Dr. Thorsten Seidel is a member of the Firm’s German Corporate Practice Group in Berlin, where he also advises on mergers and acquisitions. He has given numerous presentations on legal matters related to healthcare, life sciences, telecommunications and renewable energy.
Practice Focus
Dr. Seidel focuses his practice on joint venture and private equity transactions. He frequently works with regulated markets, such as the telecommunications, energy, traffic and infrastructure industries.
Representative Legal Matters
- Represented Allianz Capital Partners in connection with the intended acquisition of a publicly listed company.
- Represented a joint venture consisting of DaimerChrysler AG and five leading German banks in connection with the sale of debis Airfinance Ltd. to Cerberus.
- Advised Freie und HanseStadt Hamburg, States of Lower Saxony and Brandenburg in connection with the sale of various hospital chains.
- Represented Fresenius AG in connection with the acquisition of Helios Kliniken GmbH.
- Represented General Motors in connection with the restructuring of its world wide business, the sale of Adam Opel GmbH and the joint venture with Magna/Sberbank.
- Advised Royal KPN N.V/E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co. KG in connection with various joint ventures, acquisitions and intended acquisitions.
Admission
Germany (1998)
Education
University of Cape Town
(LL.M.)
(1998)
Supreme Court of Berlin
(Assessor Exam)
(1998)
University of Regensburg
(Referendar Exam)
(1995)
University of Regensburg
(Dr. jur.)
(1995)
University of Bonn
University of Geneva
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