Dr Winfried Richardt
Rechtsanwalt
Partner
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- Dusseldorf
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Dr Winfried Richardt
Career
Dr Winfried Richardt is Partner at ADVANT Beiten in Dusseldorf and member of the Corporate/M&A practice group. In his work he focuses on the areas of competence corporate law, stock corporation law, restructurings and capital market law. His area of activity comprises in particular the ongoing corporate advice on limited liability companies law and stock corporation law. This includes advice during preparation and implementation of shareholders' and general meetings also of listed companies as well as corporate governance issues in complex group structures in the context of interaction between various group companies and its bodies. Dr Richardt further focuses on capital market law topics from the issuer's perspective and assists with restructurings within companies and groups. In addition, he addresses legal issues concerning financial reporting and publicity, in particular annual and consolidated financial statements.
Dr Winfried Richardt studied law at the University of Cologne (Dr iur. 1997) and was admitted to the German Bar in 1999. From 1999 until 2002 he worked as Inhouse counsel with a DAX-listed energy supply group, focusing on corporate and capital market law issues but also addressing general civil law matters. From 2002 until 2017 he headed the department in charge of corporate legal matters and capital market law of a major DAX/MDAX-listed wholesale and retail group. He joined ADVANT Beiten as Partner in 2017.
Publications / Lectures
Publications:
Implementation of the Reorganisation Directive - UmRUG
Dr Winfried Richardt
Newsletter M&A Review, 04/2023
Notary Guide Corporate Law
Hauschild/Kallrath/Wachter (Ed.),
C. H. Beck Verlag, Munich, 3rd edition 2022, 2nd edition 2017, 1st edition 2011
Corporate Law in the Reform Discussion
Kämmerer/K. Schmidt/Veil (Ed.)
Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2013
General Meeting 2009 - Trends and Tendencies
GoingPublic Magazin, special edition Kapitalmarktrecht 2009
Flexibilisation of Pay Conditions in Employment Contracts
Richardt Verlag Dr Otto Schmidt, Cologne, 1997
Lectures:
Lecture on "Current Trends in Purchase Price Adjustment Clauses and Company Valuations"
M&A Conference 2020 in Duesseldorf on 28 January 2020;
(R&W event, Duesseldorf)
Lecture "Preparatory Restructuring - Legal To-Dos"
Conference "Primary Market Conference 2019" on 12 February 2019 in Frankfurt am Main
(Deutsches Aktieninstitut, Frankfurt am Main)
Lecture "Capital Market Communication – Considerations for the Legal Practice"
Conference "Framework of Capital Market Communication" on 24 September 2015 in Frankfurt am Main
(Deutsches Aktieninstitut, Frankfurt am Main)
Lecture on Legal and Practice Issues Regarding the General Meeting of Listed Companies
Annual Conference "Focal Point Joint Stock Company" on 22/23 September 2014 in Dusseldorf
(Euroforum, Dusseldorf)
Lecture "The Period Between Annual Financial Statement and General Meeting Under Corporate Law Aspects"
In-House Counsel Conference 2010 on 23/24 February 2010 in Berlin
(Euroforum, Dusseldorf)
Lecture on Legal and Practice Issues Regarding the General Meeting of Listed Companies
Conferences BeckAkademie "General Meeting" 2009 – 2012
(C. H. Beck Verlag, Munich)
Lecture "General Meetings in Times of the ARUG (Shareholder Rights Directive Implementation Act)" Fifth Hamburg Forum – "1000 Days of Reforms of Corporate Law" on 17 June 2011 in Hamburg
(Bucerius Law School, Hamburg)
Lecture "The Provisions on Individual Disclosure" (of Remuneration of Management Board)
Seminar "Remuneration Systems and Corporate Governance Faced With New Challenges" on 7 July 2009 in Frankfurt am Main
(Deutsches Aktieninstitut, Frankfurt am Main)
Press releases
NEWS
Seven New Equity Partners: Strong Growth From Own Ranks |
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ADVANT Beiten Advises Paca Puratos on the Acquisition of the Business Operations of the Insolvent frizle fresh foods AG |
ADVANT Beiten Advises Paca Puratos on the Acquisition of the Business.pdf |
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ADVANT Beiten Advises MYPOSTER on Takeover and Exit of JUNIQE |
ADVANT Beiten Advises MYPOSTER on Takeover and Exit of JUNIQE.pdf |
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BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Wire Group Holdings GmbH on Conclusion of Series B Financing |
BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Wire Group Holdings GmbH on Conclusion of Series B Financing.pdf |
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BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Owner on the Sale of Intensive Care Service Lebenswert GmbH to a Korian Group Company |
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BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Suzhou TZTEK Technology Co Ltd on the Acquisition of MueTec Automatisierte Mikroskopie und Meßtechnik GmbH |
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BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Quadpack Industries on Acquisition of Louvrette GmbH |
BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Quadpack Industries on Acquisition of Louvrette GmbH_1.pdf |
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BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Hotelplan Group on Takeover of vtours |
BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Hotelplan Group on Takeover of vtours.pdf |
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BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises Puratos Group N.V. on Acquisition of the Bakery Ingredients Business of PMG Premium Mühlen Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG |
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BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises ING DiBa on Acquisition of Lendico |
PR BEITEN BURKHARDT advisese ING DiBa on Acqusition of Lendico.pdf |
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