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    Dr. Christian von Wistinghausen
    ADVANT Beiten - Berlin
    Rechtsanwalt, LL.M.
    Partner

    Dr. Christian von Wistinghausen

    ADVANT Beiten - Berlin
    Rechtsanwalt, LL.M.
    Partner

    LANGUAGES

    English / French / German / Russian

    Beyond Europe

    China Desk - Investing in Germany - US Desk - 投资德国

    Practice Areas

    Corporate/M&A

    Sectors

    Digital, Media & Technology - Industrials

    Contacts

    T : +49 30 26471-351

    F : +49 30 26471-123

    Christian.Wistinghausen@advant-beiten.com

    Expertise

    Dr Christian von Wistinghausen is Partner at ADVANT Beiten's Berlin office and member of the Corporate / M&A practice group. His area of expertise comprises mergers & acquisitions, private equity and alternative investments. He advises national and international clients on cross-border M&A transactions and joint ventures.

    Dr Christian von Wistinghausen studied law at the University of Berlin (Dr iur. 1998) and King's College in London, UK (LL.M. 1995). He was admitted to the German Bar in 1998. Between 2002 and 2008, he headed ADVANT Beiten's Moscow office. He has been working with ADVANT Beiten since 2000 and became Partner in 2005.

    Awards

    Recommended Lawyer
    Best Lawyers in Kooperation mit Handelsblatt 2025
    Recommended Lawyer
    JUVE Rechtsmarkt 2024

    Dr. Christian von Wistinghausen is listed among the “50 leading individuals in investment control”.
    “Often seen on the side of Chinese investors”, competitor

    Recommended Lawyer
    Best Lawyers in cooperation with Handelsblatt 2024
    Recommended Lawyer
    JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2023/2024

    "very experienced M&A lawyer, collegial in interaction", "high professional competence"; "knows how to successfully represent his clients' interests", competitor

    Recommended Lawyer
    Best Lawyers in cooperation with Handelsblatt 2023
    Recommended Lawyer
    The Legal 500 Germany & EMEA 2023
    Recommended Lawyer
    JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 2022/2023
    Recommended Lawyer
    The Legal 500 Germany & EMEA 2022

    Publications

    Essays/Articles:

    Interpretation of the facts and exercise of discretion in the practice of investment control law
    Dr Christian von Wistinghausen
    in: ZASA 2024, p. 23 et seq.

    Foreign Direct Investment Regimes 2024 - Germany chapter
    Dr. Christian von Wistinghausen, Philipp Cotta und Lelu Li
    in: ICLG.com

    Memberships

    • Federal Association Mergers & Acquisitions

    Articles

    20th Amendment to the Foreign Trade and payments Regulation: What’s New?
    Digitalisation The amendments make it possible for administrative acts under the Foreign Trade and Payments Regulation (Außenwritschaftsverordnung, AWV) to be issued in electronic form. Applications, no…
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    八月特刊:透明登记簿
    八月特刊:透明登记簿 我们在今年五月底的推文“德国收紧关于透明登记簿的法律”中曾经提到《德国透明登记簿和金融信息法》(TraFinG)的草案及其核心内容。目前该法已于8月1日生效,本文旨在对该法案进行概述,特别是适用于中国公司的义务进行分析和说明。 1. 所有公司须履行的新申报义务 新的《德国透明登记簿和金融信息法》旨在对《德国洗钱法》(GwG)下的透明度登记义务作出一些重大修改。该法已于…
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    收紧关于透明登记簿的法律 - 毫无例外的登记义务
    2020年12月23日,德国联邦财政部公布了关于透明登记簿在欧洲联网和执行欧盟议会和理事会2019年6月20日关于使用金融信息打击洗钱、恐怖主义融资和其他严重犯罪的19/1153号指令的法律草案(《透明金融信息反洗钱法》 - TraFinG Gw)。德国政府于2021年2月10日迅速通过了基于该法律草案的《透明金融信息反洗钱法》草案。 《透明金融信息反洗钱法》的核心内容是: 欧洲范围内的透…
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    新《德国反垄断法》简析
    2021年1月14日,德国议会通过了对《德国反限制竞争法》的一项重大修正案。该修正案包含了对德国合并审查制度的深远变革。它将大大削减许多并购交易中的繁文缛节。 1. 提高德国境内的营业额门槛 随着营业额门槛的大幅提高,今后受限于德国合并审查的交易将越来越少。虽然最初的法律草案已经预见到德国国内营业额门槛将大幅提高,但为了进一步减少德国联邦卡特尔局(FCO)的工作量,议会主管委员会在最后一刻作出了…
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    “德国”的英国有限公司 – 英国脱欧之后将何去何从
    由于英国已于2020年12月31日退出欧盟,多达约一万家将行政所在地设在德国的英国有限公司(Limited)不再属于欧盟内部公司设立自由的保护范围内。 英国脱欧后就这类公司的法律评判适用所谓的公司所在地理论,因此,如果英国有限公司的行政总部(管理地)位于德国,则该有限公司适用德国法律。由于英国法律的中断/不再适用,如果公司有多名股东,该英国有限公司将自动转化成德国法下的民事合伙企业(GbR)或无限责任…
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    欧盟优先 - 风险投资基金、初创企业和德国投资审查
    德国联邦经济和能源部在2021年1月22日推出的关于《德国对外贸易和支付条例》第17次修正案的草案中明确表示,德国联邦政府希望在未来的外国投资审查中,特别针对外商对有前景的行业的德国公司作出的投资进行审查。计划中的收紧投资审查可能会引起创业资本基金和初创企业的特别关注。本所律师,同时也是参与目前与德国联邦经济能源部讨论该法案草案的投资审查法专家:冯蔚豪博士(Dr Christian von Wistingh…
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    EU First – Venture Capital Funds, Start-ups and the German Foreign Investment Control
    The draft bill of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) dated 22 January 2021 for the 17th Amendment of the German Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance underlines that the Germ…
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    Press

    ADVANT Beiten Advises Aesculap on Sale of TETEC AG to the Canadian Octane Group
    Dusseldorf, 26 June 2024 – The international law firm ADVANT Beiten has provided interdisciplinary advice to Aesculap AG, a subsidiary of the B. Braun group seated in Melsungen, Germany, on the sale of its…
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    Change in leadership: The Corporate/M&A practice group appoints Barbara Mayer as co-head alongside Hans-Josef Vo…
    Dusseldorf/Freiburg, 25 November 2022 - ADVANT Beiten's Corporate/M&A practice group has a new co-head: Dr Barbara Mayer joins Prof. Dr Hans-Josef Vogel as co-head of the practice group of approximately 60…
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    ADVANT Beiten Advises Comer Industries on Takeover of Walterscheid Powertrain Group
    Berlin, 14 December 2021 – The international commercial law firm ADVANT Beiten together with ADVANT Nctm, Italy, has advised Comer Industries S. p. A., a leading global developer and manufacturer of mechat…
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    ADVANT Beiten Advises Renault MOBILIZE on a Joint Venture with GP JOULE CONNECT
    Berlin, 15 October 2021 – ADVANT Beiten has advised Renault's charging service MOBILIZE Power Solutions on the establishment of a joint venture with GP JOULE CONNECT in the DACH market. MOBILIZE Power S…
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    BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Suzhou TZTEK Technology Co Ltd on the Complete Takeover of MueTec Automatisierte Mikros…
    Dusseldorf, 31 May 2021 – The international commercial law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has provided comprehensive legal advice to Suzhou TZTEK Technology Co Ltd ("TZTEK") on the acquisition of all shares in MueT…
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    BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Wire Group Holdings GmbH on Conclusion of Series B Financing
    Dusseldorf, 28 April 2021 – The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised Wire Group Holdings GmbH on the conclusion of a series B financing round in an amount of EUR 17m. Headquartered in Ber…
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    BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises VITAL Materials Co., Ltd. on the Acquisition of the Industrial Site Langelsheim from PP…
    Berlin, 17. March 2021 – The international commercial law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised VITAL Materials Co., Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer of special metals and their derivatives, on the acquisition of …
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    BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Suzhou TZTEK Technology Co Ltd on the Acquisition of MueTec Automatisierte Mikroskopie …
    Munich, 12 October 2020 – The international commercial law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has provided comprehensive legal advice to Suzhou TZTEK Technology Co Ltd ("TZTEK") on the acquisition of MueTec Automatisie…
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    BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Amphenol Corporation on Bond Issue of EUR 500 m.
    Munich, 6 May 2020 – The international firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised the NYSE-listed US group Amphenol Corporation on issuing Eurobonds with a volume of EUR 500 m. Amphenol is one of the world's la…
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    Blank Rome and BEITEN BURKHARDT Advise Korn Ferry on the Acquisition of Three Leadership Development Companies
    Berlin, 15 November 2019 - BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised Korn Ferry, a leading global consulting firm based in Delaware, USA, as German legal counsel on the acquisition of three leadership development compa…
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    BEITEN BURKHARDT advises My Media Group on Acquisition of a Majority Stake in Peak Ace AG
    Berlin, 31 January 2019 - My Media Group, France’s leading independent consulting and media buying group, acquired a 51% majority share in Peak Ace AG, Germany’s leading independent performance marketing a…
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