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    Gerhard Manz
    ADVANT Beiten - Freiburg
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    Gerhard Manz

    ADVANT Beiten - Freiburg
    Rechtsanwalt

    Contacts

    T : +49 761 150984-11

    F : +49 761 150984-99

    Gerhard.Manz@advant-beiten.com

    Expertise

    Gerhard Manz is located at ADVANT Beiten's Freiburg office and member of the Corporate/M&A practice group. His area of expertise comprises M&A and corporate law, including reorganizations, shareholder disputes and business succession, as well as corporate finance, international commercial law and compliance matters. He provides comprehensive legal advice for both family-owned companies and corporate groups in a national and international context. Gerhard Manz is the author and/or editor of numerous legal publications.

    Gerhard Manz studied law and economics at the Freie Universität Berlin, the University of Lausanne as well as the Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg and was admitted to the German Bar in 1979. Prior to joining ADVANT Beiten in 2022, he has been Partner at a leading independent German law firm.

    Awards

    Recommended Lawyer
    JUVE Handbook German Commercial Law Firms 2024/2025

    “outstanding, very experienced and pleasant”, competitor

    Recommended Lawyer
    Best Lawyers in Kooperation mit Handelsblatt 2025
    Recommended Lawyer
    Best Lawyers in cooperation with Handelsblatt 2024
    Recommended Lawyer
    The Legal 500 Germany & EMEA 2024
    Recommended Lawyer
    JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2023/2024

    excellent colleague, very much appreciated", competitor

    Recommended Lawyer
    The Legal 500 Germany & EMEA 2023
    Recommended Lawyer
    JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2022/2023

    "very experienced and pleasant", Competitor
    "outstanding personality", Competitor

    Publications

    Books

    Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Manz/Mayer/Schröder: The European Company
    Gerhard Manz, Barbara Mayer, & Albert Schröder
    in: Nomos-Verlag, 3rd edition

    Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Manz/Mayer/Schröder: GmbH
    Gerhard Manz, Barbara Mayer, & Albert Schröder
    in: Haufe Verlag

    Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Manz/Mayer/Schröder: Aktiengesellschaft
    Gerhard Manz, Barbara Mayer, & Albert Schröder
    in: Haufe-Verlag

    Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Mayer/Manz/Schröder: The German Stock Corporation
    Gerhard Manz, Barbara Mayer & Albert Schröder

    Co-Author of The Legal Professions in the New Europe
    Gerhard Manz
    in: Cavendish Publishing, 1996

    Haufe's Database on Company Law and Haufe - Tax - Office (Haufe-Steuer-Office)
    Gerhard Manz (co-authorship)

    Publications

    The Brexit and its Effects on the Legal Relations between the EU and the UK
    Gerhard Manz & Barbara Mayer
    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
    Gerhard Manz & Barbara Mayer
    in: IWB 14/2015, p. 529 et seq.

    Current Cause for Advice on Commercial Law: The European Company: Is it coming or not? A Report on the Interim Status
    Gerhard Manz
    in: SteuerConsultant 08/2011

    Dormant Equity Holdings in Corporations: The Character of Equity Capital and Priority in Insolvency following the Entry into Force of the German Act to Modernise the Law governing German Private Limited Companies (GmbHs) and to Combat Abuse (MoMiG)
    Gerhard Manz & Stefan Lammel
    in: GmbHR 2009, p. 1121 et seq.

    Introduction of the UN Convention of Goods in Germany
    Gerhard Manz
    in: International Business Lawyer 6/91

    Memberships

    • Executive board of the Working Group on Corporate and Commercial Law Committee of the German Federal Bar Association
    • Chairman of the Carl-Schurz-Haus/German-American Institut, Freiburg
    • Board of Baden-Württemberg: Connected e.V. (bwcon), the leading business initiative for the promotion of the high-tech sectors in Baden-Württemberg