Partner

Christopher Freiherr von Lilien-Waldau

Rechtsanwalt

Languages

German
English

Social media

Christopher von Lilien-Waldau advises companies, shareholders and investors on domestic and cross-border private equity and M&A transactions, including distressed M&A. He also advises financial investors and clients in various industries on corporate restructurings as well as international financing rounds and general corporate law issues. Furthermore, Christopher is a mentor in the CMS equIP programme, working with start-ups and their investors and advising them on setting up their businesses, funding and exit.

Christopher joined CMS in 2013 and became a partner in 2022. In 2019, he worked in London for a leading global consulting firm in corporate finance, M&A and restructuring.

Awards & Recognitions

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"solution-oriented, constructive and effective negotiator"

Mandant, 2021
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„überzeugt durch sein Verständnis für wirtschaftliche und unternehmenspolitische Zusammenhänge sowie seine hohe Effizienz“

Mandant, 2020
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Führender Anwalt Steuerrecht

Kanzleimonitor 2022/2023

Relevant experience

x+bricks | On securing access to a real estate portfolio worth around EUR 1 billion
MBCC Group | On the acquisition of TPH Bausysteme
Kienzle Automotive | On the sale to Liberta Partners
x+bricks, SCP Group | On the acquisition of real,- Group from Metro
IVG Immobilien | On the sale of the portfolio companies TRIUVA (EUR 9.8 billion AuM) and STORAG
Augur | On the sale of Veritas Group (EUR 8 billion AuM) to La Française
Qvest Media | On the sale of a majority stake to RAG-Stiftung Beteiligungsgesellschaft
YOUNIQ | On corporate restructuring and restructuring of financial liabilities

Publications

Unternehmenskauf aus der Insolvenz: Besonderheiten in der Praxis (mit Dr. Maximilian Hacker), WPg 2018 (Heft 8), S. 522 ff.
Kompetenz des Insolvenzverwalters zur Umfirmierung der insolventen Gesellschaft – gleichzeitig Anm. zu KG, Beschluss vom 10.7.2017 – 22 W 47/17 (mit Dr. Maximilian Hacker), NZI 2017 (Heft 20), S. 787 ff.

Memberships & Roles

Member of the Board of Private Equity Forum NRW e.V.
Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (academic association for company and corporate law)

Lectures list

"Legal Basics when founding and financing a startup", Startplatz Accelerator, September 2021
"Rechtlicher Rahmen für Startups und Investoren bei Finanzierung und Exit", Startplatz Accelerator, Juni 2021
"Rechtliche Grundlagen für Gründung und Wachstum von Startups", Startplatz Accelerator, Februar 2021
"Legal Pitch Training", Startplatz Accelerator, Dezember 2020
"Legal Basics for Startups", Startplatz Düsseldorf, August 2020
„Corona-Spezial: Erleichterungen für Distressed M&A Transaktionen“, diverse Webinare im April und Mai 2020
"Die W&I Insurance im M&A-Prozess: Deal Maker oder Deal Breaker?", CFA Society Germany, Oktober 2019
"Aktuelle Entwicklungen aus Käufer- und Verkäufersicht?", Network Corporate Finance, Juni 2019
"Der M&A Vertrag aus Käufer- und Verkäufersicht", CFA Society Germany, November 2018

Education

2013: Second state examination in law
2011 - 2013: Trainee lawyer in Duesseldorf, Bonn and Hamburg including placements at the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection and a leading international commercial law firm
2011: First state examination in law
Law and economics studies in Bonn and Salzburg

Practice Areas

Corporate / M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Distressed M&A Finance Restructuring

sectors

Private Clients Venture Capital Private Equity & Venture Capital

topics

Start-ups

Insights

Global Reach

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