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Dr. Frederike Volkmann, LL.B.

Partner
Rechtsanwältin

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Dr. Frederike Volkmann, LL.B.

Partner
Rechtsanwältin

Contact
CMS Hasche Sigle
Stadthausbrücke 1-3
20355 Hamburg
Germany
Languages German, English, French, Spanish

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.

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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
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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
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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
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Expertise

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20/02/2024
CMS advises Vance Street Capital on the acquisition of Galleon Embedded...
Hamburg – Vance Street Capital, a mid-market private equity fund, based in Los Angeles (USA), has acquired Galleon Embedded Computing GmbH. Galleon Embedded Computing GmbH was founded in 2009 and offers computer systems for the aerospace/de­fense sector as well as for demanding industrial and research applications. The acquisition of the German company complements the portfolio of Vance Street Capital, which had previously acquired an affiliated company of Galleon Embedded Computing GmbH in Norway. The parties have agreed not to disclose details of the transaction. CMS advised Vance Street Capital with a team led by lead partner Dr Eckart Gottschalk on all legal aspects of the acquisition. The advice included in particular the structuring of the transaction as well as the drafting and negotiation of the transaction doc­u­ment­a­tion. Press Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com   
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06/12/2023
CMS Germany enters 2024 with four new partners
Berlin – Commercial law firm CMS Germany has appointed four new partners with effect from the start of 2024. These appointments expand the partnership in the Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A and Private...
Press releases
10/11/2023
CMS advises clean tech start-up DACMA on investment by Repsol
Munich – The clean-tech start-up DACMA GmbH has secured further funding to accelerate Direct Air Capture (DAC) through an investment by Repsol Energy Venture S.A. With this partnership, Repsol and DACMA...
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23/08/2023
CMS advises digital start-up Qualifyze on $12 million round of financing
Frankfurt/Main – Frankfurt-based digital startup Qualifyze, a data provider for supply chain compliance in the pharmaceutical sector, has raised $12 million of new capital in a round of financing. Investors...
News
17/01/2023
CMS advises Warburg Bank on sale of Warburg Invest AG to Bantleon
Hamburg – Warburg Bank has sold all the shares in Warburg Invest AG to Bantleon AG as part of adopting a more focused strategy on institutional asset management. Warburg Invest AG is a German investment...
Deals
23/12/2022
Securing energy supply in Germany: CMS advises German government on stabilising...
Hamburg/Brussels – The German government is set to support energy group Uniper, Germany’s biggest gas importer, with a stabilisation package worth EUR 33 billion and take a majority stake in Uniper...
Deals
03/11/2022
CMS advises shareholders M.M.Warburg & CO and LKH on sale of Warburg Hy­po­thek­en­bank...
Frankfurt/Main – The shareholders of M.M. Warburg & CO Hypothekenbank AG, namely M.M. Warburg & CO (AG & Co.) KGaA (60%) and Landeskranken­hil­fe V.V.a.G. (40%), have sold all their shares in Warburg...
Deals
29/09/2022
CMS advises AEW on investment in Mobility as a Service provider AZOWO
Stuttgart – Mobility as a Service provider AZOWO GmbH has raised growth capital in a Series A financing round led by AEW Energie AG (AEW).A CMS team headed by Dr Christoph Lächler and Dr Florian Plagemann...
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21/03/2022
CMS advises Otto Group on investment in digital health sector
Hamburg – International retail and services company Otto Group has acquired a majority stake in Swiss company Medgate Holding AG. Medgate Holding is a leading provider of digital health services, including...
Deals
23/09/2021
CMS advises private Jacobs University Bremen on sale to Schaffhausen Institute...
Hamburg – The private Jacobs University Bremen has a new majority owner in Schaffhausen Institute of Technology, a private Swiss educational and research institution. Dr Andreas Bovenschulte, President...
Deals
07/07/2021
CMS advises Volkswagen and Porsche on Bugatti Rimac joint venture
Hamburg – Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG and Rimac Automobili d.o.o. have agreed to form a joint venture that will include Bugatti. Oliver Blume and Mate Rimac announced the name of the new hypercar manufacturer...
Deals
12/10/2020
CMS advises Bundesrepublik Deutschland – Finanzagentur GmbH on stabilisation...
Hamburg – The MV-WERFTEN Group has secured a substantial bridging loan to keep the shipyard in operation until March 2021. The Group received a EUR 193 million loan from the Economic Stabilisation Fund...
Deals
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