Ralf B. Tietz

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

Federal Republic of Germany – Advising the federal government on securing its 25.1% stake in HENSOLDT AG

Advising the Federal Republic of Germany (acting through the Federal Ministry of Defense) on the conclusion of a shareholders' agreement and a security agreement on the occasion of Leonardo becoming an additional anchor shareholder of HENSOLDT AG

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

Marc-Oliver Kurth, LL.M. (Sydney)

Dr. Michael Brüggemann

Federal Republic of Germany – Advising the federal government on securing its essential security interests in connection with the entry of a US financial investor into a major aerospace company

Advising the Federal Republic of Germany (acting through the Federal Ministry of Defense) on the conclusion of a shareholders' agreement and a security agreement in connection with the entry of a US financial investor into a major aerospace company based in Germany

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

Dr. Michael Brüggemann

Federal Republic of Germany – Advising the federal government on its planned acquisition of a stake in a major European defense company with key national technology

Advising the Federal Republic of Germany (acting through the Federal Ministry of Defense) on the proposed acquisition of a stake in a major European defense company with key national technology in connection with a planned (partial) sale by the previous owners

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

Marc-Oliver Kurth, LL.M. (Sydney)

Dr. Michael Brüggemann

Federal Republic of Germany – Investment in HENSOLDT AG

Advising the Federal Republic of Germany (acting in the capacity of investment manager through the Federal Ministry of Defence) on the acquisition and exercise of its rights arising from its 25.1% stake in HENSOLDT AG, a listed defence company. Transaction volume: EUR 450 million. The advice covered all capital market and corporate law aspects of the strategic investment.

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

Marc-Oliver Kurth, LL.M. (Sydney)

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.

Press release

Dr. Christian Traichel

Dr. Rebekka Krause

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

Dr. Christian Dietz

Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt

Juliane Dost, LL.M. (Medizinrecht)

Katharina Häberle, LL.M. (Medizinrecht)

Dr. Klara Pototzky

Annika Rahn

Sebastian Rünz, LL.M. (Toronto)

Lara Nonnenmühlen

Leonard Raphael, LL.M. (Krakau)

Felix Kokorsch

Phillip Heske

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.

Press release

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

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

Maria Weiers

Johannes Simon, LL.M. (Durham)

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Aerospace & defence

Protection of critical infrastructure: Taylor Wessing advises Ondas on the establishment of the drone defence joint venture ONBERG Autonomous Systems

25 March 2026

by multiple authors

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

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

Legal 500 2025

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