Dr. Dirk Lorenz

Dirk provides advice on compliance and corporate law. He acts in complex corporate disputes and post-M&A disputes before state courts and in arbitration proceedings.

He develops and optimizes compliance management systems, provides support in compliance due diligence procedures and is frequently on site at companies to train employees in compliant conduct. In addition, he has experience in internal investigations as well as in the prosecution and defence of directors' and officers' liability claims.

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Career

Since 2008	Lecturer, Technische Universität München
Since 2003	Partner, Taylor Wessing
1999 – 2003	Associate, Taylor Wessing

Education

2000	Doctoral degree, Ludwig–Maximilians–University, Munich
1999	Admitted as a lawyer, Munich
1998	Second state examination

1995	First state examination
1990 – 1995	Degree studies in law, Munich and Paris

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Publications

Corporate Compliance bei Tech-Deals, in: Compliance Manager, 11/2021, gemeinsam mit Rebekka Krause und Jonas Woitzyk

Das Ende des stiefmütterlichen Daseins – Zur Auswirkung der Compliance Due Diligence auf M&A-Transaktionen – Teil 1, in: M&A REVIEW 7-8/2019, gemeinsam mit Rebekka Krause

Effektiver durch KI: Predictive Coding, in: Internal Investigations, PlugIn – Wir denken das Recht der digitalen Zukunft, Ausgabe #18, Februar 2019

Das Spruchverfahren – dickes Ende oder nur viel Lärm um nichts? in: AG 2012, S. 284

Beratungsverträge mit Aufsichtsratsmitgliedern in Zeiten moderner Corporate Governance, in: NZG 2011, 81

Ein Jahr Freigabeverfahren nach dem ARUG – Zeit für einen Blick auf Entscheidungen, in: Entwicklungstrends und ungeklärte Rechtsfragen, BB 2010, 2515

Memberships & Associations

Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung (VGR)
Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit (DIS)

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Sectors Logistics & transport

Experience

META Immobilien GmbH on the sale and leaseback of a portfolio of three IBIS hotels in Munich with a total of 410 rooms

The META Group has sold and leased back to BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management, a portfolio of three IBIS hotels in the Munich area with a total of 410 rooms. A new 20-year lease was concluded for the three assets. The two-star hotels are located in the Munich districts of Berg am Laim, Obergiesing-Fasangarten and near Munich Airport. The hotels in Berg am Laim and Obergiesing-Fasangarten were bought in the name of BNP Paribas Diversipierre and managed by BNP Paribas REIM France - an open-ended French real estate fund. BNP Paribas REIM France acquired the Munich Airport Hotel for SCPI (Société Civile de Placement Immobilier) Opus Real, a fund under French supervision. The META Group, headquartered in Munich, operates several hotels in Berlin and Munich.

Awards

The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2021	Leading individual: Banking & Finance
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2020	Leading individual: Awarded as Handelsblatt Best Lawyer 2020
JUVE Handbook 2019/2020	Frequently recommended: Corporate Litigation
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2019	Leading individual: Conflict Law
The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2019	Leading individual: Banking and finance law