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Dr. Philip Cavaillès
Philip advises in the areas of corporate/M&A, private equity and venture capital with an emphasis on cross-border transactions.
Philip advises German and international corporates, financial investors, ventures and members of the management, in particular on acquisitions and disposals, financing rounds, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations and carve-outs as well as on corporate law and corporate governance topics. Due to a large number of projects, he has specific expertise in the pharmaceutical, mechanical engineering/manufacturing, new economy/technology, banking and finance sectors. In addition, Philip has extensive expertise in transaction management.
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Career
| Since 2019 | Partner, Taylor Wessing, Munich |
| 2009 – 2019 | Counsel, Ashurst, Frankfurt a.M. |
| 2015 | Secondment, Kinnevik AB, London |
| 2008 | Doctoral candidate, Ashurst, Frankfurt a.M. |
| 2007 – 2008 | Front Office Lawyer, J.P. Morgan, London |
Education
| 2009 | Doctoral thesis on a topic on Distressed M&A, Prof. Dr. Dr. Sester, Albert Ludwigs–Universität in Freiburg (magna cum laude) |
| 2008 | Admitted as a solicitor (England & Wales), Supreme Court of England and Wales |
| 2008 | Oxford Brookes University (OXILP), Oxford and The College of Law, London (Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test, QLTT) |
| 2007 | Admitted as Rechtsanwalt, Frankfurt bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt a. M.) |
| 2005 – 2007 | Legal clerkship, Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart, OLG Stuttgart |
| 2000 – 2005 | Legal studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg i. Br. |
Publications
"Positive continuation forecast for start-up companies in the founding phase", comment on the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf dated 20.07.2021 – 12 W 7/21, co-author: Fritz Krings, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 2021 "Legitimising effect of the list of shareholders recorded in the commercial register pursuant to section 16 (1) sentence 1 GmbHG", comment on the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Jena dated 15.02.2021 – 2 W 53/21, co-author: Alicia Müller, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 2021 "Time of registration of the dissolution of a GmbH in interaction with the insurance declaration of the liquidator", comment on the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm dated 26.03.2021 – 27 W 18/21, co-author: Fritz Krings, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 2021 "Requirements for the compulsory redemption of shares in an investment vehicle whose founder is also the managing director of the company", comment on the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Munich dated 18.05.2021 – 7 W 718/21, co-author: Alicia Müller, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 2021 "Closing balance sheet for determining the value of a company to be contributed as a contribution in kind", comment on the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart dated 09.03.2020 - 8 W 295/19, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 2020 "Requirement to submit a closing balance sheet before registration of a merger", comment on the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne dated 10.02.2020 - I-2 Wx 28/20, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 2020 "Waiving the issuance of shares within the framework of a so-called sidestream merger", comment on the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne dated 22.01.2020 - 18 Wx 22/19, co-author: Dr. Christian Altenhofen, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 2020 "Parties involved or the entitlement to apply for registration of a spin-off (carve-out/hive-down)", comment on the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Berlin dated 28.01.2019 – 22 W 95/18, co-author: Dr. Christian Altenhofen, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 2019 "Prerequisites of the application to the commercial register in case of a collapse merger", comment on the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Berlin dated 30.11.2018 – 22 W 69/18, co-author: Quynh Anh Le, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 2019 "Percentage participation in the share capital of the shareholders‘ list of a German limited liability company", comment on the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Munich dated 12.10.2017 – 31 Wx 299/17, co-author: Jan Ischreyt, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 12/2017 "Competency of the ad hoc chairman of a shareholders‘ meeting of a German limited liability company to determine whether a resolution has effectively been passed", comment on decision made by the Higher Regional Court of Berlin dated 12.10.2015 – 22 W 74/15, co-author: Dr. Philip Schmidt, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 04/2016 "Acquisition, sale and transfer of companies", chapter about M&A in the pre-contractual stage, publisher Lang/Ossola-Haring, HDS-Verlag, co-author Maximilian Preisser, 11/2010 and 05/2015 "The obligation of a limited partner to provide consent who is not willed to recapitalise an open ended fund organised as a partnership", comment on decision made by the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart dated 11.07.2013, 19 U 11/13, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 09/2013 "Adequacy of the compensation offered to preference shareholders in case of a delisting of the preference shares", comment on decision made by the Regional Court of Hannover, dated 27.04.2011, 130/06, co-author: Martina Rothe, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 02/2012 "Ad-hoc publications after the ruling of the European Court of Justice", co-author: Reinhard Eyring, Annual Year Book 2012 Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, 10/2012 "Severance payments for outside shareholders in the case of a squeeze out", comment on decision made by the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt dated 30.03.2010, 5 W 32/09, co-author: Martina Rothe, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 10/2010 "Restructuring practice – Restructuring and procurement of liquidity", chapter about distressed M&A, publisher Dietmar Schulz, Schäffer-Poeschel, 03/2010 "Distressed M&A – Comparison between German and French insolvency law", dissertation, publisher Dr. Kovac, 09/2009 |
Memberships & Associations
| Münchner M&A Forum e.V. (MMA) German Bar Association (DAV) German–British Law Society (DBJ) German–French Law Society (DFJ) The Law Society of England and Wales
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Additional languages
| English |
| French |
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