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Dr. Frederick Gillessen
Dr. Frederick Gillessen

Dr. Frederick Gillessen

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Frederick is a lawyer for corporate law and an expert in transaction management: Whether in the context of company acquisitions or restructurings, transformations or joint ventures, national, cross-border or international projects, his years of experience for renowned clients in numerous industries have made him an accomplished adviser.

His practice is correspondingly extensive: It comprises advising on either buyside or sellside in self-financed as well as debt-based transactions with the participation of strategic investors, but also financial investors including private equity and venture capital. In addition, he is familiar with the professional legal services industry - further evidence of his wide-ranging expertise. Frederick is General Counsel for Taylor Wessing in Germany.

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Services and Groups

Corporate/M&A & capital markets
Joint ventures

Sectors

Medical devices
Cosmetics, food nutrition & supplements

CV

Since 2005 Partner, Taylor Wessing
1998 – 2004 Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
2001 – 2002 Secondment to Morgan Stanley
1999 Doctoral degree on a theme dealing with changes of registered office in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Rheinische Friedrich–Wilhelms–University, Bonn
1998 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Düsseldorf
1997 Second state examination, Berlin
1993 First state examination, Bonn

Career

Since 2005 Partner, Taylor Wessing
1998 – 2004 Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
2001 – 2002 Secondment to Morgan Stanley

Education

1999 Doctoral degree on a theme dealing with changes of registered office in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Rheinische Friedrich–Wilhelms–University, Bonn
1998 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Düsseldorf
1997 Second state examination, Berlin
1993 First state examination, Bonn

Publications

Europäische, Transnationale Sitzverlegung und Fusion im Vereinigten Königreich und in Irland, Frankfurt, 2000

Additional languages

English

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