Katrin Andrä
Rechtsanwältin (Lawyer), Partner
Katrin advises primarily on M&A transactions, reorganizations and general corporate law in the energy and infrastructure industry where she has long standing expertise. Katrin is lecturer for contract law at university of applied sciences in Wildau. She co-heads Noerr’s practice group energy & infrastructure.
Projects
- Liwathon
Advising on takeover of Shell's stake in PCK refinery and on the takeover of Esso' s stake in MiRO refinery (since 2021) - Gegenbauer
Advising on its merger with Apleona Group (2022/2023) - Geodesia
Advising on the acquisition of majority stakes in Proef group and MUP Kabelmontagen & Baumanagement GmbH as well other transactions (since 2022) - Wirecard Insolvenzverwalter Dr. Michael Jaffé
Advising on sale of Wirecard group entities in Asia (since 2021) - FSN Capital
Advising on its acquisition of a majority stake in Epista Life Science Group (2022)
Distinctions
- Best Lawyers Germany
Recognized for Mergers & Acquisitions (since 2022) - Legal 500 Energy Germany
„Katrin Andrä offers a high level of detailed knowledge and has a digital affinity.” (2020) - Legal 500 Energy Germany
Recognized as core lawyer of the energy team (2020, 2023, 2024)
Insights
Career
Studied law at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena
Internship at Erfurt Regional Court, administrative station at the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer
At Noerr since 2011
Admitted to the Berlin Chamber of Lawyers
Secondment to US partner law firm Pepper Hamilton LLP in New York in 2015
Secondment with legal department of Gegenbauer group in 2019
Lecturer at Technischen Hochschule Wildau (on corporate contract design)
Memberships
- International Bar Association (IBA)
Publications
- Article on legal requirements of the acquisition of German corporations as shelf companies: “Die Aktivierung unternehmensloser Gesellschaften – Praktische Hinweise zur Verwendung von Vorrats- und Mantelgesellschaften”, Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP) 2014 p. 1916 et. seq. (together with Dr Ingo Theusinger)