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Jacob Siebert
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Dr. Jacob Siebert

Rechtsanwalt | Head of Corporate / M&A, Germany

Languages
  • German
  • English
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Jacob Siebert advises strategic investors and private equity funds on M&A transactions, joint ventures and private equity investments, mostly in a cross-border context. He is particular experienced advising on buy-outs and public takeovers. With special life sciences, automotive and consumer goods sector expertise, Jacob also assists his clients on an ongoing basis in all aspects of corporate law.

Jacob joined the CMS Stuttgart office in 2003. In 2009/2010, he was seconded to investment funds in London for six months. At the end of 2010, Jacob joined the firm’s Hamburg office and was made partner in 2012.

Awards & Recognitions
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    „Oft empfohlen“ für Private Equity und Venture Capital
    JUVE Handbuch, 2024/2025
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    „Oft empfohlen“ für M&A
    JUVE Handbuch, 2024/2025
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    Listed for Corporate
    Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2024 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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    Listed as notable practitioner
    Chambers Europe, 2024
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    Listed as notable practitioner
    Chambers Global, 2024
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    „Oft empfohlen“ für Private Equity und Venture Capital
    JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024
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    „Oft empfohlen“ für M&A
    JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024
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    Listed as notable practitioner
    Chambers Europe, 2023
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    Listed for Corporate
    Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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    "Recommended" for Private Equity and Venture Capital, M&A
    JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2021 (GCLF)
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    Listed as notable practitioner
    Chambers Europe, 2022
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    "Recommended" for Private Equity and Venture Capital, M&A
    JUVE German Commercial Law Firms 2022 (GCLF)
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    „Oft empfohlen“ für M&A
    JUVE Handbuch, 2022/2023
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    „Oft empfohlen“ für Private Equity/Venture Capital
    JUVE Handbuch, 2022/2023

Relevant experience

  • Blue Elephant AG | In its majority acquisition by Antin
  • Otto Group | On entering the digital health sector
  • Synlab | On the sale of its veterinary diagnostics to Mars
  • MVZ Laaff | On its sale to amedes
  • Vattenfall | On its joint venture with BASF
  • Bruker | On its acquisition of the EliTech Group
  • DAL Deutsche Afrika-Linien GmbH & Co. KG | On the sale of the company’s container liner business to Hapag-Lloyd AG
  • ADS-TEC Energy GmbH | On the merger with European Sustainable Growth Acquisition Corporation
  • AFINUM Siebte Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG | On the sale of Garz & Fricke Holding GmbH to Seco S.p.A.
  • Volkswagen and Porsche | On the establishment of the "Bugatti Rimac" joint venture
  • DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG | On the sale of three natural gas storage facilities

Publications

  • SPACs – Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, in: Christian Hoppe (Hrsg.), Praxishandbuch Finanzierung von Innovationen, SpringerGabler 2021, S. 657ff (- Zusammen mit Philipp Melzer)
  • SPACs - an attractive acquisition model for the German market - first experiences from legal point of view, Corporate Finance law 2010, p. 224 ff
  • SPAC - A new asset class in Europe, Corporate Finance law 2010, p. 13 ff
  • Debt-Equity-Swap-Transactions, Finance Magazin-Sonderbeilage 2009, p. 18
  • "The Liability of Members of the Take-Over Consortium under the Rules of Concealed Contribution in Kind", Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht 2006, p. 366 ff
  • One-Man-Partnerships, 2005

Education

  • 2005: PhD at the University of Bonn
  • 2002: Second state examination in law
  • 2000 - 2002: trainee lawyer at Higher Regional Court Stuttgart
  • 1999: First state examination in law in Düsseldorf
  • Law studies at the University of Bonn
  • 1992 - 1994: Trained as a banker in Stuttgart