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Dr. Steffen Schniepp

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Dr. Steffen Schniepp is a partner in the Corporate/M&A practice group.

He has been advising well-known clients on complex, mainly international, PE and M&A transactions for more than 17 years. His clients include international corporations, DAX-listed companies and leading private equity investors.

Dr. Steffen Schniepp has been regularly recommended by Legal 500 and JUVE as a leading expert in private equity and M&A for many years.

Before joining Eversheds Sutherland, he worked as a partner for various international law firms in Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Frankfurt and London. Most recently, he was responsible for the legal advisory business of an international consulting firm for Germany, Europe and EMEA as Managing Partner and led the global M&A business as Head of M&A.

Steffen's recent experience includes advising:

  • Delivery Hero on acquisition of Glovo in more than 20 jurisdictions*
  • Federal Republic of Germany on its investment in Curevac and subsequent IPO*
  • Würth on various acquisitions in different jurisdictions*
  • Mahle on acquisition in Italy*
  • Shareholder of Volume Graphics on sale to Hexagon*
  • Böhringer Ingelheim on sale of a stake in AGC*
  • Bosch in various transactions and JV formations*
  • Siemens in various transactions and JV formations*

* advised before joining Eversheds Sutherland

  • Legal 500: "Steffen Schniepp is well versed in M&A and private equity".
  • JUVE: "remarkable what he has already achieved with his team in the region".
  • JUVE: "the captain who keeps the strings together".
  • JUVE: "very enterprising".
  • The Liquidity Commitment, Peter Lang Verlag 2008
  • Schniepp/Giesecke: Virtual shares and general terms and conditions, NZG 2017, 128
  • Schniepp/Holfeld: Compliance guarantees in company purchase agreements, DB 2016, 1738.
  • Schniepp/Hensel: Shareholder loans- joint and several liability of assignor and assignee in M&A transactions, BB 2015, 777
  • Schniepp/Hensel: Problems with the Chain of Title - The Merger of the Target GmbH as a Royal or Wooden Road, NZG 2014, 857.

 

  • Dr. Steffen Schniepp studied law at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and received his doctorate in 2008
Dr. Steffen Schniepp

Partner

Dr. Steffen Schniepp

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