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Christoph has many years‘ experience in the fields of corporate law and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). He advises clients inter alia on the formation, restructuring and liquidation of companies and groups of companies and on the purchase and sale of companies and shareholdings, regularly on a cross-border basis. Another key practice area is advising on compliance and corporate governance issues. His clients includes larger companies and groups based in Germany and abroad as well as medium-sized entrepreneurs and companies and their board members, primarily from the industrial, service and real estate sectors.

Christoph is Co-Head of the Commercial and Corporate Law practice group and Head of the Corporate Transactions (M&A) competence team. He speaks German and English.

What others say

Frequently recommended for M&A and corporate law; "precise and forward-looking", "a good negotiator, always keeps a cool head", a competitor
JUVE Handbook 2023/24

Cited as "Frequently recommended" - "solution-orientated and creative, excellent M&A knowledge", a competitor
JUVE Handbook 2022/23

Leading lawyer for corporate law 2020 
WirtschaftsWoche Top-Kanzleien 2020

One of the most frequently recommended lawyers for Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers® 'Germany's Best Lawyers 2024'

Recent work

  • Advising a group of companies in the construction sector on a dispute with the heirs of a shareholder
  • Advising a hotel operator on the sale of several hotels
  • Advising a chemical park operator on the auditing and reorganisation of the group-wide compliance management system
  • Advising a project developer in the shopping centre sector on a cross-border shareholder dispute
  • Advising a nursing home operator on the sale of an operating company
  • Advising a leading retail chain in the textile sector on the purchase of several branches belonging to a competitor
  • Advising a listed company in the railway technology sector on a strategic acquisition in the Netherlands
  • Advising the management of a company on the acquisition (MBO) of an international communications agency
  • Advising a fine art printing company from the UK on its acquisitions and restructuring in  Germany
  • Advising a global real estate service provider from the US on restructuring and corporate governance issues
  • Advising various project developers on the purchase and sale of real estate projects and portfolio properties (share deals) in the residential, commercial and hotel sectors
  • Advising a fintech company on the sale of its core business
  • Advising a medical device manufacturer from the US on company acquisitions and restructuring in Germany
  • Advising an SDAX-listed group on the revision of its group-wide compliance management system
  • Advising an investment fund from the US on the sale of biomass power plants in Germany
  • Advising a German animal feed manufacturer on an acquisition in Canada
  • Advising an MDAX-listed group on strategic joint ventures in Asia and Africa

Curriculum vitae 

  • Studied law at the University of Hamburg, 1999 to 2003
  • Legal clerkship in Hamburg, Düsseldorf and London, 2005 to 2008
  • PhD at the Free University of Berlin, 2009
  • Lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 2008 to 2011
  • Lawyer at Kapellmann since 2011
  • Lecturer in M&A at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences, 2018 to 2022

Further qualifications and membership

  • Regularly lectures and provides training, in particular in the areas of  M&A, directors’ liability and compliance
  • Contributor to JURIS AnwaltZertifikatOnline
  • Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Member of the Academic Association for Corporate and Business Law (Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Unternehmens- and Gesellschaftsrecht (VGR))
  • Member of the German Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses (Deutsche Mittelstands-Bund (DMB) e.V. )

Publications

Articles

Carstens, Erwerberschutz bei übertragender Sanierung (zugleich Anm. zu BGH, Urt. v. 03.12.2019 - II ZR 457/18), AnwZert HaGesR 15/2020,Anm. 1

Carstens, Compliance und Organhaftung (Teil 2): Umgang mit Verdachtsmomenten und Haftungsrisiken für Organmitglieder, AnwZert HaGesR 20/2019, Anm. 2

Carstens, Compliance und Organhaftung (Teil 1): Organisationspflichten von Unternehmensleitern zur Vermeidung von Rechtsverstößen im Unternehmen, AnwZert HaGesR 19/2019, Anm. 1

Carstens, Informationsrechte des GmbH-Gesellschafters nach § 51a GmbHG (Teil 2), AnwZert HaGesR 24/2013, Anm. 2

Carstens, Informationsrechte des GmbH-Gesellschafters nach § 51a GmbHG (Teil 1), AnwZert HaGesR 23/2013, Anm. 1

Carstens, Wirtschaftliche und rechtliche Bedeutung von Patronatserklärungen, AnwZert HaGesR 17/2010, Anm. 2

Carstens, Besondere Pflichten von GmbH-Geschäftsführern in der Krise der Gesellschaft, AnwZert HaGesR 5/2010, Anm. 1

Carstens, Neuere Entwicklungen bei Schadensersatzansprüchen aus der Kündigung von Handelsvertreterverträgen, AnwZert HaGesR 5/2009, Anm. 3

Annotations on court decisions

Carstens, Erwerberschutz bei übertragender Sanierung (zugleich Anm. zu BGH, Urt. v. 03.12.2019 - II ZR 457/18), AnwZert HaGesR 15/2020,Anm. 1

Carstens, Anmerkung zu OLG Köln, Urt. v. 15.01.2009 - 18 U 205/07 (Unterschreiten des Unternehmensgegenstands bei der Veräußerung von Beteiligungen) (mit Gisewski) CCZ 2/2009, S. 73-76

Events

10.10.2024
ESG-Lunch in Hamburg

Unser Thema zur Mittagszeit: ESG, Nachhaltigkeit, Klimaschutz!

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Competencies: EU law, Energy law, ESG/Sustainability/Green Contracts

Organizer: Kapellmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB

Address: Am Sandtorkai 50, D-20457, Hamburg

10.04.2024
ESG-Lunch in Hamburg

Unser Thema zur Mittagszeit: ESG, Nachhaltigkeit, Klimaschutz!

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Competencies: Energy law, ESG/Sustainability/Green Contracts

Organizer: Kapellmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB

Address: Am Sandtorkai 50, D-20457, Hamburg

07.09.2023
ESG-Lunch in Hamburg

Unser Thema zur Mittagszeit: ESG, Nachhaltigkeit, Klimaschutz!

Interesse? Mehr zum Inhalt und zur Anmeldemöglichkeit finden Sie unter diesem Link!

 

Competencies: Energy law, ESG/Sustainability/Green Contracts

Organizer: Kapellmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB

Address: Am Sandtorkai 50, D-20457, Hamburg

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