Partner

Dr. Frederike Volkmann, LL.B.

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Languages

German
English
French
Spanish

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Frederike Volkmann advises German and international clients on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, restructurings and corporate actions as well as general corporate law matters including stock corporation law. Her clients include medium-sized businesses and listed companies in Germany and abroad as well as start-ups. Some of the start-ups she works with are part of the CMS equIP programme.

Frederike joined CMS Hamburg in 2014. Prior to that, she was an assistant to the management board and in-house lawyer at Lürssen shipyard in Bremen. She was named Partner in 2024.

Relevant experience

Bundesrepublik Deutschland Finanzagentur (central service provider for Germany's borrowing and debt management) | On stabilisation measures for MV Werften shipbuilding company
Volkswagen and Porsche | On the "Bugatti Rimac" joint venture
Jacobs University Bremen | On the sale to Schaffhausen Institute of Technology
Otto Group | On the acquisition of the majority of shares in the Medgate Group
XING | On the acquisition of Honeypot GmbH
John T. Essberger | Advising John T. Essberger on the acquisition of Danish chemical tanker operator Crystal Nordic
Encavis AG | Advising Encavis AG on the public takeover of CHORUS Clean Energy AG
Euler Hermes and EOS | Advising Euler Hermes and EOS on the sale of Bürgel Group
Northland Power Inc | Advising Northland Power Inc on the acquisition of a majority stake in the offshore wind farms “Nordsee Two” and “Nordsee Three”
Scout24 Group | Advising Scout24 Group on the acquisition of classmarkets GmbH

Publications

ZuFinG – Mehrstimmrechtsaktien als Instrument für Familienunternehmer und Gründer?, Recht der Familienunternehmen (RFamU) 2023, Heft 10, 443
Haftung des GmbH-Geschäftsführers bei Planung, Errichtung und Betrieb von Offshore Windparks, insbesondere in Matrix-Strukturen, GmbHR 2016, p. 1068
Internal Investigations: Private Ermittlungen im Spannungsfeld von strafprozessualen Grundsätzen und Anforderungen eines globalisierten Wirtschaftsstrafverfahrens, Peter Lang, 2012

Education

2013: Second state examination in law and admitted as a lawyer
2012: PhD; thesis on “Internal Investigations”, supported by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation
2010 - 2013: Trainee lawyer at Hamburg Higher Regional Court including placements at the German Embassy in Santiago (Chile) and an international law firm in New York
2009: First state examination in law
2008: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
2004 - 2008: Law studies at the Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, including term abroad at Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Buenos Aires

Practice Areas

Corporate / M&A Stock corporation law Mergers & Acquisitions

sectors

Venture Capital

Insights by Frederike

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Publication Germany

German Location Promotion Act: Impetus for the capital market and start-ups

10 Feb 2026 6 min read

Deals Germany

CMS advises Hamburg-based investment partnership Vorsprung on acquisition of leading steel bridge builder ZSB Zwickauer Sonderstahlbau GmbH

09 Jan 2025 2 min read

News Germany

CMS advises the founder and managing partner of Orendt on transaction with Beyond Capital Partners

26 Sep 2024 2 min read