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Carola Weistroffer
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Carola Weistroffer

Rechtsanwältin

Languages
  • German
  • English
  • French
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Carola Weistroffer (née Kürten) advises listed and non-listed companies on all

aspects of corporate law with a focus on stock corporation law and corporate

governance. She assists in the preparation and running of general meetings and shareholders' meetings and advises management boards, managing directors and supervisory boards on corporate compliance and directors' liability. Her practice also covers public takeovers, including the legal integration of the target companies.

As a certified CSR manager, Carola in addition advises companies on all aspects of corporate sustainability, on their ESG and corporate responsibility obligations as well as on sustainability transformation processes and the implementation of ESG measures. She regularly leads management and supervisory board trainings, especially on corporate governance and ESG/sustainability.

Carola joined CMS in 2020 from Linklaters LLP where she had started her legal

career in 2018. She was appointed counsel in 2024 and is a member of the firm‘s “Stock Corporation Law / Listed Companies“ and “Corporate Governance & Operations” excellence clusters.

Publications

  • "Hinweisgeberschutz: Ein wesentlicher ESG-Aspekt und ein Element für ESG-Konformität", comply. 3/2024, 44, together with Dr. Petra Schaffner
  • "Übersicht über die Anpassungen im Deutschen Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK) im Frühjahr 2022", CMS-Broschüre, August 2022, together with Dr. Petra Schaffner und Dominik von Zehmen
  • "Nachhaltigkeit – Ein Thema von rasant wachsender Bedeutung, auch für den Profifußball", Sportrecht und E-Sportrecht in der Praxis (SpoPrax) 2022, 433, together with Dr. Petra Schaffner
  • Die Willensbildung in der Aktiengesellschaft außerhalb der Hauptversammlung; Keine gesonderte Beteiligung der HV im Rahmen des Merger of Equals notwendig – zugleich Bespr. OLG München Urt. v. 14.10.2020 – 7 U 448/19, Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht (NZG) 2021, 1150 (Heft 26/2021), 1. September 2021, gemeinsam mit Dr. Dirk Schmidbauer

Memberships & Roles

  • German-French Lawyers‘ Association

Lectures list

  • "Qualifikation des Aufsichtsrats" (mit Dr. P. Schaffner), CMS Trainingsprogramm - Webinar-Reihe für Aufsichtsräte, 21. November 2024, Webinar
  • "Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung – was kommt vor allem auf kleine und mittlere Unternehmen zu?“ (mit Dr. Petra Schaffner), East Committee of the German Economy, April 10, 2024, Webinar
  • "The new DCGK 2022 - what are the concrete changes for ESG compliance?"(with Dr. Petra Schaffner), Management Circle Expert Conference, 13 June 2023 in Frankfurt/Main
  • "Notification Processes and Shareholder Identification according to ARUG II" (with Dominik von Zehmen), DPAii / Bundesanzeiger Verlag, 10 and 17 March 2022, webinars
  • "Update on Innovations for the 2022 Annual General Meeting Season" (with Maximilian Schneider and Dominik von Zehmen), 19 January 2022, webinar

Education

  • 2018: French bar examination (Équivalence du certificat d’aptitude à la profession d’avocat (CAPA)), Haute École des Avocats Conseils de Versailles, France
  • 2018: Second state examination in law, Duesseldorf, Germany
  • 2016 - 2018: Trainee lawyer, Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court, Germany (including practical legal training at Allens, Sydney, Australia)
  • 2015: First state examination in law, Duesseldorf, Germany
  • 2014 - 2015: MBA and Master 2 (Droit des Affaires et Management-Gestion), University Panthéon-Assas Paris II, France
  • 2008 - 2015: Law studies (including integrated German and French law studies), University of Duesseldorf, Germany / University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
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