Company Law + M&A

Company law deals with associations of persons and corporations under private law that come into being when persons join forces to pursue a common – usually economic or entrepreneurial – purpose. It regulates the rights and obligations of the shareholders among themselves and in relation to the company, but also the legal relationships with the management bodies, i.e., the managing directors and board members. Central issues in this context are the influence on the management of the company, the participation in the economic success of the company and the liability towards the company’s creditors.

The law of corporate transactions (mergers & acquisitions, or M&A for short) regulates, as a sub-area of company law, the situations in which a company is to be sold by transferring its individual parts (asset deal) or its company shares (share deal), or to be converted into another legal form, or to be split up or merged with another company.

Our Expertise and Services in the Area of Company Law + M&A

  • Advice on the choice of legal form and the drafting of articles of association, also in close consultation with tax consultants
  • Advice and representation in the preparation and implementation of resolutions of the company bodies
  • Advice and representation in the preparation (due diligence) and implementation of company acquisitions or sales (asset deal or share deal)
  • Advice and representation in transformations under the German Transformation Act, other M&A transactions or joint ventures
  • Development and drafting of succession plans, company-related powers of attorney, marriage contracts and testamentary dispositions
  • Advice and representation of shareholders, companies or corporate bodies before state courts and arbitral tribunals in corporate disputes

Our Lawyers Specializing in Company Law + M&A

Martin Bastobbe
Rechtsanwalt (German Attorney-at-Law)
Dr Monika Beckmann-Petey
Rechtsanwältin (German Attorney-at-Law) | Notary Public
Certified Specialist in Commercial & Company Law
Dr Matthias Boehme
Rechtsanwalt (German Attorney-at-Law)
Certified Specialist in Commercial & Company Law
Jan Büsing
Rechtsanwalt (German Attorney-at-Law)
Certified Specialist in Commercial & Company Law | Certified Specialist in Tax Law | Certified Specialist in Administrative Law
Mark-Bernhard von Busse
Rechtsanwalt (German Attorney-at-Law) | Notary Public
Certified Specialist in Commercial & Company Law
Birte Busse
Rechtsanwältin (German Attorney-at-Law)
Dr Siegfried Eden
Rechtsanwalt (German Attorney-at-Law) | Tax Consultant
Dr Frieder Grashoff
Rechtsanwalt (German Attorney-at-Law)
Certified Specialist in Tax Law
Dr Michael Heil
Rechtsanwalt (German Attorney-at-Law) | Notary Public
Certified Specialist in Commercial & Company Law
Dr Philipp Reinhold
Rechtsanwalt (German Attorney-at-Law) | Notary Public
Certified Specialist in Commercial & Company Law