Philip advises in the areas of corporate/M&A, private equity and venture capital with a focus on cross-border transactions. He carried out his legal training in Germany and England, with international experience in law firms and the investment industry, and combines legal expertise with economic foresight.
Philip advises extensively, employing excellent negotiation skills, on acquisitions and disposals, financing rounds, joint ventures, restructuring as well as on corporate law and corporate governance issues. Thanks to his pragmatic approach, he is able to communicate complex legal issues in a comprehensible and concise manner. Due to a large number of projects, he is a skilled expert in the pharmaceutical, mechanical engineering/manufacturing, new economy, banking and finance sectors.
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职业发展
| Since 2019 | Partner, Taylor Wessing |
| 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 |
教育
| 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
"Zum Verzicht auf Anteilsgewährung im Rahmen eines sog. Sidestream Merger“ (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 "Der Beteiligte bzw. die Antragsberechtigung bei Eintragung einer Ausgliederung (Carve-Out/Hive-Down“, (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 "Inhaltliche Anforderungen an die Handelsregisteranmeldung im Fall der Anwachsung", (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 "Prozentuale Beteiligung am Stammkapital im Rahmen der GmbH-Gesellschafterliste", (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 "Beschlussfeststellungskompetenz des ad hoc bestellten Versammlungsleiters einer GmbH-Gesellschafterversammlung", (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 "Kauf, Verkauf und Übertragung von Unternehmen", Kapitel: "Unternehmenskauf im vorvertraglichen Stadium", (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 "Die Zustimmungspflicht eines nicht sanierungswilligen Gesellschafters einer Publikumspersonengesellschaft", (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 "Angemessenheit des Abfindungsangebotsbetrags an Vorzugsaktionäre wegen des Widerrufs der Börsenzulassung der Vorzugsaktien", (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 April 2011, 130/06, co-author: Martina Rothe, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 02/2012 "Ad-hoc-Pflicht nach dem Urteil des EuGH", (Ad-hoc publications after the ruling of the European Court of Justice) co-author: Reinhard Eyring, Annual Year Book 2012 Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel, 10/2012 "Abfindung außenstehender Aktionäre beim Squeeze-Out", (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 March 2010, 5 W 32/09, co-author: Martina Rothe, Juris Praxisreport HaGesR, 10/2010 "Restrukturierungspraxis – Sanierung und Liquiditätsbeschaffung", (Restructuring practice – Restructuring and procurement of liquidity) chapter about distressed M&A, publisher Dietmar Schulz, Schäffer-Poeschel, 03/2010 "Der Unternehmenskauf in der Insolvenz – Rechtsvergleichung zwischen dem deutschen und französischen Insolvenzrecht", (Distressed M&A – Comparison between German and French insolvency law) dissertation, publisher Dr. Kovac, 09/2009 |
会员资格和附属关系
| German Bar Association (DAV) German–British Law Society (DBJ) German–French Law Society (DFJ) The Law Society of England and Wales |
语言
| English |
| French |
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