With a sector focus on the industrial and technology sectors, DLA Piper routinely assists German and global corporations, including listed companies, with corporate reorganisations, spin-offs, joint ventures and other cooperation projects as well as with ESG, compliance and corporate governance issues. Both practice heads Benjamin Parameswaran (also co-chair of the global corporate group) and Andreas Füchsel primarily act within a transactional context and often handle cross-border issues. In May 2024, the team welcomed Murad Daghles from White & Case LLP; in addition to his substantive expertise in M&A and joint ventures, he also has significant sector expertise in the real estate and infrastructure industries. In January 2025, the firm further strengthened its team with Sebastian Goslar (corporate law, corporate governance, restructuring, M&A) from Linklaters.
Testimonials
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'Kerstin Schnabel: An extremely experienced and competent corporate lawyer, always thinking about her clients, very reliable and quick in her support and extremely pleasant in her personal interaction.'
'The teams are sized to optimally match the requirements of the deal and the client's expectations.'
'Fast, error-free, pragmatic.'
'Mathias Schulze Steinen: An outstanding lawyer, efficient deal-maker and charming negotiator. Hanna Lütkens: An up-and-coming talent and will certainly be a partner herself in a few years.'
'The Cologne team offers outstanding expertise in all areas of corporate law and M&A transactions. All lawyers are technically excellent, extremely service-oriented, internationally oriented and also very pleasant on a personal level. The collaboration is unparalleled in every respect.'
'Cornelius Frie: An outstanding lawyer, extremely quick comprehension, extremely service-oriented, perfect English, extremely pleasant to work with. '
'A highly efficient and very responsive team with a wide range of skills.'
'Cornelis Frie: An excellent M&A lawyer. He has the necessary experience to handle even complex transactions in a targeted and efficient manner.'
Key clients
- ATOSS Software AG
- BASF
- Daimler Truck AG
- Danaher Corporation
- ELTA Systems Limited
- Galaxy
- General Electric (GE)
- Healy International AG
- Neosfer GmbH
- ResMed Gruppe
Work highlights
- Advising BASF on its partnership with Vattenfall for the partial acquisition of the German offshore wind farms Nordlicht 1 and 2 and on the global spin-off of the Mobile Exhaust Catalysts and Precious Metal Services business units.
- Advising Danaher Group on the spin-off of its Environmental & Applied Solutions (EAS) business unit, which was spun off as Veralto Corporation.
- Advising blockchain specialist Galaxy on the planned establishment of AllUnity, a new joint venture with Deutsche Bank fund subsidiary DWS and trading house FlowTraders.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Benjamin Parameswaran, Andreas Füchsel