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Contract & Commercial Law - Corporate/M&A - Estate Planning & Law of Foundations
Dr Barbara Mayer is Partner at ADVANT Beiten's Freiburg office and and co-head of the Corporate/M&A practice group. Her focus is on national and cross-border M&A transactions – for family-run medium sized companies as well as for international groups. In addition, she advises companies of all sizes – from start-ups to listed multinationals - on cross-border projects all over the world, on corporate law issues, on the preparation of shareholders' meetings and general assemblies as well as on restructurings. Another focus of Dr Barbara Mayer’s work is advising family businesses and the families behind them in the context of shareholder disputes and succession planning. With international clients and vast global connections in the legal sector, she helps clients to cross borders whenever needed. Her industry focus is on healthcare/life sciences and technology. She frequently publishes articles on current developments in corporate law and is the author and/or editor of several legal books.
Dr Barbara Mayer studied law at the Universities of Heidelberg, Strasbourg (Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé) as well as the Albert Ludwig University Freiburg. She obtained her doctoral degree at the University of Freiburg, completed her legal training in Hamburg and was admitted to the German Bar in 1993. Prior to joining ADVANT Beiten in 2022, she has been Managing Partner of a leading independent German law firm for several years.
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Books
Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Manz/Mayer/Schröder: Die GmbH
Barbara Mayer, Gerhard Manz & Albert Schröder
Haufe, 2020
Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Manz/Mayer/Schröder: The European Company
Barbara Mayer, Gerhard Manz & Albert Schröder
Nomos-Verlag, 3rd edition, 2019
Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Mayer/Manz/Schröder: The German Stock Corporation
Barbara Mayer, Gerhard Manz & Albert Schröder
The Federal Post Office: Commercial Enterprise or Public Service
Barbara Mayer
1990
Publications
High time for a reform of (stock corporation law) resolution deficiency law
Dr. Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Betriebs-Berater, 24/2024, p. 1345 ff.
Responsible ownership - What does a new legal form bring for companies?
Barbara Mayer (quotes)
in: Platow Legal & Finance, 28.09.2023
Guideline for companies
Barbara Mayer
in: Handelsblatt, July 4, 2023, p. 34
Digitalization push: The virtual assembly arrives at the association
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Betriebs-Berater, 14/15 2023, p. 1
The virtual Annual General Meeting - 80 practical questions on the principles, preparation and implementation of the new virtual Annual General Meeting
Barbara Mayer, Moritz Jenne & Matthias Miller
in: Betriebs-Berater, 51/51.2022, p. 2949 et seq.
"Backflip" - the government draft of the law on the introduction of virtual general meetings
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Betriebs-Berater 2022, p. 1155 et seq.
Comment on Federal Court of Justice "Arbitrability IV" of September 23, 2021 - I ZB 13/21 (on the arbitrability of shareholder disputes in partnerships)
Barbara Mayer & Stephan Strubinger
in: IWRZ, 2022, p. 82 et seq.
Borderline chaos (on the consequences of Brexit)
Barbara Mayer & Jan Barth
in: NJW 11/2021, p. 19
The virtual Annual General Meeting 2021 - 20 practical questions on the conduct of the Annual General Meeting after the amendments to the COVMG
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Betriebs-Berater 2021, p. 899 et seq.
Circular resolution procedure - no applicability of Art. 2 § 2 COVMG in case of provisions in the articles of association
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Betriebs-Berater 2021, p. 656 et seq.
Managing Director Liability: Unconditional discharge of the general partner of a limited partnership with a private limited company as general partner by its co-shareholders
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 22.09.2020 - II ZR 141/19, GmbHR 2020, 1344 et seq.
Proposal with signal effect - Why the discussion about a mandate break for board members is justified
Barbara Mayer
in: Betriebs-Berater 39.2020
Compatibility of work and family at board level
Barbara Mayer
in: BRAKmagazin 06/2020, p. 13
Annual General Meetings in times of the COVID 19 pandemic
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Comply 2/2020
The virtual general meeting - 40 practical questions on the basics, planning, convening and conducting the general meeting in accordance with the COVID-19 Company Law Act
Barbara Mayer, Matthias Miller & Moritz Jenne
in: Betriebs-Berater 2020, p. 1282 ff.
Annual General Meetings in times of epidemics and other dangerous situations - at the same time review of the COVID 19 pandemic law
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Betriebs-Berater 2020, p. 835 et seq.
Commercial conflicts, Brexit and Co: Outlook on the M&A market 2020
Barbara Mayer
in: Betriebs-Berater 5.2020
Judicial reviewability of a resolution of the shareholders' meeting on the introduction or increase of a managing director's remuneration (note on OLG Hamm, judgment of 09.09.2019 - 8 U 7/17)
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: GmbHR 2020, 204 et seq.
The draft on the Association Sanctions Act - overview and consequences for the monitoring activities of the supervisory board
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Der Aufsichtsrat 2019, 170 ff.
The draft of the Association Sanctions Act - Overview and implications for compli-ance management
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Compliance-Berater 2019, issue 11, p. 405 ff.
Violation of social duty of loyalty through discharge resolutions, note to Higher Regional Court Frankfurt, judgment of May 23, 2019 - 5 U 21/18
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: law on limited liability companies 2019, 940 ff.
The Brexit and its Effects on the Legal Relations between the EU and the UK
Barbara Mayer & Gerhard Manz
in: Betriebs-Berater 2016, p. 1731-1740.
Challenges under Company Law in International Groups - A Summary of the Scope of Organizational Freedom and its Limits in Six Different States
Barbara Mayer & Gerhard Manz
in: IWB 14/2015, p. 529 et seq.
Barriers for Claims for Damages after Business Acquisitions
Barbara Mayer & Jan Henning Martens
in: Platow Recht No. 129, 2015, p. 7
Letters to young Lawyers
Barbara Mayer (co-authorship, editor)
in: Gostomzyk/Jahn, C.H. Beck, 2015
Non-discharge of Management due to Unexcused Violation of Duty - comment on OLG Munich, decision dated 22 July 2015, file no. 7 U 2980/12
Barbara Mayer & Jan Henning Martens
in: IWRZ 2015, p. 30 et seq.
The Tax Advisor as an Advisor to GmbHs: Update on the GmbH Reform
Barbara Mayer
in: SteuerConsultant 2/2008, p. 18 et. seq.
Risks of Liability arising out of Company Acquisitions without Conducting a Due Diligence Review
Barbara Mayer
in: SteuerConsultant 10/2007, p. 36 et. seq.
The European Company (SE): A Form of Company (also) for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Barbara Mayer
in: INF 21/2006
The EURO in Legal Transactions: Contract Law
Barbara Mayer
in: published by the German-Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (debe-lux), Brussels, 1998
Product Liability: Risks for the Packaging Industry - Ways of Reducing Them
Barbara Mayer
in: Creativ Verpacken 6/1997
The Importance of Article 87 Basic Law (GG) for the Organization of the Federal Post Office
Barbara Mayer
in: Peter/Rhein, Wirtschaft und Recht: Rahmenbedingungen wirtschaftlicher Betätigung, Grenzen der Wirtschaftslenkung, Wirtschaftliche Betätigung der Öffentlichen Hand, Zukunft staatlicher Monopole, Osnabrück, 1989
