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Dr. Marcel Hagemann, eMBA

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Dr. Marcel Hagemann, eMBA

Partner
Rechtsanwalt

Contact
CMS Hasche Sigle
Kasernenstraße 43-45
40213 Duesseldorf
Germany
Languages German, English

Marcel Hagemann advises on domestic and international M&A transactions which are often technology-related. Moreover, he advises his clients on setting up joint ventures, European Companies (Societas Europaea, SE) and complex shareholder structures. Marcel’s advice is regularly sought in the context of either avoiding corporate disputes (disputes between shareholders, post M&A disputes, D&O liabilities) or managing them.

Marcel heads the firm’s excellence cluster European Company Law and is a lecturer for the University of Münster’s postgraduate course on business law and restructuring.

Marcel joined CMS in 2004 and became a partner in 2011. In 2009, he was seconded to an international investment bank in London where he worked in the M&A advisory team.

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Relevant experience

  • Advising GFKL Financial Services AG on being acquired by Permira and on financing the transaction (volume: approx. EUR 600 million)
  • Advising on a number of fintech transactions in the payment transactions sector
  • Providing ongoing advice to a leading payment services provider
  • Representing TUI AG in connection with a post M&A dispute in connection with the disposal of TUI's plant construction and shipbuilding division to Babcock Borsig (volume: approx. EUR 170 million)
  • Advising Impreglon AG on its conversion into a European company (Societas Europaea, SE)
  • Advising PCC group on the disposal of its Polish logistics division, including Poland’s largest private railway, to Deutsche Bahn group
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Memberships & Roles

  • M&A Alumni e.V.
  • IMD Alumni Deutschland e.V.
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Publications

  • Handbuch Familienunternehmen und Unternehmerfamilien, Rechenberg/Thies/Wiechers (Hrsg.), "Europaeische Gesellschaftsformen" Schaeffer-Poeschel Verlag, 2016
  • Handbuch der Europaeischen Aktiengesellschaft, Frodermann/Jannott (Hrsg.), 4. Kapitel ("Satzung"), C.F. Mueller Verlag 2014, co-author: Franziska Tobies
  • Handbuch des Aktienrechts, Henn/Frodermann/Jannott (Hrsg.), 2. Kapitel ("Grundlagen"), C.F. Mueller Verlag 2009 und 2016, co-author: Dr Dirk Jannott
  • Forum Unternehmenskauf 2007, Dirk/Bruse/Saenger (Hrsg.), Kriterien für die Beurteilung der Branchenattraktivitaet für Private Equity-Gesellschaften, Nomos Verlag 2008
  • Handbuch der Europaeischen Aktiengesellschaft, Frodermann/Jannott (Hrsg.), Die Europaeische Aktiengesellschaft in den anderen Mitgliedsstaaten, C.F. Mueller Verlag 2005
  • Die Beendigung kombinierter Gewinnabfuehrungs- und Beherrschungsvertraege im Recht der GmbH, 2005, Dissertation, Duesseldorf
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Lectures list

  • Speech "5 Jahre Europaeische Aktiengesellschaft", Deutsches Eigenkapitalforum, 2009
  • Coaching für Aufsichts- und Beiratsmitglieder; Speech "Information und Vertraulichkeit", 2009
  • "Internationale Joint Venture in der Praxis", Workshop at IHK Duesseldorf, 2006
  • Speech on the new provisions of the stock corporation avoidance right by the Company Integrity and Modernisation of the Avoidance Right Act (UMAG), 2005
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Education

  • 2007: Executive MBA (eMBA) with a focus on M&A
  • 2004: Admitted to the German bar
  • 2001 - 2003: PhD on a group law topic under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Noack
  • 2001 - 2002: Research assistant to Prof. Dr. Ulrich Noack in his department for civil, commercial and business law at the University of Düsseldorf
  • 2000: Second state examination in law in Düsseldorf
  • 1998: First state examination in law in Trier
  • Law studies in Trier
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Expertise

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11/01/2024
CMS advises Commerzbank on joint venture for digital payment solutions
Frankfurt am Main, Atlanta, - CMS, led by Dr. Tobias Grau and Dr. Florian Plagemann, has comprehensively advised Commerzbank on the formation of a joint venture with Global Payments, a leading global provider of financial technologies and software solutions (here). CMS regularly advises banks and payment service providers on M&A transactions and regulatory matters, including Commerzbank's repurchase of the installment loan business from BNP Paribas. CMS Germany Dr Tobias Grau, Partner, Co-Lead Dr Florian Plagemann, Partner, Co-Lead Birgit Schlemmer, Senior Associate Dr Kai Wallisch, Partner Dr Tobias Kilian, Of Counsel Dr Marcel Hagemann, Partner Dr Christian Zielonka, Principal Counsel Carmen Hübner, Senior Associate Dr Maximilian Stark, Senior Associate Dr Miriam Bach, As­so­ci­ate Kath­rin Dengel, Associate Gustav Isele, Associate, all Corporate/M&A Dr Markus M. Pfaff, Client Relationship Partner Moritz Gerstmayr, Coun­sel Char­lotte Salathé, Counsel  Marcel Moussaoui, Associate Mohal Jennifer Egzau, Associate, all Banking & Finance Philipp Lotze, Partner Dr Michael Kraus, Partner Dr Anna Lena Füllsack, Senior As­so­ci­ate Theresa Lenger, Senior Associate, all TMC Kai Neuhaus, Partner Dr Björn Herbers, Partner Moritz Pottek, Counsel, all Antitrust, Competition & Trade Jörg Schrade, Part­ner Chris­ti­an Linseisen, Senior Associate, both Tax Dr Oliver Simon, Partner Dr Michael Rein, Principal Counsel Dr Philipp Deuchler, Senior Associate, all Labor, Employment & Pensions Commerzbank AG (Legal) Dr Benedikt Leffers (Group Legal, Head of Corporate / Regulatory Law)  Lars Kauer (Group Legal, Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate / Regulatory Law)  Markus Vetter (Group Legal, General Counsel, Technology, Data & In­fra­struc­ture) Carina Erlenwein (Group Legal, Senior Legal Counsel, Sales, Account Management, Payment Trans­ac­tions) Press Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com
Deals
07/10/2022
CMS advises Gelsenwasser on the sale of its Czech business to Accolade...
Düsseldorf - Gelsenwasser AG has sold its Czech business in water supply and wastewater disposal, as well as heat and power generation, to the Accolade Group. Gelsenwasser is ending its successful involvement...
Deals
02/09/2021
CMS advises dormakaba on divestment of glass systems business to Italian...
Düsseldorf – The dormakaba Group, one of the world’s leading suppliers of secure access solutions, has divested its glass systems business (Interior Glass Solutions, IGS) to Italian investment group...
Deals
04/08/2021
CMS advises LEGIC Identsystems on acquisition of XDK IoT platform from...
Düsseldorf – Swiss firm LEGIC Identsystems AG, a provider of highly secure access and mobility products, has acquired the Cross-Domain Development Kit (XDK) from Bosch Connected Devices and Solutions...
Deals
28/05/2021
CMS advises Worldline on asset divestments in Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg
International law firm CMS has advised longstanding client, Worldline, a leading European player in payment services, on its divestment of business assets in Austria, to buyer, Global Payments s.r.o...
News
06/09/2018
CMS advises SIX on acquisition of SECB Swiss Euro Clearing Bank GmbH of...
Düsseldorf – Financial infrastructure operator SIX has increased its stake in German payment transactions bank SECB Swiss Euro Clearing Bank from its previous holding of 25% to 100%. As a result, it...
Deals
27/07/2017
CMS advises Swiss financial services provider SIX on acquisition of Frank­furt-based...
Düsseldorf – SIX Payment Services has acquired the Frankfurt-based debit card net­work op­er­ated by VÖB-ZVD Processing GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Postbank AG. Completion of the deal is subject...
Press releases
17/08/2015
CMS advises GFKL on issue of high-yield bond to finance the acquisition...
Frankfurt/Main – A high-yield bond worth EUR 365 million was issued in conjunction with financing the acquisition of GFKL Financial Services Ak­tiengesell­schaft (GFKL) by private equity investor Permira...
Press releases
25/09/2014
SE-Symposion 10 Jahre Europäische Ak­tiengesell­schaft
Die Europäische Ak­tiengesell­schaft (SE), auch als Flaggschiff des europäischen Gesell­schaft­s­rechts bezeichnet, feiert im Oktober dieses Jahres ihren 10. Geburtstag. In dieser ver­hält­nis­mäßig kurzen...
Event Legal
23/12/2010
CMS Hasche Sigle advises PCC SE on sale of its German electricity and gas...
Düsseldorf – PCC SE has sold its subsidiary PCC Energie GmbH to Nexus Energía S.A. of Barcelona. PCC Energie GmbH has been supplying power and gas to industry and SMEs throughout Germany since 1999...
Press releases
09/11/2010
CMS Hasche Sigle advises on conversion of Impreglon to a European stock...
Düsseldorf – Lüneburg-based Impreglon AG has converted to a European stock corporation (SE, Societas Europaea). The Impreglon Group specialises in coating services and has production facilities in...
Press releases