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Dr. Hendrik Schindler

Partner
Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht (Certified lawyer for commercial and corporate law)

CMS Hasche Sigle
Kranhaus 1
Im Zollhafen 18
50678 Cologne
Germany
Languages German, English, French

Hendrik Schindler is a corporate law specialist, advising stock corporations, limited liability companies (German GmbH) and partnerships on corporate governance issues, the transformation of companies and the specific rules concerning groups (German Konzernrecht) as well as on succession planning. He regularly assists companies across all industries and financial investors with national and international mergers and acquisitions and in case of post-M&A and corporate disputes, he also represents his clients in arbitration proceedings and in court. With country-specific know-how, Hendrik is a member of the firm‘s German-French desk and advises a number of major companies on their French investments and activities.

Hendrik joined CMS in 1997 and became a partner in 2002.

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JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2022 (GCLF)

Publications

  • "Virtuelle Beschlussfassung in Kapitalgesellschaften und Vereinen", 1. Auflage 2021, C.H. Beck, gemeinsam mit Petra Schaffner
  • Mitautor des Ziemons/Jäger, Beck’scher Online-Kommentar zum GmbH-Gesetz (dort u.a. § 33 – Erwerb eigener Geschäftsanteile, § 34 Einziehung von Geschäftsanteilen/Austritt und Ausschluss, §§ 45 bis 51b Rechte der Gesellschafter/Gesellschafterversammlung), Edition 34, März, 2018
  • Vorstands- und Geschäftsführerpflichten bei M&A-Transaktionen, in: KSzW 2017, 14 ff.
  • Die Aufklärungspflicht des Verkäufers beim Unternehmenskauf, in: KSzW 2016, 62 ff.
  • Corporate Governance und Compliance in Familienunternehmen, in: von Rechenberg/Thies/Wiechers, Handbuch Familienunternehmen und Unternehmerfamilien, Stuttgart 2016, S. 117 ff.
  • Neues zum "Zeitpunktstreit" beim Erwerb eigener Geschäftsanteile, in: GWR 2013, 310 ff.
  • Neue Haftungsrisiken des Erwerbers beim Kauf von Geschäftsanteilen? Zur Ausdehnung der Haftung wegen verbotener Einlagenrückgewähr durch das Urteil des OLG Köln vom 31.03.2011 – 18 U 171/10, in: KSZW 2011, p. 369-373, co-author: Dr. Axel Buchwald
  • BGH: Verjährung der akzessorischen Haftung des GbR-Gesellschafters, in: BB 2010, p. 599-600
  • Das Austrittsrecht in Kapitalgesellschaften, Eine rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung zum Austrittsrechts als Mittel des Individual- und Minderheitenschutzes im deutschen und französischen Kapitalgesellschaftsrecht, C.H. Beck, München 1999
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Lectures list

  • "Rechte und Pflichten von Vorständen und Geschäftsführern in GmbH und Konzern", Schulungsvortrag für die Geschäftsleitung eines internationalen Konzerns, May 2017
  • "Unternehmensnachfolge – Strategische und steuerliche Fallstricke", 10. Mittelstandstag NRW Köln, 31 May 2012
  • "Managing Director's Liability, a Calculable Risk", Dortmund, November 2010
  • "Remuneration of Members of the Board of Directors One Year After Entry Into Force of the Act on the Appropriateness of Management Board Compensation (VorstAG)", Coaching for Business Managers, Supervisory Board Members and Advisory Board Members, November 2010
  • "New Regulation of Managing Director's Liability", 8th Mittelstandstag (SME Conference) Cologne, 15 September 2010
  • "Advisory Focus for Shareholders' Meeting and General Meeting", Frankfurt, 27 November 2009
  • "Ten Key Points to Make Your Business Succeed in Germany – Corporate Law", Salon Class Export Lyon, 18 November 2008
  • "Quo vadis GmbH? New Regulation Concerning Company Financing and Liability After Entry Into Force of the Act to Modernise the Law Governing Private Limited Companies and to Combat Abuses (Gesetz zur Modernisierung des GmbH-Rechts und zur Bekämpfung von Missbräuchen – MoMiG), 2nd Familienunternehmertag (Family Companies Conference) North Rhine-Westphalia, 29 October 2008
  • "Multi-Headed GmbH Management, Legal Certainty and Rules of Play for Efficient Cooperation", Management Circle Exklusiv-Seminar, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich, 2008 and 209 (together with Dr. Hildegard Ziemons)
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Education

  • 1998: PhD on aspects of the law governing limited companies and the capital markets in Germany and France
  • 1997: Admitted as a lawyer in Cologne
  • 1992 - 1994: Assistant at Cologne University’s Institute for Employment and Commercial Law (Prof. Dr. Herbert Wiedemann)
  • 1986 - 1992: Law studies at the Universities of Cologne and Geneva
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11/02/2022
CMS advises shareholder 1st FC Cologne on investment by REWE in e-sports...
Cologne – Food retailer REWE has taken a stake in e-sports company SK Gaming. This adds another big-name company to the shareholder roster, which already includes 1st FC Cologne, Mercedes-Benz and Deutsche...
09/01/2020
CMS advises shareholder 1st FC Cologne on Deutsche Telekom’s investment...
Cologne – Deutsche Telekom has become a shareholder in well-known e-sports company SK Gaming. In addition to Deutsche Telekom, 1st FC Cologne, Mercedes-Benz and SK Gaming founder and CEO Alexander Müller...
17/01/2019
Entry into e-sports: CMS advises 1st FC Cologne on stake in e-sports organisation...
Cologne – 1st FC Cologne and Daimler AG have jointly acquired shares in Cologne-based e-sports company SK Gaming, with founder Alexander Müller remaining a shareholder. A CMS team headed by lead partner...
24/07/2018
CMS advises Spigraph Group on sale of ALOS to KYOCERA
Cologne – The Spigraph Group SAS has sold its affiliated companies ALOS GmbH in Germany and ALOS Solution AG in Switzerland to Kyocera Document Solutions Europe B.V. The acquisition of ALOS sees Kyocera...
02/04/2015
CMS advises Jacquet Metal Service S.A. on acquisition of distribution companies...
Cologne – Jacquet Metal Service S.A., a leading distributor of special steel, has acquired certain parts of the distribution activities of SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH AG, a world-leading company for special...
05/09/2013
CMS Hasche Sigle advises on acquisition of Finkenholl Stahl by the Jacquet...
Cologne – IMS group Holding Deutschland GmbH, part of France's Jacquet Group, has acquired 95% of the shares in Finkenholl Stahl-Ser­vice-Cen­ter GmbH in Bochum from the Koch family as owners. The terms...
21/02/2013
CMS Hasche Sigle advises Trishul Capital Group on sale of its stake in...
Frankfurt/Main – Trishul Capital Group LLC sold its stake in Ananda GmbH, the holding company of Primavera Life Group, to one of the founders. The details of the deal were not disclosed.A team lead...
22/12/2010
CMS Hasche Sigle advises NOVENTIZ on owner’s buy-out
Cologne – The NOVENTIZ Group, a specialist in waste disposal solutions, is expanding its shareholder base as part of a growth strategy. AUCTUS Capital Partners AG is the new majority shareholder following...
04/03/2009
Cologne office of CMS Hasche Sigle moves into spectacular Kranhaus 1 overlooking...
The Cologne office of the national and international commercial law firm, CMS Hasche Sigle, has moved into Kranhaus 1 at Cologne's Rheinauhafen. More than 200 staff, including 86 lawyers, now work on...