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Dr. Jochen N. Schlotter

Partner
Rechtsanwalt, Notary Public

CMS Hasche Sigle
Neue Mainzer Straße 2–4
60311 Frankfurt
Germany
Languages German, English, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

Jochen Schlotter’s practice focuses on stock corporation and capital markets law, taking care of (annual and extraordinary) general meetings for listed companies and advising them on an ongoing basis on corporate governance issues and the fulfilment of their obligations under capital markets law. He also advises companies on public takeovers and the structuring of groups. In addition, Jochen is a notary and in this capacity regularly involved in corporate transactions, restructurings and changes of corporate form.

Jochen joined CMS in 2001 and became a partner in 2007. In 2008, he was seconded to CMS Madrid and has since been part of the firm’s German-Spanish desk. He teaches at different German academic institutions, such as EBS (European Business School) in Wiesbaden, the University of Münster, where he is a lecturer for the university’s LL.M. programme, and the University of Heidelberg’s law department. Jochen is also among the authors of “Beurkundung von Unternehmenstransaktionen“ (Notarisation of Corporate Transactions), a practical guide published by one of Germany’s leading legal publishers.

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Relevant experience

  • Advising numerous German listed stock corporations on corporate and stock corporation law matters (capital increases, AGMs, corporate governance)
  • Numerous notarisations of large M&A and real estate transactions
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Memberships & Roles

  • German Bar Association
  • Frankfurter Anwaltsverein e.V.
  • Deutsch-Lusitanische Juristenvereinigung e.V.
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Publications

  • Leutner / Schlotter / Zätzsch, Beurkundung von Unternehmenstransaktionen, Beck 2015
  • 21.01.2008 "Ein Jahr EHUG - die ersten Praxiserfahrungen", BetriebsBerater (BB) 2008
  • Teichmann, Mattheus, Kainer, Zivilrechtliche Anwaltsfälle in Studium und Examen, Juristische Schriftenreihe, Beitrag zum Erbrecht, Beck-Verlag 2007
  • Das EHUG ist in Kraft getreten: Das Recht der Unternehmenspublizität hat eine neue Grundlage, BetriebsBerater 2007, p. 1
  • Makrotron-Urteil des Bundesgerichthofs - Die Folgen für den Rückzug von der Börse, Going Public Magazin - Das Kapitalmarktmagazin 2003, p. 40 ff
  • Entschleierung der verschleierten Sacheinlage in der GmbH, Der Syndikus, 34. Ausgabe 2003
  • Erbrechtliche Probleme in der Société Privée Européenne 2002
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Education

  • 2001: PhD on inheritance and international private law issues in multinational companies
  • 2000: Second state examination in law
  • 1997 - 2000: Research assistant at the Institute for German and European Corporate and Business Law in Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. Hommelhoff)
  • 1997: First state examination in law
  • Law studies in Heidelberg
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21/10/2022
CMS advises Supervisory Board of SÜSS MicroTec SE
Frankfurt/Main – A CMS team has provided the Supervisory Board of SÜSS MicroTec SE with comprehensive legal advice around the wish by CEO Dr Götz Bendele to take time out in order to care for a family...
01/02/2022
Your notaries at CMS Germany
Your notaries Many legal transactions involving corporate law and real property law require certification by a German notary. The purpose of notarisation is to ensure that these par­tic­u­larly im­port­ant...
23/12/2021
CMS advises home24 on acquisition of homeware specialist BUTLERS
Berlin – Berlin-based home24 SE, a leading pure-play home & living e-commerce platform in continental Europe and Brazil, has acquired all the shares in Butlers, a retailer of homeware, decorations and...
27/09/2019
CMS advises Commerz Real on the largest German real estate transaction...
Frankfurt/Main – Commerz Real AG has acquired the Millennium portfolio from Generali Lebens­ver­sicher­ung AG for its open-ended real estate fund Hausinvest. The portfolio comprises 49 office, residential...
31/01/2019
CMS advises founders of performance marketing agency Peak Ace on sale of...
Berlin – The founders of Berlin-based performance marketing agency Peak Ace AG have sold 51% of the shares in their company to the independent consulting and media agency My Media Group of France. The...
24/11/2017
CMS advises Nanogate SE on expansion into Austria and Slovakia
Frankfurt/Main – Saarland-based Nanogate SE, a leading global specialist for design-oriented high-tech surfaces and components, is acquiring the plastics division of Austrian firm HTI High Tech Industries...
07/11/2016
International CMS team advises Coherent on acquisition of ROFIN-SINAR Technologies
Frankfurt/Main – Coherent, Inc. ("Coherent"), a world leader in lasers and laser-based technology for scientific, commercial and industrial customers, has today announced completion of its acquisition...
22/09/2016
CMS advises Capital Stage on successful acquisition of CHORUS Clean Energy...
Frankfurt/Main – CMS has advised Capital Stage AG on all legal aspects of the successful takeover offer to the shareholders of CHORUS Clean Energy AG. Capital Stage offered the shareholders of SDAX-listed...
22/07/2016
CMS again advises Capital Stage on successful scrip dividend
Frankfurt/Main – CMS Germany has again advised Capital Stage, the Hamburg-based solar plant and wind farm operator, on payment of a scrip dividend. For the third year in a row Capital Stage has offered...
25/04/2016
Capital Stage AG completes successful 10% capital increase with CMS Support
Frankfurt am Main – Capital Stage AG has successfully completed a 10% capital increase. The Hamburg-based company has acquired solar power plants and wind farms in Germany, France, Italy and the UK...
21/03/2016
CMS Germany advises Coherent on acquisition of ROFIN-SINAR
Frankfurt am Main – Coherent, Inc., a world leader in lasers and laser-based technology for scientific, commercial and industrial customers, and ROFIN-SINAR Technologies, Inc., listed on the New York...
25/11/2014
CMS advises Capital Stage AG on successful issue of participation certificates
Frankfurt/Main - CMS has advised SDAX-listed Capital Stage, a Hamburg-based solar and wind farm operator, on agreeing a long-term strategic partnership with insurer Gothaer Versicherungen.A team led by...