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Stefanie Tesch

Counsel
Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern
Not admitted to the bar

Biography

Stefanie is a counsel in the Munich office and a member of the Firm's Transactional Practice Group and Baker McKenzie’s dedicated Global Reorganizations Group. She advises multinational companies on complex corporate law matters, with a particular focus on cross-border reorganizations, carve-outs, and group structure optimization. She regularly leads and coordinates multi-jurisdictional workstreams and acts as a trusted adviser to international clients on corporate projects.

Practice Focus

Stefanie’s practice is focused on corporate law. She has broad experience in advising multinational clients on complex domestic and cross-border corporate reorganizations (carve-outs, spin-offs, post-acquisition integrations, pre-transaction reorganizations and legal entity rationalizations) and guiding multinational companies through the structuring, implementation and management of such projects. Furthermore, Stefanie advises global clients on topics relating to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, in particular regarding transparency register obligations and the identification, documentation and filing of beneficial owners.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advising S&P Global Inc. on the separation of its Mobility business into Mobility Global Inc., a newly independent public company, which is among the most significant recent cross-border corporate carve-outs in the global information services sector.

  • Advising CDP Foundation (CDP Worldwide, CDP North America and CDP Japan) on its transformative investment and strategic reorganization involving global investment firm Permira.

  • Advising Kimberly-Clark regarding its strategic partnership with Suzano to create an international tissue and professional products company.

  • Advising multinational hospitality group Accor on the reorganization and simplification of its organizational structure by creating its Luxury & Lifestyle as well as Economy, Midscale & Premium divisions

  • Advising a US-based global healthcare group regarding a comprehensive reorganization of the German subgroup.

  • Advising a French manufacturer of electrical systems and equipment for the aerospace, defense, transportation and security sectors on the carve-out of a business unit as preparation of its sale.

  • Advising CommScope on the carveout of its Outdoor Wireless Networks (OWN) business and Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) business in connection with a third party sale to Amphenol Corporation.

  • Advising an international courier and logistics group on the post-acquisition restructuring of its European business.

  • Advising The Nielsen Company on its divestiture of Nielsen IQ to Advent International for USD 2.7 billion

  • Ongoing advice to a global medical technology group on all corporate law aspects, including post-merger integrations and rationalizations.

  • Advising US pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson on the German part of its USD 50 billion spin-off of Kenvue, its consumer products business.

  • Regularly advising the Firm’s clients on corporate governance matters, general corporate law and compliance with anti-money laundering rules relating to transparency.

Education

  • Specialist attorney in Commercial and Corporate Law (2021)
  • University of Applied Sciences (Diplom-Wirtschaftsjuristin) (2010)

Languages

  • English
  • German

Publications

Co-author (together with Tobias Beck) of "EU Anti-Money Laundering Package / EU-Geldwäschepaket," Baker McKenzie Client Alert, 16 June 2024

Co-author (together with Tobias Beck) of "Transparency Register: Discrepancy Report" / Transparenzregister: Unstimmigkeitsmeldungen," Baker McKenzie Client Alert, 9 February 2024

Co-author (together with Robin Haas) of “Transparency Register / Sanctions Enforcement Act II” / “Transparenzregister / Sanktionsdurchsetzungsgesetz II,” Baker McKenzie Client Alert, 13 January 2023

Co-author (with Robin Haas and Tobias Beck), "Draft law on the reorganization of the German transparency register (E-TraFinG Gw)," Baker McKenzie Client Alert, 22 April 2021

Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern is registered with the Local Court of Frankfurt/Main (registered seat) HRB 123975. It is associated with Baker & McKenzie International, a Verein organized under the laws of Switzerland.

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