Dr Christian Eichner
Partner
Duesseldorf
Dr Christian Eichner
Partner
Duesseldorf
Contact details
Christian provides more than twenty years of experience as corporate/M&A lawyer. He advises on complex national and cross-border, private as well as public M&A transactions and core corporate matters (particularly stock corporation law (AktG) and group law – Konzernrecht)).
Qualifications
Academic
LL.M., New York University School Of Law, USA, 2002
Dr iur, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 2002
MA, German Literature, University of Munich, 2001
Second German Law Degree, 2001
First German Law Degree, 1999
Experience highlights
Scout24 as target of the planned public EUR5.7bn offer by Hellman&Friedmann/Blackstone as well as the successful completion of a public EUR800m buyback offer (including listed tender rights) and the conversion into Societas Europaea.
Regular transaction advice for CORESTATE Capital Holding S.A., a leading independent real estate investment manager in Europe. This also includes entering the French market through the acquisition of STAM Europe and supporting on various capital measures (IPO, bond, convertible, equity capital measures).
Advising the Supervisory Board of CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA in connection with several large-volume transactions (inter alia billion region) in Germany and abroad as well as conversion into Societas Europaea.
Advising a global financial institution on the complex cross-border spin-off of a significant business section to Switzerland (in this form for the first time in Germany).
Related articles
News: 28 August 2023
Allen & Overy advises CORESTATE on successful restructuring
Allen & Overy has advised Corestate Capital Holding S.A (CORESTATE), an investment manager and co investor with assets under management in the order of EUR 13.2 billion in its core business, on its…
Qualifications
Academic
LL.M., New York University School Of Law, USA, 2002
Dr iur, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 2002
MA, German Literature, University of Munich, 2001
Second German Law Degree, 2001
First German Law Degree, 1999
Published work
- Eichner C. / Haßler T. (2016) "Zur Haftung des Sanierungs-Geschäftsführers für Zahlungen nach Insolvenzreife“, EWiR 2016, page 493
- Eichner C. (2011) "Required Actions by the Supervisory Board in case of a suspected Breach of fiduciary Duties by the Management Board", AG 24/2011, page 885-894
- Eichner C. (2010) "Duties of care and structural Leeway of the Supervisory Board in relation to Management Service Contracts according to VorstAG", ZIP 43/2010, page 2082-2088
- Eichner C., Mix Y.-G. (2007) "A misjudgement as guideline? Maxim Billers 'Esra', Klaus Manns 'Mephisto' and the problem of Freedom of Art in Germany", IASL, 32nd ed., 2007, page 183-227
- Eichner C. (2003) "Defense Measures by the Management Board of a listed Stock Corporation against hostile Takeovers", NZG 2003, page 150-155
- Eichner C. (2002) " Management-Buy-Out-Structures and Spin Offs – with special Focus on the newly adopted Corporate Tax Legislation 2001", Peter Lang Publishing House/Corporate and Capital Market Laws Series, Frankfurt a. M.
