Ralf B. Tietz

Berlin Germany

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Ralf is a Salary Partner of our Berlin office in the practice groups Corporate/M&A and Capital Markets. Since 2008 he has been advising investors and companies on national and international M&A transactions (including public takeovers) as well as on contract, corporate and capital markets law with a special focus on listed stock corporations.

Ralf also advises companies on compliance and corporate litigation matters. Ralf is admitted to practise law (Rechtsanwalt) in Germany and as an attorney-at-law in the state of New York (USA).

CV

Since 2019 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2008 – 2019 Associate, various international law firms, Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Berlin

2005 – 2007 Legal clerkship

Career

Since 2019 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

2008 – 2019 Associate, various international law firms, Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Berlin

2005 – 2007 Legal clerkship

Education

2012 Legal doctoral degree in the field of corporate law and accounting standards, Humboldt University of Berlin

2008 Admitted as attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt) to the German Bar

2004 New York State Bar Examination

Memberships & Associations

American Chamber of Commerce in Germany - Aerospace and Defense Committee

Academic association for corporate and company law (VGR) e.V.

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Awards

Legal 500 2025

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The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2025

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2024

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2023

Experience

Taylor Wessing advises US-Based Grant Thornton Advisors in the bidding process for Grant Thornton Germany

Provided comprehensive German legal advice to US-Based Grant Thornton Advisors LLC in the bidding process for the audit firm Grant Thornton Germany.

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Dr. Ralf B. Tietz, LL.M. (Chicago)

Dr. Christian Dietz

Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt

Juliane Dost, LL.M. (Medizinrecht)

Katharina Häberle

Dr. Klara Pototzky

Sophie Burmeister

Sebastian Rünz, LL.M. (Toronto)

Judith Schüler, LL.M.

Lara Nonnenmühlen

Leonard Raphael, LL.M. (Krakau)

Acquisition of Kolibri Games by Ubisoft

One of the premier developers of mobile free-to-play games and one of the leaders of the “idle” games genre, on its 75% acquisition by Ubisoft.

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Dr. Ralf B. Tietz, LL.M. (Chicago)

Dr. Norman Röchert, LL.M. (Cape Town)

Dr. Gregor Schmid, LL.M. (Cambridge)

Johannes Simon, LL.M. (Durham)

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Venture capital

Taylor Wessing advises finanzen.net founding team on the sale by Axel Springer to Inflexion and re-investment of the founding team

18 November 2024

by multiple authors

Corporate/M&A & capital markets

Taylor Wessing advises ]init[ AG on strengthening its shareholder base with Gilde Buy Out Partners

3 December 2021

by multiple authors

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Coronavirus

German Economic Stabilisation Fund Act – German government to grant €600 billion for stabilisation and recapitalisation to German enterprises

2 April 2020

by multiple authors

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