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Stephan Heinemann

Stephan Heinemann

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Stephan specialises in strategic M&A transactions, corporate financings and reorganisations as well as strategic advice to corporate institutions. He has specific industry know-how in the areas of automotive/mobility services and technology, media and communications. Stephan’s clients include entrepreneur-led medium-sized companies, as well as international corporations and banks.

 

Stephan played a key role in establishing Taylor Wessing’s corporate and capital markets practice. He is and has been a member of several supervisory boards and is the author of several specialist publications on stock corporation and financing law.

Expertise

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Corporate/M&A & capital markets
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Sectors

Manufacturing & industrials
Automotive & mobility

CV

Since 1999 Partner, Taylor Wessing
1994 Legal clerkship, Hengeler Mueller Düsseldorf
1990 Trainee solicitor, Landeszentralbank Bayern
1996 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Munich
1995 Second state examination, Düsseldorf
1992 First state examination, Cologne

Career

Since 1999 Partner, Taylor Wessing
1994 Legal clerkship, Hengeler Mueller Düsseldorf
1990 Trainee solicitor, Landeszentralbank Bayern

Education

1996 Admitted and established as a lawyer, Munich
1995 Second state examination, Düsseldorf
1992 First state examination, Cologne

Publications

KI-Unternehmen als Akquisitionsziel: Due Diligence, spezifische IP-Garantien und W&I-Versicherung; in: M&A Review; 07/08/2025

Post Merger / Taking Private – Handlungsoptionen nach der Frosta Entscheidung des BGH – Referat im Rahmen der DAI Konferenz

Unternehmensübernahmen vom 1. Dezember 2014

Mittelstandsanleihen – Erschienen in Bösl/Schimpfky/von Beauvais, Fremdfinanzierung für den Mittelstand, Verlag C.H. Beck 2014

Corporate Bonds: Klauseln und Strukturen – Referat im Rahmen der DAI Konferenz Corporate Bonds vom 14. März 2013

Vertragsdokumentationen bei einfachen Unternehmensanleihen, Hybrid Bonds und Wandelanleihen: Aktuelle Fragen – Referat im Rahmen der DAI Konferenz Corporate Bonds vom 13. Oktober 2011

Memberships & Associations

Deutsches Aktieninstitut (DAI)
Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (VGR)
American Chamber of Commerce in Germany e.V. (AmCham)

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The Best Lawyers™ in Germany 2024

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JUVE Handbook 2023/2024

Frequently recommended lawyer for corporate law

Leading individual: Corporate Law

Frequently recommended lawyer for corporate law

Leading individual: Corporate law

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Frequently recommended: Corporate Law

„Clients and competitors praise his precision, industry knowledge, reliability and efficiency“

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