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Artur Baron

Counsel
Rechtsanwalt

CMS Hasche Sigle
Kasernenstraße 43-45
40213 Duesseldorf
Germany
Languages German, English, Russian

Corporate law expert Artur Baron primarily advises on complex group restructurings, M&A transactions and joint ventures. He has special expertise and extensive experience in advising clients on the conversation of companies into a European Company (SE) as well as on cross-border conversions, including the relevant co-determination aspects. He also advises companies with co-determination on supervisory board elections and ongoing corporate governance issues.

Artur joined CMS in 2017 and was made counsel in 2022.

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Education

  • 2016: Second state examination in law
  • 2014 - 2016: Trainee lawyer at Duisburg Regional Court including placements in Duesseldorf, Munich and Washington, D.C.
  • 2014: First state examination in law
  • 2008 - 2014: Law studies at the University of Konstanz and Cardiff University (Wales)
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07/07/2023
CMS advises Stockmeier Group on conversion to European stock corporation
Düs­sel­dorf/Co­logne – Stockmeier Holding GmbH, an international company based in Bielefeld, has changed its corporate form and will trade in future as a European stock corporation (Societas Europaea...
28/04/2023
Becoming a public limited company – CMS advises Raiffeisen War­en-Zen­t­rale...
Düsseldorf – Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale Rhein-Main eG (RWZ) unanimously adopted a resolution to change its legal form at the General Meeting held on 27 April. The members present accepted the re­com­mend­a­tion...
07/10/2022
CMS advises Gelsenwasser on the sale of its Czech business to Accolade...
Düsseldorf - Gelsenwasser AG has sold its Czech business in water supply and wastewater disposal, as well as heat and power generation, to the Accolade Group. Gelsenwasser is ending its successful involvement...
01/08/2022
CMS advises Plastic Omnium on full acquisition of HBPO joint venture
Dusseldorf – Plastic Omnium has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 33.33 percent of Hella's stake in HBPO, giving it full ownership of the world leader in complex automotive front-end modules...
20/01/2022
CMS advises repair specialist Hans Kämmerer on majority investment by Storskogen
Düsseldorf – Swedish investment company Storskogen has acquired a majority shareholding in Hans Kämmerer GmbH, based in Wachtendonk (North Rhine-West­phalia). Hans Kämmerer has around 100 employees...
29/07/2021
All entities required to register – TraFinG enters into force on 1 August...
The Transparency Register and Financial Information Act (TraFinG) entered into force on 1 August 2021. Its aim is to make further progress on combating money laundering and terrorist financing and, in addition to delivering greater transparency into legal entities and their beneficial owners, to create the basis for linking all the relevant registers throughout Europe. In particular, the TraFinG does away with the notional notifications that previously applied to listed companies and all legal entities for which information on the (notional) beneficial owners could be obtained from the commercial register, partnership register, cooperative society register, register of associations or company register. Specifically, this means that in future all these corporate bodies will also have to report their beneficial owners separately to the transparency register, even if the beneficial owners are already evident from the commercial register or other re­gisters. Spe­cial regulations only apply to registered associations (eingetragene Vereine). There are no changes with regard to foundations (Stiftungen), for which no notional registration has been possible anyway. When the Act to Modernise Partnership Law (MoPeG) comes into effect on 1 January 2024, companies under civil law (GbR) will likewise be subject to the requirement to be registered in the transparency register, if they choose to be entered in the company register. In addition, the cases in which foreign purchasers of German real estate must report information on their beneficial owners to the German transparency register have been considerably extended. Transition periods Transition periods that depend on the specific legal form apply to associations which still benefit from notional notification under section 20 (2) of the GwG on 31 July 2021. Registration in these cases must be submitted to the transparency register forAG, SE and KGaA by 31 March 2022,GmbH, eG, SCE, PartG by 30 June 2022,All other associations subject to transparency requirements (including OHG and KG) by 31 December 2022. In these cases, failure to register will also not be considered an administrative offence for one year after expiry of the applicable transition period. Companies that previously wrongly assumed notional notification in accordance with section 20 (2) of the GwG, or did not register their beneficial owners for other reasons, do not benefit from the transitional arrangements and are required to register as usual without delay. Transactions involving real estate located in Germany Foreign as­so­ci­ations/trusts that have not already submitted information on their beneficial owners to another register operated by an EU Member State will in future be obliged to report this information to the German transparency register if they acquire a property located in Germany, in the following cases:Ac­quis­i­tion by way of an asset deal,Acquisition by way of a share deal within the scope of section 1 (3) of the GrEStG, i.e. at least 90% of the shares in a company that owns a German property are merged by the foreign association or are transferred to it,Legal transaction within the meaning of section 1 (3) a of the GrEStG, i.e. the legal transaction results in the foreign association holding an ownership interest of at least 90% in a company that owns a German property. In this context, it should be noted that notaries are prohibited from notarising transactions of this type if the foreign association has not complied with its notification obligation (section 10 (9) sentence 4 of the GwG). There are no transition periods in this respect. Action needed Action is required for all new entities established or registered from 1 August 2021 onward. The information on beneficial owners must be reported to the transparency register without delay; the transition periods do not apply to newly established entities. In general, the amendment to the law provides an opportunity to submit missing reports; registrations that have already been submitted should be reviewed for accuracy and to see whether further information is required (e.g. additional nationalities). If notional notification still applies on 31 July 2021, the transition period should be used to prepare for registration in the transparency register. Registered as­so­ci­ations (ein­getra­gene Vereine) should review the automatic entries in the transparency register with regard to their accuracy. In addition, associations subject to transparency requirements must in future check and, if necessary, update their registration in the transparency register if there are any changes involving their (notional) beneficial owners (for example, change of shareholders or man­age­ment). Lastly, in the case of transactions with foreign purchasers, it is important to check in good time whether this involves a property located in Germany, with the result that the relevant information would need to be registered in the transparency register. Given that notaries are prohibited from notarising transactions if the relevant information is not registered, this point should also be clarified with the notary in advance. We would be happy to assist you in identifying beneficial owners and registering the relevant information with the transparency register. Please feel free to get in touch at any time.
05/02/2021
CMS advises Sievert Group on extensive reorganisation and formation of...
Cologne – The international Sievert Group completed a complex and comprehensive project to reorganise its corporate structures at the start of the new year. In the first half of last year, the company...
08/12/2020
CMS advises Häfele on conversion to SE & Co KG
Stuttgart – Häfele GmbH & Co KG, the parent company of the world-leading Häfele Group, a manufacturer and supplier of furniture fittings and architectural hardware, electronic locking systems and...
02/11/2020
CMS advises Plastic Omnium on establishment of Joint Venture with ElringKlinger
Dus­sel­dorf/Vi­enna - In order to drive forward the development of hydrogen mobility, the two automotive suppliers ElringKlinger and Plastic Omnium will create a joint venture for the development and large-scale...
17/10/2019
CMS advises Mindcurv shareholders on investment by GENUI Partners and PRIMEPULSE
Cologne – Hamburg-based private equity firm GENUI Partners and entrepreneur Klaus Weinmann (acting through his PRIMEPULSE investment holding company) have acquired Mindcurv Group GmbH, an Essen-based...
14/11/2017
IVG advised by CMS Germany on successful sale of TRIUVA to PATRIZIA
Düsseldorf – Bonn-based financial holding company IVG Immobilien AG (“IVG”) has sold its shares in TRIUVA Kapit­al­ver­wal­tungs­gesell­schaft mbH (“TRIUVA”) to PATRIZIA Immobilien AG of Augsburg...