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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.
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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