Gerald Reger
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Certified Specialist in Tax Law, Partner
Dr. Gerald Reger is - since more than 25 years - specialist in the fields of cross-border and domestic M&A transactions, joint ventures and capital markets transactions, in particular public takeovers and squeeze-outs, as well as stock corporation and group of companies law. In addition, he advises listed corporations (including DAX40) and their boards as well as large family owned businesses and their shareholders in respect of structural changes, corporate governance and compliance, succession as well as shareholder meetings.
Projects
- Advice on national and international M&A transactions and joint ventures
- Advice on public takeovers, squeeze-outs and delistings
- Advice to listed companies and their boards relating to capital markets law, capital measures, compliance and general meetings
- Advice to large family owned businesses and their shareholders relating to structural changes, shareholder meetings and succession
- Advice regarding group law to national and international groups
- Sample references: Schwarz Group on investment in an reorganisation of Al unicorn Aleph Alpha (2023), Schwarz Group on acquisition of paper mill Maxau from Stora Enso (2022), Schwarz Group on acquisition of Israeli cyber security group XM Cyber Ltd. (2021), Schwarz Group (PreZero) on acquisition of the environmental and recycling business of Ferrovial in Spain and Portugal (2021), Schwarz Group (PreZero) on acquisition of Suez's waste disposal business in Germany, Poland, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Sweden (2020), Kaufland on acquisition of internet marketplace real. de from SCP (2020), Kaufland on acquisition of Real shops from SCP/x-bricks (2020), UniCredit Bank AG on squeeze-out of Tivoli Grundstücks-AG (2019), Schwarz Group on acquisition of the waste disposal and recycling group Tönsmeier (2018), Dieter Schwarz Stiftung gGmbH on cooperation for financing, establishment and operation of a university location of the Technical University of Munich with 20 professorships of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (2017/2018) as well as on the extension of the cooperation by 10 professorships of the Faculty of Information Technology (2020), Aurelius AG on its transformation into an SE & Co. KGaA (2015), Adcuram Group AG in the public takeover of Bien-Zenker AG and squeeze-out (2013/2014), Augusta Technologie AG in the public takeover by the Dutch TKH Group (2012), Eurofighter in the tendering process of the Indian government and structuring of the consortium for the supply and manufacture of fighter aircraft (2010-2012), Lidl in the acquisition of the Plus retail chain in Romania and Bulgaria from Tengelmann (2010), Kaufland in the acquisition of the Lupus-Famila retail group (2010)
Distinctions
- Ranked within the 5 most recommended German lawyers for Stock Corporation and Group law as well as for Corporate law, Kanzleimonitor.de
- Ranked among the four most recommended German lawyers and „Thought Leader Germany” as well as „Global Leader" for Corporate Governance and „Global Leader" for M&A, Who's Who Legal
- Ranked among the 23 leading German Lawyers for Corporate, Juve
- Recommended as leading lawyer for M&A, Best Lawyers Germany, Who's Who Legal, Legal 500 Deutschland, Chambers Global, IFLR and Juve
- Recommended as leading lawyer for Corporate, Best Lawyers Germany, Legal 500 Deutschland, Chambers Global, IFLR and Juve
- Recommended as leading lawyer for Capital Markets, Best Lawyers Germany
- Recommended as leading lawyer for Energy, Who's Who Legal
- Lawyer of the Year 2020 for Capital Markets, Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
Career
Legal studies at the universities of Tübingen (Law and Economics), Geneva (Switzerland) and Munich
Legal studies at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva (Switzerland)
Research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich
Experience abroad: Worked at the UN Commission for Human Rights in Geneva (Switzerland), at international law firms in Brussels (Belgium), New York (USA) and London (UK)
Admitted to the Munich Chamber of Lawyers
With Noerr since 1999
Lecturer at Technical University Munich – TUM School of Management
Lectures
- "Die elektronische Aktie in der Beratung", Conference Elektronische Aktien, Zentrum Verantwortungsbewußte Digitalisierung, Berlin (2023)
- End of Conglomerates? Spin-off Architecture and Challenges, 16th Annual M&A and Corporate Finance Summit, Montreux (2023)
- "Konzernreorganisation zur Exitvorbereitung", Handelsblatt Fachtagung M&A, Online Seminar (2020)
- „Die virtuelle Hauptversammlung – Die aktienrechtlichen Neuregelungen des Covid-19-Pandemiegesetzes“, Wolters Kluwer, Online Seminar together with Prof. Florian Möslein (2020)
- „Künstliche Intelligenz: Digitalisierung der Unternehmensleitung und Haftungsfragen“, WM-Seminar - Digital Corporate Law, Frankfurt (2020)
- „Gesellschaftsrechtliche Fallstricke bei Transformationen/Umstrukturierungen“, BUJ, Annual Congress of Inhouse Counsel 2020, Berlin (2020)
- „Digitalisierung der Unternehmensleitung und Haftungsfragen“, EUROFORUM Annual Conference Brennpunkt AG, Frankfurt (2019)
- „KI und Gesellschaftsrecht - Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auf die Corporate Governance", Conference Corporate Law in the Digital Age, Institute for the Law of Digitization, University of Marburg (2019)
- „Digitale Transformation durch M&A", Noerr Digital Day, Munich (2019)
- „Erfolgreiche Unterstützung digitaler Transformationsstrategien durch M&A", Handelsblatt symposium M&A, Frankfurt (2019)
- „Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auf die Corporate Governance“, Deutsches Aktieninstitut, Conference „Kapitalmarkt und Aktiengesellschaft digital", Frankfurt (2018)
- „Shareholder Activism - Aktuelle Entwicklungen“, EUROFORUM Annual Conference Brennpunkt AG, Berlin (2018)
- „Shareholder Activism“, panelist, LexMundi, Global Seminar on Cross-Border Transactions, London (2017)
- „Short Selling-Attacken", EUROFORUM Annual Conference Brennpunkt AG, Düsseldorf (2017)
- „Kapitalmarkt-Compliance: Verschärfte Sanktionen und Möglichkeiten der Risikoreduzierung", EUROFORUM Annual Conference Brennpunkt AG, Berlin (2016)
- „Aufgaben und Haftung des HV-Versammlungsleiters", Deutsches Aktieninstitut, Annual Conference „Die Hauptversammlung", Frankfurt (2016)
- „Die Marktmissbrauchs-VO: Auswirkungen für die Übernahmepraxis", Deutsches Aktieninstitut, Conference „Aktuelle Entwicklungen auf dem Markt für Unternehmensübernahmen", Frankfurt (2016)
- „Transaktionsrichtlinie und Marktmissbrauchsverordnung - Auswirkungen für die Praxis", EUROFORUM Annual Conference Brennpunkt AG, Berlin (2015)
Publications
- Gesetz über elektronische Wertpapiere, Kommentar, §§ 5 und 6, in: Schulz/Neumann (ed.), 1st ed., RWS Köln (2023)
- Die Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, §§ 4 und 5, in: Bürgers/Fett (ed.), 3rd ed., C.H. Beck München (2022)
- Die neue virtuelle Hauptversammlung - ein Überblick, RDi 2022, 396 et seq.
- Heidelberger Kommentar zum Aktiengesetz, §§ 118-132 and 175-176, in: Bürgers/Körber (ed.), 5. ed., C.F. Müller Verlag Heidelberg (2021)
- Elektronische Aktien, RDi 2021, 83 et seq.
- Shareholders' rights in private and public companies in Germany, in: Thomson Reuters Practical Law, Shareholders’ Rights in Private and Public Companies Global Guide (2021)
- Shareholder activism in Germany, in: Thomson Reuters Practical Law, Shareholders’ Rights in Private and Public Companies Global Guide (2021)
- Digitalisierung und Corporate Governance, in: Audit Committee Quarterly II/2019, KI und Kapital (2019)
- Neues zur Hauptversammlungsniederschrift, AG 2018, 65 et seq.
- Kapitalherabsetzung und Kapitalerhöhung in der Unternehmensrestrukturierung, in: Knecht/Hommel/Wohlenberg (ed.), 2nd ed., SpringerGabler Wiesbaden (2018)
- Neues zum Auskunftsrecht in der Hauptversammlung, NZG 2013, 48 et seq.
- Die Finanzierung des Unternehmenserwerbs mit Aktien, GWR 2013, 195 et seq.
- Aktienrechtlicher Aktionärsschutz bei Delisting und Downgrading, NJW 2012, 3066 et seq.