Mayer Brown has added another partner to its private equity practice, with Nikolai Sokolov starting in the Frankfurt office as of August 2025.
Sokolov, who is experienced in LBOs, MBOs, co-investments, carve-outs, and joint ventures, joins from Hogan Lovells.His industry focus includes business services, software, technology, defence, and infrastructure. Sokolov regularly advises French financial investor ADAGIA, among others.
Most recently, he advised Dürr AG on the acquisition of the BBS Automation Group from financial investor EQT, the shareholder of the Exyte Group on the sale of a minority stake to US financial investor BDT, and a marketing agency on several M&A transactions as part of its expansion strategy.
Mayer Brown also added Dr. Octávio de Sousa in June 2025 and Fabio Borggreve in September 2023 to the Firm’s Frankfurt private equity practice.
The new additions in Germany are part of Mayer Brown’s international growth strategy.
In January of this year, seven partners and their team moved from the leading independent French law firm Ayache to Mayer Brown in Paris. In Chicago, the firm further expanded its private equity practice in November 2024 with partner Jonathan A Dhanawade.
