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Thomas Jansen
Counsel

Dr. Thomas Jansen

Rechtsanwalt

Languages
  • German
  • English
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Thomas Jansen specialises in company and corporate group law. The focus of his work is on the law governing public limited companies, where he deals in particular with corporate governance issues. He advises companies on restructuring as well as on D&O liability and compliance cases. He has particular experience in drafting liability opinions and articles of association as well as rules of procedure for boards of directors and supervisory boards in complex group structures. He also advises companies in the financial sector on issues related to company and financial supervisory law. His clients include listed companies and SMEs.

Thomas Jansen started his legal career at CMS in 2019, where he was appointed counsel in 2024.

Publications

  • 17. Kapitel "Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (KGaA)", in: Frodermann/Jannott, "Handbuch des Aktienrechts", C.F. Mueller, 10. Auflage 2025, co-author: Dr Christoph von Eiff
  • 5. Kapitel "Kapitalmaßnahmen", in: Frodermann/Jannott, "Handbuch des Aktienrechts", C.F. Mueller, 10. Auflage 2025, co-author: Dr Juergen Frodermann
  • BGH: Keine Nichtigkeit der nach Satzung kompetenzwidrigen Abberufung eines GmbH-Geschäftsfuehrers", Recht der Familienunternehmen (RFamU) 2024, 416, co-author: Dr Daniel Otte
  • Die Hauptversammlung im Ausland, Berlin 2018, Dissertation

Memberships & Roles

  • German-Maltese Circle
  • Freundeskreis der Juristischen Fakultät Düsseldorf
  • Heimatverein Düsseldorfer Jonges e.V.

Lectures list

Workshop-MiCAR Europaeische Verordnung über Kryptomaerkte, Seminar des Verbands unabhaengiger Vermoegensverwalter Deutschland, online, 17.06.2025

Education

  • 2023: Secondment to Malta in the field of financial supervisory law
  • 2018: Second state examination in law
  • 2017: Doctorate under Prof. Dr. Ulrich Noack (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) on the topic of Die Hauptversammlung im Ausland
  • 2016 - 2018: Trainee lawyer at Moenchengladbach Regional Court including placements in Duesseldorf and Valletta (Malta)
  • 2015: First state examination in law
  • 2012 - 2016: Research assistant at CMS in Duesseldorf
  • 2012 - 2013: Special English-language training for lawyers
  • 2011 - 2012: Erasmus student at Maastricht University’s European Law School
  • 2009 - 2015: Law studies at the University of Duesseldorf
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