Dr. Werner Brickwedde, LL.M.

Partner

Rechtsanwalt

Languages

English, German

Practice areas

• Corporate
• Energy and infrastructure
• Mergers and acquisitions

Practice notes

Dr. Werner Brickwedde is a Partner at Eversheds Sutherland in Dusseldorf and a member of the Corporate/M&A practice group.

He advises national and international clients in the areas of general corporate law and M&A, in particular on national and cross-border transactions and joint ventures. He focuses on transactions in the energy and infrastructure sector.

Werner studied law at the University of Münster and wrote his doctoral thesis at the Institut für Deutsches und Europäisches Unternehmensrecht (Institute for German and European company law) in Münster on the liability of subsidiaries of German limited liability companies at horizontal level.

Before he joined Eversheds Sutherland, he worked as a Counsel at the law firm Clifford Chance.

Werner is one of the recommended lawyers for M&A in Germany (Kanzleimonitor 2018).

Werner's recent experience includes:

• Advising Global Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition and financing of a 50%-participation in Borkum Riffgrund 2 Offshore Windpark
• Advising innogy SE on the acquisition of BELECTRIC Solar & Battery, a company specialising in photovoltaic solar power systems and batteries
• Advising CK Infrastructure Holdings on the acquisition of the ista Group from CVC
• Advising Fresenius Kabi on the takeover of the biosimilars business of Merck KGaA
• Advising Media Saturn Holding on the participation in the Russian electronics dealer M.video