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Dr. Christoph Schröder

Counsel
Rechtsanwalt

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Dr. Christoph Schröder

Counsel
Rechtsanwalt

Contact
CMS Hasche Sigle
Stadthausbrücke 1-3
20355 Hamburg
Germany
Languages German, English, Chinese

As a member of the firm’s China Desk, Christoph Schröder advises companies on commercial and corporate law.

He supports in particular Chinese state-owned and private enterprises in relation to their outbound investments and other overseas business activities, which primarily includes acquiring German companies as well as setting up joint ventures with German partners. Moreover, Christoph coordinates complex international projects for his Chinese clients, such as plant engineering or mandates involving multiple jurisdictions.

Having worked in the firm’s Hamburg office, he also has special shipping and transport expertise as well as extensive experience in German and international dispute resolution.

Christoph joined CMS in 2006 and has been a counsel since 2012. In the same year, he also relocated from Hamburg to Shanghai.

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Relevant experience

  • Advising Yongfeng Group on the acquisition of the German prefabricated construction group Bürkle.
  • Advising Chinese cable manufacturer ZTT on the acquisition of the Turkish company Demirer Kablo.
  • Advising China Railway Construction Corporation on the acquisition of the German company CIDEON Engineering and CIDEON Switzerland.
  • Advising Powerway Group Co., Ltd. (Ningbo/China) on the acquisition of Berkenhoff GmbH (Germany).
  • Advising a Chinese state-owned construction machinery manufacturer on emission standards in various European jurisdictions as well as on standard distribution agreements.
  • Advising a Chinese state-owned enterprise on establishing a hospital in Africa.
  • Advising a Chinese state-owned container shipping company on establishing agencies in several European countries.
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Education

  • 2006 - PhD; dissertation on Chinese transportation law
  • 2004 - 2006 Trainee lawyer in Kassel, followed by second state examination in law
  • 1999 - 2002 Law studies in Goettingen, followed by first state examination in law
  • 1998 - 1999 Chinese language and Chinese law studies in Nanjing
  • 1996 - 1998 Law and sinology studies in Wuerzburg
  • 1994 - 1996 Vocational training as a foreign trade merchant (Ausbildung zum Außenhandelskaufmann) in Hamburg
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Expertise

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12/04/2022
EU Cor­por­ate Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Due Di­li­gence Dir­ect­ive calls for more strin­gent...
The planned dir­ect­ive on cor­por­ate due di­li­gence is much more far-reach­ing than the Ger­man Sup­ply Chain Due Di­li­gence Act (Sup­ply Chain Act). On 23 Feb­ru­ary 2022, the European Com­mis­sion pub­lished its...
Law-Now
17/08/2021
CMS ad­vises WOW Tech Group on > EUR 1 bn busi­ness com­bin­a­tion with Love­honey...
Mu­nich – WOW Tech Group and Love­honey, two of the glob­al lead­ers for sexu­al well­ness products, join forces. To­geth­er with Swiss brand Amor­ana – ac­quired by Love­honey in 2020 – they now form the...
Deals
31/10/2019
CMS ad­vises Yong­feng on in­vest­ment in Swiss auto­mated park­ing spe­cial­ist...
Shang­hai – The Chinese Yong­feng Group has ac­quired a 25 per­cent stake in Sotefin SA, a Swiss sup­pli­er of auto­mated park­ing sys­tems for vehicles. At the same time, Yong­feng and Sotefin Pat­ents SA have...
Deals
18/04/2019
Stu­dents from Uni­versity of Vi­enna Law School and Del­eg­ates from Aus­tri­an...
A group of stu­dents from Uni­versity of Vi­enna Law School, led by Prof. Dr. Jo­hannes Reich-Rohr­wig, Part­ner of CMS Aus­tria, to­geth­er with Ms. Al­ex­an­dra Wag­n­er, Head of Of­fice, and Ms. Xiaoy­an Fu, Of­fice...
News
10/01/2019
CMS ad­vises Chinese con­glom­er­ate Yong­feng on ac­quis­i­tion of Ger­man pre­fab­ric­ated...
Shang­hai – The Chinese Yong­feng Group has ac­quired the Ger­man Bürkle Group, a pre­fab­ric­ated con­struc­tion en­ter­prise in­clud­ing Baus­toff­han­del Walth­er Bürkle GmbH & Co KG, Beton­werk Bürkle GmbH & Co...
Deals
14/09/2018
In­ter­na­tion­al CMS team as­sists Chinese cable man­u­fac­turer ZTT on ac­quis­i­tion...
Shang­hai/Istan­bul – The Chinese cable man­u­fac­turer Ji­angsu Zhong­tian Tech­no­logy Co., Ltd. (ZTT) has ac­quired the Turk­ish com­pany De­mirer Kablo from Saudi Cable Com­pany for USD 66.7 mil­lion. The trans­ac­tion...
Deals
03/03/2016
CMS ad­vises Chinese in­fra­struc­ture group CRCC on suc­cess­ful ac­quis­i­tion...
Frank­furt/Main – Chinese in­fra­struc­ture group China Rail­way Con­struc­tion Cor­por­a­tion (CRCC) of Beijing is en­ter­ing the Ger­man mar­ket by ac­quir­ing CIDEON En­gin­eer­ing and CIDEON Switzer­land. The com­pet­i­tion...
Press releases
08/10/2015
CMS ad­vises Chinese Power­way Group on ac­quis­i­tion of in­dus­tri­al com­pany...
Ham­burg / Shang­hai – Power­way Group Co. Ltd., a transna­tion­al com­pany headquartered in Ningbo/China, has ac­quired Berken­hoff GmbH of Heuchel­heim, Ger­many. The Chinese con­glom­er­ate op­er­ates primar­ily...
Press releases
07/11/2011
CMS ad­vises CAP­CEL­LENCE on ac­quis­i­tion of ma­jor­ity stake in 4WHEELS
Stut­tgart – Ham­burg-based in­vestor CAP­CEL­LENCE has ac­quired a ma­jor­ity of the shares in 4WHEELS Ser­vice + Lo­gistik GmbH, Düs­sel­dorf. Heinz and Robin Vogl, the founders of 4Wheels Ser­vice + Lo­gistik...
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