A&O Shearman advises Swiss Life on Telis acquisition
A&O Shearman is advising Swiss Life Deutschland Holding (Swiss Life Germany) and its Zurich-based parent company Swiss Life Holding on the acquisition of Telis Unternehmensgruppe.
Headquartered in Regensburg, Telis Group is a financial services distributor, with approximately 1,800 licensed advisors and more than 350 employees at its head office. The group generated total revenues in excess of EUR 200 million in 2025. The purchase price has not been disclosed. Closing is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to occur in the third quarter of 2026.
The A&O Shearman team
The A&O Shearman team was led by partner Hans Schoneweg (corporate/M&A, Hamburg, pictured) and included partners Heike Weber (tax, Frankfurt), Jens Matthes (IP/IT), Catharina Glugla (data protection, both Düsseldorf), Börries Ahrens (antitrust), Christian Hilmes (real estate, both Hamburg), Sebastian Schulz (employment, Frankfurt), Jan Schröder (corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf) and counsel Juliane Dieckmann-Keden (corporate/M&A, Hamburg).
The team further included senior associates Marcus Mackensen and Saber Baratzadeh (both corporate/M&A, Hamburg and Düsseldorf respectively), Kathrin Haag (antitrust, Hamburg), Sven Gunkel and Anne Pelzer (both employment, Frankfurt), Carl-Philipp Hoepner-Strufe (Real Estate), Dr. Benn Berger (tax, Hamburg), as well as associates Robin Petschenka (Düsseldorf), Philipp Conradi and Till Arne Storzer (both corporate/M&A, Hamburg), Johanna Otten (IP/IT), Pascal Yves Schroeder (data protection, Düsseldorf), Jan Henrich and Olga Stange (both employment, Frankfurt) and Friederike Ehmler (real estate, Hamburg).
