Marcus M. Geiss is an associate in the Munich office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Mr. Geiss specializes in M&A and other corporate transactions, national and complex cross-border restructuring work, as well as general commercial and corporate law.  He also advises international clients on financing issues of all types and has a strong background and in-depth experience in insolvency law. His financing expertise has a specific focus on leveraged buy-outs, national and international groups financings, syndicated loan transactions and other forms of debt financing.

Before joining Gibson Dunn as an attorney, Mr. Geiss was a research assistant at the University of Freiburg. He combined his teaching duties with an academic focus on state aid and European competition and company law. He has translated both contemporary fiction and academic legal literature from English into German and vice versa.

In addition to his native German, Mr. Geiss is fluent in English and has advanced knowledge of French.

Experience

• Neenah, a U.S. and German specialty paper manufacturer:  Advice in various financing transactions, as well as varied corporate transactions and operational restructuring of its German subsidiaries.
• Stone Canyon Industries and its subsidiary BWAY on the US$2.3 billion acquisition of Mauser Group, a leading industrial packaging company, from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
• Bosch: Various matters including inter alia the acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in ZF Lenksysteme GmbH, manufacturer of steering systems of vehicles, from joint venture partner ZF Friedrichshafen AG.
• Trusted Media Brands: Sale of the German operation Reader’s Digest Germany Verlag DAS BESTE GmbH and its subsidiaries in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to CIL Inversiones, S.L.
• Sagemcom:  Acquisition of the broadband and WiMAX business of Gigaset Communications GmbH.
• Amendment and extension of revolving credit facility agreements of the Odeon Cinema Group.
• Aurora Capital:  Acquisition of Porex, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of proprietary porous plastic components with facilities in Asia and Europe, including Germany, as well as the corporate restructuring and the refinancing of Porex group’s German operations.