Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• German

Lawyer Overview

Juergen focuses on acquisitions and divestitures in a cross-border context and is a frequent advisor to companies and investors from abroad making an investment in Germany. Furthermore, he negotiates joint ventures and other contractual arrangements, mostly between parties from different countries. He also assists on restructurings and on matters of corporate governance. He is Partner-in-Charge of the Firm's Frankfurt Office.

Juergen recently assisted Sodexo in its acquisition of the catering and facility management business of Zehnacker. He has been advising the French postal service for many years on various parcel-business acquisitions outside of France. This included the acquisition of the DPD network in Germany and transactions in Eastern Europe, the United States, South Africa, and Asia. Other clients for which Juergen has worked on notable transactions are Eastman Chemical, France Telecom, Goodrich, Harsco, IBM, Lubrizol, Sanofi-aventis, Scotts Company, Sun Capital Partners, and WL Ross & Co.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Juergen worked for several years as a New York admitted lawyer at the New York office of an international law firm and assisted German companies on acquisitions and corporate governance issues in the U.S. Juergen is a member of the supervisory board of DPD Dynamic Parcel Distribution and of the German-American Lawyers Association.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Private Equity
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Automotive
• Chemicals
• Pharmaceuticals
• Product Response Team

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Borchers
• Acquisition of BST Safety Textiles Holding GmbH
• Acquisition of Citibank European Merchant Acquiring Services
• Acquisition of Citibank Portfolio
• Acquisition of controlling interest in Zehnacker Group , (2008)
• Acquisition of Frankfurter Kreis' Stake in DPD
• Acquisition of Hella Aerospace
• Acquisition of Huennebeck Group
• Acquisition of Hydraulik-Ring
• Acquisition of the electronics business of Rockwood Holdings
• Acquisition of Torrington
• German Joint Venture
• Joint Venture with Yurtici
• Merger with Reno De Medici , (2007)
• Restructuring
• Restructuring of Interest in MobilCom
• Sale of ASA Abfall Service
• Sale of Seeger-Orbis assets
• Sale of the A&I business
• Tropical Islands Resort Development

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• Frankfurt, Germany
• New York

Education

• U of Cologne - Germany

Published Works

• Acquisition of German Publicly Traded Companies: Legal Framework and Practical Experience, 2009
• The European Directive on Takeover Bids: A Comparison with U.S. Tender Offer Practices, 2005
• A New Vehicle for European Cross-Border Transactions: The European Company (Societas Europaea), 2004
• International M&A Negotiations: Guidance Through A Difficult Terrain, Initiative , a magazine of the German-British Chamber of Industry &Commerce, 2004

Address

Grüneburgweg 102
60323 Frankfurt am Main
60323 Frankfurt am Main 60323, Federal Republic of Germany

Phones

49.69.9726.3939 (Business Phone)

Faxes

49.69.9726.3993 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com