Private Equity Portfolios? Covenant breaches and some leranings!

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, July, 2023 Over the last years, an increasing number of LBOs has been leveraged through debt funds rather than typical bank debt. As a result, the dynamics of negotiating a stand still agreement or waivers for financial covenant breaches has changed, depending on who the debt provider is. Most loans in […]

Legal Tech – finally a real hot topic?

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, May, 2023 For at least ten years, “legal tech” is one of the hot topics when it comes to VC investments and fundraisings. To be honest, being a lawyer myself and active in the M&A industry for more than 20 years, I have been looking at these solutions very criticaly.. until […]