Main fields of activity

  • Mergers & Acquisitions/Corporate Transactions
  • Commercial and Corporate Law
  • Banking and Capital Markets Law
  • Insolvency Law
  • Litigation

Career

2004-2009 Studied at the University of Münster (WWU) 
2009-2011Doctorate as Dr. iur. and research assistant at WWU Münster
2012-2014Legal clerkship with placements at the Ministry of Economic Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia, a large commercial law firm in Düsseldorf and London, and the Consulate General in Los Angeles (USA)
2014 Project work at the University of Münster (WWU) in the Institute for Municipal Science
since 2014Lawyer at Dr. Ganteführer, Marquardt & Partner
since 2023Specialist lawyer for banking and capital markets law

Industries

  • Medium-sized companies in various industries
  • Tourism industry
  • Private clients
  • Doctors and pharmacists

Selected mandates from the field of M&A

  • Advising Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport), operator of the world’s largest inland container port, on the acquisition of a locomotive workshop and a fleet of locomotives as part of an asset deal
  • Advising a French family-owned company, which has been preserving and reinventing the craft of eyewear manufacturing for over 140 years, on the establishment of a joint venture for the German and Austrian markets, including the establishment (and subsequent acquisition) of a joint venture limited liability company
  • Advising the shareholders of a specialist in steel and stainless steel pipes on the sale of the company
  • Advising a Dutch specialist in automated cold storage on the acquisition of a German freight forwarding company
  • Advising shareholders of a company producing refractory products on the acquisition of shares in the company from their co-shareholders
  • Advising a cooperative on the acquisition of a company specialising in outpatient palliative care
  • Advising a private investor on the acquisition of a minority stake in an agricultural company
  • Advising a Swiss tourism company on the acquisition of a data processing company
  • Advising the shareholders of an IT service provider on the sale of the company to an international provider of digital business models and AI enablers
  • Advising the shareholders of a joint practice, including a subsidiary (laboratory), on the sale to a dental care centre
  • Advising the shareholders of an expert in wooden packaging materials on the sale of the company, including its subsidiaries
  • Advising a shareholder of an up-and-coming robotics company in the context of an investor round
  • Advising a company for construction software, construction project management and services for construction companies on the establishment of a joint venture
  • Establishment of numerous subsidiaries or acquisition of shelf companies for foreign companies

Publications

  • “The economic activity of the municipality in the field of energy – a subjective public right under Article 107 of the North Rhine-Westphalia Municipalities Act?”, in: NVWBl. 2016, 100
  • Online lessons/script: Municipal Law of North Rhine-Westphalia, 1-4. edition (2014)
  • Compensation funds in North Rhine-Westphalia, 2013

Membership and other activities

  • Working Group on Banking and Capital Markets Law (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht)
  • German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein e.V.)
  • Düsseldorf Bar Association (Düsseldorfer Anwalt-Verein e.V.)
  • Head of trainee lawyer working groups at the Düsseldorf Regional Court

GANTEFÜHRER Wirtschaftsprüfer, Steuerberater, Anwälte