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Sascha Leske provides on-going legal and tax advice to key clients in major M&A transactions, private equity investments and reorganisations mainly in the fields of new technology, media, telecommunications and the internet. As head of Noerr’s New York, office he is a specialist in crossborder projects and regularly takes the lead in multijurisdictional projects, coordinating advice in several jurisdictions. Expertise Corporate Law Private Equity/Venture Capital Reorganisations Tax Law, in particular taxation of partnerships and companies, tax reorganisations Selected Projects CDC, Ooredoo Rocket Internet and others: Advising on the reorganization and sale of Daraz to Alibaba (2018) Global Fintech S.àr.l.: Advising on the sale of Lendico Brazil to Lone Star (2018) Palladium Equity: Advising on the acquisition of Kymera International (2018) Emerging Markets Taxi S.àr.l.: Reorganisation and sale of Easy Taxi to Cabify (2017) Africa Internet Group: Advising on a €300 million investment by Axa, Goldman Sachs, MTN, Orange and Rocket Internet (2016) JPMorgan, Summit Partners, Rocket Internet and others: Advising on the sale of Lazada to Alibaba (2016) Rocket Internet: Advising on the acquisition of a minority stake in Delivery Hero for €400 million (2015) Investor group: Advising Kinnevik, Rocket Internet, Access Industries, Tengelmann, Summit Partners and other investors on the formation of the Global Fashion Holding Group (deal volume €2.7 billion) (2014) Distinctions 1st rank lawyer, Chambers Europe (2015) Lawyer of the Year 2014 – 2015 Venture Capital, Best Lawyers (2015) “Sascha Leske is a central figure at Noerr”, Legal 500 (2015) Described by a client as “highly committed”, JUVE Handbook (2014/2015) Career Legal studies at the Universities of Dresden and Edinburgh (Scotland) and Bucerius Law School (Hamburg) Academic assistant at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg) Experience abroad: LL.M. degree in Edinburgh (Scotland) With Noerr since 2004 Tax Adviser Exam (2008) Admitted to the Berlin Chamber of Lawyers and the Berlin Chamber of Tax Advisors Languages German English