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Lawyers for mergers & acquisitions

Private, public or distressed M&A: our Corporate/M&A practice has more than 250 lawyers specialising in mergers & acquisitions, making it one of the largest in Germany. 

Our mergers & acquisitions lawyers regularly outperform all other law firms by advising on the largest number of M&A transactions with German involvement, making them front-runners in the German M&A market. As part of the CMS organisation we are also ranked in the top tier of European M&A law firms and head the relevant league tables.

Our firm’s M&A lawyers work with experts from a range of other areas both within CMS Germany and internationally to deliver tailor-made advice from a single source.

Please see below for a list with the contact details of our lawyers specialising in corporate/M&A. They will be happy to help with any queries.

Click here for more information on our Corporate/M&A practice.

 
Dirk Jannott
Dr. Dirk Jannott
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Duesseldorf
Dirk Jannott mainly advises strategic investors on national and international M&A transactions. He also focuses on complex group reorganisations and has extensive know-how and experience advising companies...
Hubertus Kolster
Dr. Hubertus Kolster
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Frankfurt
Hubertus Kolster’s advisory practice concentrates on corporate and business law as well as on M&A transactions, with a specific focus on assisting strategic German and international investors. Hubertus...
Holger Kraft
Dr. Holger Kraft
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Hamburg
Holger Kraft specialises in advising on national and international energy and infrastructure transactions and project finance. This includes structuring and managing the transactions as well as considering...
Martin Kuhn
Dr. Martin Kuhn
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Munich
Martin Kuhn specializes in stock corporation law and the group law and advises on cross-border transactions and reorganisations. He has advised on large IPOs in Germany and regularly works for companies...
Joachim Kühne
Joachim Kühne
Partner
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Insolvenzrecht (Certified lawyer for insolvency law)
Germany, Frankfurt
Joachim Kühne provides expert insolvency administration advice and assistance with national and international distressed mergers and acquisitions transactions. He regularly advises on self-administration...
Ralf Kurney
Ralf Kurney
Partner
Rechtsanwalt | Co-Head of the CMS Private Equity Group
Germany, Berlin
Ralf Kurney is a transactional lawyer with an international practice, specialising in M&A, private equity and corporate reorganisations. He advises on cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures as...
Christoph Lächler
Dr. Christoph Lächler
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Stuttgart
Christoph Lächler specialises in private equity and M&A transactions, advising German and international investors and companies on cross-border company acquisitions and sales, add-on transactions, joint...
Jochen Lamb
Dr. Jochen Lamb
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Stuttgart
Jochen Lamb has extensive experience advising German and international investors and banks as well as energy suppliers on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and projects. He also advises his clients...
Stefan Lehr
Stefan Lehr
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Frankfurt
Stefan Lehr specialises in merger control and has many years of experience advising on cross-border merger control proceedings. He represents his clients – among those companies in the machine and plant...
Gerd Leutner
Dr. Gerd Leutner
Partner
Rechtsanwalt
Germany, Berlin
Gerd Leutner advises German and international companies on structuring their business activities in Germany with a focus on M&A, restructuring of groups of companies, change of legal form and mergers...