Max Oppenheimer is a partner in the firm’s Private Equity M&A Group in the London office. He represents private equity sponsors, as well as public and private companies, on a wide range of domestic and cross-border acquisitions and disposals, complex carve-outs, growth equity, structured equity, minority investments and joint ventures. He has also advised on take private transactions and corporate restructurings for private equity portfolio companies and major corporates.
He was named a “Leading Partner” by The Legal 500 UK (2027) in Private Equity: Transactions – High-Value Deals (£500m+) and is ranked by Chambers UK (2027) in Private Equity: Buyouts: £500 million and above, with clients describing him as “a standout lawyer” who provides “brilliant execution across complex topics at speed”. He has also been recognized as a leading private equity lawyer by numerous other legal publications and directories, including as a “private equity star” in The Lawyer’s “Hot 100” list (2026), and in Law.com’s “The Rising Stars in Private Equity: 40 Under 40” (2020) and Legal Week’s “Rising Stars: The Next Generation of City Private Equity Talent” (2018).
Prior to joining Paul, Weiss, Max’s experience included advising:
- Lone Star Funds in numerous transactions, including:
- its €4 billion acquisition of ContiTech from Continental (subject to regulatory approvals)
- its acquisition of DOMO Engineered Materials, a business division of DOMO Group
- its €5.2 billion sale of MBCC Group (f/k/a BASF Construction Chemicals Group) to Sika
- its sale of Stark Group to CVC
- its acquisition of Stark Group from Ferguson; and Stark Group’s acquisition of Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Deutschland from Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
- its acquisition of Esmalglass from Investcorp; Esmalglass’s acquisition of the Tile Coatings Business from Ferro; and Tile Coatings’ combination with Esmalglass to form the Altadia Group
- its sale of the Altadia Group to Carlyle
- its acquisition of the XSYS division from the Flint Group
- its acquisition and subsequent sale of MRH to Motor Fuel Group, a portfolio company of CD&R
- General Atlantic in numerous transactions, including:
- its strategic partnership with travel platform Kiwi.com; and the private placement of a convertible bond by Kiwi.com
- its investment in PropertyFinder; and its subsequent sell down of minority stakes to Permira, Blackstone and others
- its investment in Visma AS
- Advent International and Bain Capital, as shareholders in both Nexi and Nets, in the merger of Nexi and Nets; and previously on the merger of the Concardis Group and Nets group
- Advent International in its acquisition of a stake in Aareon from Aareal Bank in Germany
- Bain Capital in its £1.2 billion take private of the esure Group; and its subsequent sale of esure to Ageas
- FitzWalter Capital in:
- its acquisition of certain Italian solar development assets; and in the subsequent formation of Peridot Solar
- its carve out of TriConnex and eSmart Networks from Nexus Infrastructure
- KLAR Partners in its investment in the Ventro group
- VINCI Airports in its acquisition of a 50.01% majority stake in Gatwick Airport from Global Infrastructure Partners
- One Investment Management in its investment in privately placed senior secured convertible bonds issued by Yoda
- Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board in its portfolio company Busy Bees’ acquisition of Treetops Nurseries Group
- HgCapital in:
- its acquisition of Citation
- its acquisition of Zenith Vehicle Contracts Group and Leasedrive; and their subsequent combination
- Providence Equity in its acquisition of Clarion Events
- Lion Capital in its sale of VAASAN
- Verisure in Hellman & Friedman’s £3.8 billion acquisition of Bain Capital’s holding in Verisure; various subsequent minority sale transactions; and the initial public offering of Verisure at a market capitalisation of €13.7 billion
- ASF in its sale to Entain
- A number of US and European funds in confidential acquisitions and sales
