Reemers, Juergen

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• English
• German

Lawyer Overview

Juergen Reemers 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 the Partner-in-Charge of the Firm's Frankfurt Office.

Juergen 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 boards of German subsidiaries of the French postal service and of Mine Safety Appliances Company. He is active in the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany, the German-American Lawyers' Association, and the Institute for Law and Finance of the Goethe University in Frankfurt.

Areas of Practice

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

Representative Cases

• Cascades merges with Reno De Medici for $101 million , (2009)
• Electricité de France sells ASA Abfall Service for $269 million
• EuroConex Technologies acquires Citibank European Merchant Acquiring Services
• France Télécom restructures interest in MobilCom , (2009)
• Goodrich acquires Hella Aerospace
• Harsco Corp acquires Huennebeck Group for $170 million
• Hilite International acquires Hydraulik-Ring subsidiary of Siemens VDO
• La Poste Française acquires Frankfurter Kreis' stake in Deutscher Paket Dienst
• La Poste Française forms joint venture with Turkey's Yurtici Kargo AS
• Lubrizol Corp. sells active pharmaceutical ingredient and intermediate compounds business
• OM Group acquires Borchers
• OM Group acquires electronics business of Rockwood Holdings for $315 million , (2009)
• Patriarch Partners recapitalizes Dura Automotive , (2010)
• Penton Media forms B2B joint venture in Germany
• Sodexo acquires Zehnacker Group , (2009)
• Timken Company acquires Torrington Division of Ingersoll-Rand Company , (2009)
• Timken signs agreement to sell needle roller bearings business to JTEKT , (2009)
• TransTechnology Corp divests Pebra hose clamp businesses in Germany to a management buyout group
• TransTechnology Corp sells Seeger-Orbis assets
• Tropical Islands signs agreements to develop vacation homes and related resort facilities , (2009)
• WL Ross portfolio company acquires BST Safety Textiles from Prudential subsidiaries

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance 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

• American University
• 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

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Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz 6
60313 Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany

Phones

49.69.9726.3939 (Business Phone)

Faxes

49.69.9726.3993 (Business Fax)

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