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Dipl.-Kfm. Dr. Maximilian Koch

Dipl.-Kfm. Dr. Maximilian Koch

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Dip.-Kfm. Dr. jur. Maximilian Koch specializes in advising private and public corporate law, in particular stock corporation law and takeover law, transformation law, financial and capital markets law as well as domestic and international cross-border M & A transactions and corporate reorganisations. Dr. Maximilian Koch´s well-founded economic expertise and comprehensive professional experience fit his legal background. Since March 2005, he is partner of MKRG after practising as an attorney at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for several years.
 
Mütze Korsch Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Trinkausstraße 7
40213  Düsseldorf, Germany


Telephone: +49 (0) 211-882929
Fax: +49 (0) 211 88292-6
http://www.mkrg.com



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Practice AreasCorporate Law; Stock Corporations; Corporate Governance; Corporate Litigation; Takeover Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Markets; Finance; Commercial Law
 
EducationUniversity of Osnabrück (J.D., 1995; Dr. iur. "summa cum laude", 2000); Distance University of Hagen (Dipl.-Kfm); Second State Examination (2001)
 
Admitted2002, Germany
 
MembershipsSchmalenbach Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e. V., Cologne; Bundesverband deutscher Volks- und Betriebswirte e.V.; Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung - Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (VGR) e. V.; Wirtschaftsclub Düsseldorf.
 
LanguagesGerman and English
 
BornLüdenscheid, Germany, December 5, 1968
 
Biography*1989-1992: Employed in the medium size plastics processing industry, finally as manager of a company that constructed, produced and distributed injection molded thermoplastic precision items in particular for the international TV set industry *1995- 1997: Scientific Associate, Shearman & Sterling *1997-1999: Assistant Lecturer of Prof. Dr. Theodor Baums, Institute for Commercial and Business Law, University of Osnabrück *2002-2005 Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Düsseldorf, sector group Corporate, Public M & A *Since March 2005: Senior Partner at Mütze Korsch Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH // Achievements: Recipient, Karmann-Förderpreis 1993 (Karmann Award 1993 for excellent works of particular importance for medium-sized companies), University of Osnabrück; ACQ Global Award 2009 // Author of: M. Koch, Diversifizierung und Vorstandskompetenzen, 2001; Kapitel 6: Rechtsstellung der Gesellschafter in Bormann/Kauka/Ockelmann, Handbuch GmbH-Recht, 2009; et al. // Various: Lectures regularly at university and client symposia in particular on corporate law as well as capital markets law.
 
ISLN919545838
 
TransactionsAdvising Saban Capital Group, Inc. on the KirchMedia transaction (2002/2003); Acquisition of a minority stake in CompuGROUP Holding AG by General Atlantic Partners (2003); Acquisition of the main shareholding in Beiersdorf AG by Tchibo Holding AG, HGV and Troma as buyers and, in this context, structuring and executing the public self tender offer program of Beiersdorf AG (2003/2004); Sale of the main shareholding in TUI AG by WestLB AG (2004); Management Buyout of the Maredo group (2005 - "Maredo I"). Establishing European cash pool systems in several international corporate groups (2005/2006); Advising a foreign stock corporation listed in Germany on drafting a prospectus in accordance with the German Securities Selling Prospectus Act (WpPG) pertaining to newly issued shares (2006); Restructuring the financing of an international group of companies from the chemicals industry (2006/2007); Advising on the settlement of a corporate claim which amounted to a three-digit million euros sum (2006/2007); Establishing a factoring company in Germany (2007); Aligning US stock option plans with the German capital markets law requirements (2007); Acquisition of the Homann group by IFR (2007); Secondary Management Buyout of the Maredo group (2008 - "Maredo II"; this transaction won MKRG the ACQ Global Award 2009 in the category "Small Law Firm of the Year - Western Europe"); Advising a German listed stock corporation from the metal recycling industry in the crisis in corporate, financial and capital markets law (2008/2009).
 

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Questions and Answers on the Current Economic Climate for Cross-Border M&A Transactions in Germany
Maximilian Koch, July 15, 2009
In May 2009, the British M&A magazine Corporate INTL asked selected international M&A experts about the current economic climate for cross-border M&A transactions. Regarding Germany, Dr Maximilian Koch, corporate partner with Mütze Korsch Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft (MKRG), was interviewed; some...

Foreign Stock Option Plans: German Insider Trading Law is Oftentimes Unexpectedly Applicable
Maximilian Koch, March 5, 2009
Frequently, foreign listed companies, in particular companies from the USA, want to grant their staff abroad access to the company's stock option plan. However, in many cases the companies that arranged for a listing on their domestic stock exchange only are not aware of the fact that their shares...


 

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