Senior Associate

Yella Schick

Rechtsanwältin

Languages

German
English
French

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Yella advises medium-sized companies and their shareholders as well as large international groups on M&A transactions and joint ventures, with a focus on the industrial and automotive sectors. She also advises companies on general corporate law issues.

Yella is a member of the international editorial team of the annual CMS European M&A Study, which analyses nearly 7,000 M&A transactions in Europe that CMS has advised on in the past. Yella is also a lecturer at the Stuttgart Bar Association and the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court.

Yella Schick has been with CMS since 2022.

Relevant experience

Advising Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG on the establishment of a joint venture between Porsche and HIF Global LLC in the field of e-fuels
Advising the shareholders of ATTO-TEC GmbH and ATTO Patent GmbH, an innovative medical technology company based in Siegen, Germany, on the sale of their shares to Leica Microsystems Holdings GmbH, a German subsidiary of the conglomerate Danaher Cooperations based in Washington, USA
Advising on the sale of the aviation supplier HYDRO Systems KG, based in Biberach, Baden, to Rhinestahl Corporation, based in Cincinnati, USA, to strengthen market competence
Advising Zehnder Group on the sale of its Climate Ceiling Solution business in Germany and France to PACE Beteiligung GmbH, a subsidiary of the Hamburg-based investment company Private Assets SE & Co. KGaA
Advising Mercedes-Benz AG on the acquisition of 40% of the shares in btv technologies GmbH, a service partner for electronic components in the automotive industry
Advising Alfred Kärcher SE & Co.KG on establishing a strategic cooperation with TTS Cleaning S.r.l. to complete its portfolio in the field of manual cleaning equipment
Advising Chart Industries, Inc. (cross-border advice) on the acquisition of Howden, a leading global provider of air and gas products and services

Publications

The results of the CMS European M&A Study 2025 at a glance, International Company and Commercial Law Review (I.C.C.L.R.) Issue 7 2025, Thomas Reuters and Contributors, p.30 – p.34
CMS blog post as part of the series Update Corporate law April 2025: "Binding nature of votes cast in written resolution procedure“, 9 April 2025 (in German)
Despite the uncertain market environment a strong transaction year 2022 – Results of the CMS European M&A Study 2023, M&A Review 5/2023 (together with Dr Tobias Grau)

Memberships & Roles

Stuttgart Bar Association

Lectures list

„The Devil in the Deal: Key Negotiation Points Shaping M&A Transactions”, ECLA General Counsel Roundtable, Webinar, 17.06.2025 (together with Bruce Harvie, CMS UK)
"What’s hot, what’s not? M&A Trends from 2024 und challenges for 2025“, CMS M&A Academy for Professionals, 24 April 2025 (together with Birgit Schlemmer and Daniel Mahn) (in German)
"Legal framework for company acquisitions and succession planning", Chamber of Industry and Commerce Schwarzwald-Baar-Heuberg, 19 September 2024 (in German)
"Corporate law in practice", several times a year as part of the training of trainee lawyers as a lecturer at the Stuttgart Bar Association and the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court (in German)

Education

2022: Admitted as a lawyer
2019 - 2021: Trainee lawyer at Stuttgart Higher Regional Court including placements with a focus on corporate and competition law
2013 - 2019: Law studies at the University of Konstanz including one year at Université Paris Cité’s Faculty of Law, Economics and Management

Practice Areas

Corporate / M&A Structuring under corporate law International Group Structures Mergers & Acquisitions

Insights

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