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Dr. Christian Traichel
Dr. Christian Traichel

Dr. Christian Traichel

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Christian heads up the German and co-leads the international Corporate/M&A group of Taylor Wessing and focuses his practice on corporate transactions and corporate law. He supports clients as an experienced negotiator in complex national and cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures and restructurings. His many years of experience are characterized by factual and goal-oriented negotiation and project management.

He advises leading companies from Germany and abroad and has extensive experience in assisting his clients from North America, Japan and France with transactions in Germany. Christian is a long-standing key contact partner of Taylor Wessing at the World Law Group and has been active there for many years in various functions, including as President.

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CV

Since 1999 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2006 – 2008 Lecturer, Munich Business School
2005 – 2008 Lecturer, CDTM Institut der Münchener Universitäten (LMU and TU)
1994 – 1995 Legal clerkship, Munich with postings at law firms in Paris, Hong Kong and San Francisco
1999 Qualification as specialist lawyer for Tax Law
1996 Admitted as a lawyer, Munich
1995 Second state examination, Munich
1994 Doctoral degree on a comparative law theme dealing with French compulsory enforcement law, Ludwigs-Maximilians-University, Munich
1993 First state examination, Ludwigs-Maximilians-University, Munich
1988 – 1993 Degree studies in law, Universities of Augsburg and Munich
1990 – 1991 Studies in French and French literature, Université Strasbourg III

Career

Since 1999 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2006 – 2008 Lecturer, Munich Business School
2005 – 2008 Lecturer, CDTM Institut der Münchener Universitäten (LMU and TU)
1994 – 1995 Legal clerkship, Munich with postings at law firms in Paris, Hong Kong and San Francisco

Education

1999 Qualification as specialist lawyer for Tax Law
1996 Admitted as a lawyer, Munich
1995 Second state examination, Munich
1994 Doctoral degree on a comparative law theme dealing with French compulsory enforcement law, Ludwigs-Maximilians-University, Munich
1993 First state examination, Ludwigs-Maximilians-University, Munich
1988 – 1993 Degree studies in law, Universities of Augsburg and Munich
1990 – 1991 Studies in French and French literature, Université Strasbourg III

Publications

Fremdfinanzierung für den Mittelstand, Alternativen zum Bankkredit (co-author), in C.H.Beck Verlag, 2014 , p. 161 – 186, 208 - 219, together with Dr. Albrecht von Beauvais

Das Handbuch für Familienunternehmen - Eine Schriftensammlung (co-author ), in: Reihe Alphazirkel Publikationen, 2012

Know-how – Schwer zu fassen transkript Spezial Recht & Patente, Nr.3, 2011, p. 42 f., together with Dr. Dietrich Kamlah

Mitarbeiterbeteiligung an Biotech-Unternehmen, in: Going Public Sonderausgabe Biotechnologie, 2006, p. 58 f.

Mezzanine Finanzierung (co-author), in: C.H. Beck Verlag 2006, p. 197 – 214, 231 – 243, together with Dr. Albrecht von Beauvais

Wissenstransfer bei Biotechdeals, in: Finance Magazine, p. 22 f., together with Dr. Dietrich Kamlah

European requirements set forth in the EU Takeover Directive and their impact on German takeover law (in Japanese), in: Journal of the Japanese Institute of International Business Law, Vol. 33 N° 11, 2005, together with Dr. Florian Wagner

Vertrauliche Informationen - Der besondere Umgang mit sensiblen Daten bei Transaktionen im Biotech-Bereich, in: Going Public Sonderausgabe Biotechnologie, 2005, p. 160 f.

Die Reform des französischen Zwangsvollstreckungsrechts (loi n°91-650 vom 9. Juli 1991; décret n°92-755 vom 31. Juli 1992), in: Gieseking Verlag, 1995

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Vereinigung für Gesellschaftsrecht

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Awards

JUVE 2025/2026

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Leading individual: Mergers and Acquisitions Law

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"very experienced, very competent, very pleasant to deal with, good negotiator", competitor

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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. 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
Sophie Burmeister
Annika Rahn
Sebastian Rünz, LL.M. (Toronto)
Judith Schüler, LL.M.
Lara Nonnenmühlen
Leonard Raphael, LL.M. (Krakau)
Felix Kokorsch
Phillip Heske

Advising Mitel on its transaction to acquire Unify from Atos

We have advised Mitel, a global leader in business communications, on its transaction to acquire Unify, the Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) and Communication and Collaboration Services businesses (CCS) of the Atos group.

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Mark Barron
Dr. Christian Traichel
Gilles Amsallem
Elinor Picton
Dr. Rebekka Krause
Dr. Christian Dietz
Marc André Gimmy
Dr. Klara Pototzky
Dr. Michael Kieffer
Sebastian Rünz, LL.M. (Toronto)
Dr. Adrian Birnbach, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt
Dr. Nicolai Wiegand, LL.M. (NYU)

Taylor Wessing advises Lifento on ESG commitments in leases and ambitious CAPEX plans for energy efficiency

Advising Lifento, the French fund specializing in healthcare real estate, on ESG commitments in leases and ambitious CAPEX plans for energy efficiency. While the use of healthcare real estate focuses on the “S” in “ESG”, Lifento also continuously improves the energy efficiency of its real properties. Taylor Wessing advises Lifento since its market entry on the acquisition of its healthcare properties and regarding asset management, both in the light of Lifento’s ESG strategy.

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