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by Legal Desire
27 October 2026

Linklaters advises QIAGEN on recommended voluntary all-cash public takeover offer by EQT

Advising firms

Deal team

13 lawyers named
LawyerFirmSeniorityPracticeOffice
Staffan Illert Lead Linklaters Partner Corporate/M&A Not stated
Prof Dr Daniela Seeliger Lead Linklaters Not stated Antitrust & Foreign Investment Not stated
David dos Santos Goncalves Linklaters Partner Antitrust & Foreign Investment Not stated
Dr Alexander Schlee Linklaters Not stated Capital Markets Not stated
Ben Bauer Linklaters Counsel Antitrust & Foreign Investment New York
Ulli Janssen Linklaters Counsel Corporate/M&A Not stated
Tobias Rump Linklaters Counsel Antitrust & Foreign Investment Not stated
Will Creswell Linklaters Counsel Capital Markets Not stated
Urs Lewens Linklaters Counsel Banking Not stated
Kevin Eisenschmidt Linklaters Senior associate Corporate/M&A Not stated
Catrin Retzmann Linklaters Senior associate Capital Markets Not stated
Kathy Choi Linklaters Associate Not stated London
Theresa Noßke Linklaters Associate Antitrust & Foreign Investment Not stated

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Stated terms

Stated value
EUR 10.8bn (approx. €10.8bn)
What the figure measures
Enterprise value
Client
QIAGEN N.V.Target
Counterparties
EQT Private Equity (Buy-side)
Luxinva S.A. (Investor)
CPP Investment Board Europe Inc. (Investor)