Lawyer, Equity Partner and Managing Director of Mütze Korsch Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Cologne Area, Germany
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- Equity Partner at MKRG Mütze Korsch Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
- Past
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- Senior Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Assistant Lecturer at Institut für Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht der Universität Osnabrück
- Scientific Associate at Shearman & Sterling
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- Education
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- Universität Osnabrück
- FernUniversität - Gesamthochschule - Hagen
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- Legal Services
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Dr. Maximilian Koch’s Summary
Dr Koch specialises in corporate law, capital markets and finance law, domestic and international cross-border M & A transactions as well as IPOs.
His recent projects pertaining to capital markets and finance law include inter alia:
- Advising on European cash pool systems
- Drafting a securities prospectus for newly issued shares to be listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange
- Restructuring the financing of an international group of companies
- Establishing a factoring company in Germany
- Aligning US employees' stock option plans with the German capital markets law
Dr. Maximilian Koch's past M & A practice comprises inter alia the following headline deals:
- Sale of Vossloh AG´s lighting division to Matsushita Electric Works., Ltd. (2002)
- Advising Saban Capital Group, Inc. on the KirchMedia transaction (2002/2003)
- Acquisition of a minority stake in CompuGROUP Holding AG by General Atlantic Partners (2003)
- Advising on the acquisition of the main shareholding in Beiersdorf AG by Tchibo Holding AG, HGV and Troma as buyers and Beiersdorf's public self tender offer program (2003/2004)
- Sale of the main shareholding in TUI AG by WestLB AG (2004)
- First Management Buyout of the Maredo Restaurants group (2005)
- Acquisition of Homann group by IFR (2007)
- Second Management Buyout of the Maredo Restaurants group (2008)
Career:
- 1989-1992 Employed in the medium size plastics processing industry, finally as a manager
- 1995-1997 Scientific associate with the international law firm Shearman & Sterling
- 1997-1999 Assistant lecturer of Prof. Dr. Theodor Baums at the Institute for Commercial and Business Law of the University of Osnabrück
- 2002-2005 Associate with the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Dusseldorf, sector group Corporate, Public M & A
- Since March 2005 Equity Partner of MKRG
Dr. Maximilian Koch’s Specialties:
German corporate law in particular with respect to listed as well as privatly held stock corporations, domestic as well as cross-border M&A transactions (including Private Equity), acquisitions and divestitures of German real estate portfolios, German capital markets and finance law
Dr. Maximilian Koch’s Experience
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Equity Partner
MKRG Mütze Korsch Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Law Practice industry)
March 2005 — Present (3 years 10 months)
Dipl.-Kfm. Dr. jur. Maximilian Koch, attorney-at-law, is a senior partner of MKRG. He advises private and public corporate law, in particular stock corporation law, domestic and international cross-border M & A transactions (Public as well as Private M&A), capital markets and finance law as well as IPOs.
