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Christoph Löffler
Counsel

Dr. Christoph Löffler

Rechtsanwalt

Leipzig, Germany
Languages
  • German
  • English
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Christoph Löffler is a lawyer in the CMS Corporate / M&A group. He joined CMS in 2016 after having worked as a research assistant at an international law firm as well as at the University of Halle where his research work focussed on capital markets criminal law. He has been a counsel since 2022.

Relevant experience

  • Advising Bridgepoint's portfolio company Qualitest on acquisition of Telexiom
  • Advising Canadian accounting software provider FreshBooks on the acquisition of FastBill
  • Advising of British listed real estate investment company CLS on portfolio acquisition
  • Advising VR Equitypartner and MEH Beteiligungs GmbH on the sale of n3k group to Invision
  • Advising the shareholders of IT-service provider EWERK on investment by NORD Holding
  • Advise on the sale of Healthfood24, a premium petfood producer and retailer, to Alphapet Ventures
  • Advising EEX AG on integration of Powernext SAS (France) und Gaspoint Nordic A/S (Denmark)
  • Advising on the sale of semiconductor specialist Creative Chips GmbH to MDAX listed Dialog Semiconductor Plc.
  • Advising API International AG on capital increase of car digitization specialist Twinner
  • Advising VR Equitypartner and BIP Investment Partners on the sale of LEUNA-Tenside GmbH to US firm Vantage Specialty Chemicals Holding Inc., a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital
  • Advising on the sale of procilon-Group to Harald Quandt Industriebeteiligungen
  • Advising lead investor Ponooc on series B financing round for e-scooter start-up unu
  • Advising the shareholders of 2sales International S.A. on the sale to WPP Group
  • Medike International: Advice on the acquisition of Landes Group from VR Equitypartner
  • Advising Hirmer Group on the acquisition of Travel Charme Hotels & Resorts
  • Advising the shareholders on the sale of BELANTIS leisure park to Parques Reunidos Group
  • Advising Aheim Capital on the sale of shares in W.AG to funds advised by Kieger AG and CIC Capital
  • Advising the sole shareholder of webhosting company Alfahosting on the sale to European Directories, a company of Triton Fund III
  • Advising Sosta on the sale of its production facility to Butting Group
  • Advising Kreuzfahrtberater.de on the sale to Cruise.co.uk, a portfolio company of Bridgepoint Development Capital
  • Advising on the sale of Gamma Service Group to Eckert & Ziegler AG
  • Advising SUEZ on the acquisition of a hazardous waste treatment facility from DOW

Publications

  • Recht der Kapitalgesellschaften: GmbH (Corporate Law: the limited liability company), in: Wachter (Ed.), Praxis des Handels- und Gesellschaftsrechts (Commercial and Corporate Law Practice) (5th Edition., 2021), p. 882 – 1128 (together with Prof. Dr. Heribert Heckschen)
  • Die Straftatbestände des Zahlungsdiensteaufsichtsgesetzes (ZAG), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2017
  • "Gesicht zeigen!" – anonym? "Outing" und das Vermummungsverbot aus strafrechtlicher Sicht ("Show Your Face!" – Anonymous? Outing of Demonstrators for Identification and the Ban on Face Coverings from the Penal-Law Perspective), in: Beier/Weber (editors), Festschrift for Volker Schimpff (BUFM 76), p. 421 et seqq.
  • Begriff der Insiderinformation (The Term of Insider Information), comment on the decision issued by the European Court of Justice on 28/06/2012, C-19/11, NZWiSt 2012, p. 303 et seqq.
  • Review: Kruse, Die Preiserheblichkeit von Insiderinformationen (The Price Relevance of Insider Information), ZBB 2011, p. 238 et seqq.
  • Befugte Mitteilung von Insiderinformationen in Presseerzeugnissen (Authorised Communication of Insider Information in Press Products), in: Schröder/Sethe [editors], Kapitalmarktrecht und Pressefreiheit, 2011, p. 95 et seqq.; (together with Marcus Bergmann)

Memberships & Roles

Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung (VGR)

Education

  • 2016: PhD at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  • 2014 - 2016: Trainee lawyer in Dresden and Leipzig
  • 2010 - 2014: Research assistant at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (to Prof Dr Christian Schröder)
  • 2003 - 2009: Studying law
  • 2001 - 2003: Studying economics and management at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Practice Areas
Corporate / M&A Mergers & Acquisitions International Group Structures

Insights by Christoph

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Deals Germany

CMS advises CIP on majority stake in H2APEX's hydrogen electrolysis project in Lubmin

08 Aug 2025 2 min read
Deals Germany

Mega investment in the energy sector: CMS advises Vitol backed VPI on investment of up to 450 million euros in battery projects in Germany

13 Sep 2024 2 min read
Deals Germany

CMS advises Vattenfall on sale of 49% of shares in offshore wind farm projects Nordlicht 1 and 2 to BASF

22 Apr 2024 2 min read
News Germany

CMS advises founders and business angels of calimoto GmbH on sale of majority stake to Russmedia Equity Partners

26 Sep 2022 2 min read
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