Christian C.-W. Pleister
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Partner
Prof. Dr. Christian Pleister is a corporate partner in Noerr's Berlin and Frankfurt office. He is a leading expert for complex international transactions and restructurings.
Projects
- Lender group
Advising on the reorganisation and sale of STEAG - Deutsche Bank, DWS
Advising regularly on complex customer refinancing, restructurings - Grob Aircraft
Advising on the sale to Helsing; comprehensive advice to the seller on structuring and implementation - VTB Bank (Europe) SE/OWH SE
comprehensive advice under the leadership of the BaFin special representative on the stabilisation and solvent liquidation of the international banking business - Gegenbauer Gesellschafter
Advising on the formation of leading facility services group Apleona/Gegenbauer under the leadership of PAI - Wirecard
Advising as lead counsel in the global divestment process of business units, including the sale of North American payment services to Syncapay supported by Centerbridge, European core business to Grupo Santander, solvent wind-down of Wirecard Bank - DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga)
Advising on the investor process - OLB (vormals Bremer Kreditbank)
Advising on the acquisition of Bankhaus Neelmeyer from Unicredit - Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. (now Deutsche Oppenheim Family Office)/Deutsche Bank
comprehensive advice on the Oppenheim Esch complex and restructuring - HelloFresh
Advising on equity financing, IPO, regular advice - Global Fashion Group (GFG)
Advising on equity financing and IPO - Hertha BSC
Advising on equity investments by Tennor Holding and 777 Partners - Panasonic
Advising on the sale of the Vossloh-Schwabe Group - KATHREIN
Advising on restructuring and sale of core business (around 4000 employees worldwide) to Ericsson - Steinhoff International
Advising on the sale of group subsidiaries Impuls and Puris as part of the restructuring process
Distinctions
- One of the best lawyers for banking and finance law, capital markets law, corporate law, energy law, intellectual property law, media and copyright law, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring and insolvency law, Best Lawyers Handelsblatt 2024
- Leading senior consultant for M&A (JUVE Handbuch)
- ''A strong negotiator who understands well how to realise the interests of his clients'', Chambers Europe (2019)
- One of the "best German corporate lawyers", top list of WirtschaftsWoche
- One of the best lawyers for insolvency law and restructuring, top list of WirtschaftsWoche
- "Thought Leader Germany" M&A and Corporate Governance, Who's Who Legal (2019)
- Acritas Star lawyer
- Leading lawyer for restructuring and insolvency, IFLR1000 (since 2014)
- Leading individual in Restructuring/Insolvency, Chambers Europe (since 2014)
- Recommended expert for M&A, Best Lawyers Handelsblatt (since 2012)
- Recommended media law expert, Best Lawyers Handelsblatt (since 2013)
- Recommended expert in corporate law and industrial property protection, Best Lawyers Handelsblatt (since 2015)
- Recommended expert for restructuring and bankruptcy law, Best Lawyers Handelsblatt (since 2017)
- ''He is masterly in getting the deal done'', Chambers Europe (2018)
- ''Most highly regarded", "specialist in dealing with complex transactions", ''reputation in the industry for providing the highest-quality advice'', Who’s Who Legal (2017)
- ''Comes highly recommended for his top-notch practice advising technology and media companies and financial clients on large-scale transactions.'', Who's Who Legal, Germany (2019)
- ''Highly sought after by clients for his 'fast responses and excellent market knowledge'. Sources highlight his 'strong negotiation skills and vast transactional experience', as well as 'his strong commitment to the lawyer-client relationship'.", Who’s Who Legal - M&A and Governance (2018)
- Recommended expert in banking and finance law, Best Lawyers Handelsblatt (2022)
- Recommended expert in capital markets law, Best Lawyers Handelsblatt (2022)
- "Thought Leader Germany" M&A and Governance, Who's Who Legal (2022)
- "Recognised as a Highly Regarded Lawyer in the latest IFLR1000 rankings", 2022/23 edition of IFLR1000
Career
Graduate of the Axel Springer School of Journalism, Berlin/Hamburg
Legal studies at the University of Munich, including doctorate
Research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich
Experience abroad: Los Angeles (Irell & Manella), New York (Random House)
Admitted to the Berlin and Frankfurt Chamber of Lawyers
At Noerr since 1999
Memberships
- International Bar Association: Corporate and M&A Law Committee
- M&A Working Group of the German-American Lawyers’ Association
- Restructuring and Insolvency Law Working Group of the German Lawyers’ Association (DAV)
- Association for Corporate and Business Law (VGR)
Lectures
- Professor Dr. Christian Pleister speaks at numerous events on the subjects of M&A, transactions and restructuring
- Honorary professor at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf in Potsdam
Publications
- Gesellschafterdarlehen in der Insolvenz - ein europäischer Flickenteppich (with Dr. Kenny Koa), in: ZRI 2020, p. 273 et seq.
- Gläubigerbeteiligung in Zeiten von COVID-19 - Ein Plädoyer und Konzept für die Durchführung virtueller Gläubigerversammlungen nach geltendem Recht (with Dr. Nicholas R. Palenker), in: ZRI 2020, p. 245 et seq.
- Handbuch Restrukturierung in der Insolvenz - Eigenverwaltung und Insolvenzplan, therein: § 39 Planänderungen, § 50 Insolvenzplan im nationalen Konzern and § 51 Insolvenzplan im internationalen Konzern (with Dr. Ingo Theusinger), 3rd edition 2019.
- Konzerninsolvenzrecht, § 5 I, II, III, IV and (with Dr. Ingo Theusinger) § 4 V, VI 4, VIII; 2nd edition 2018.
- Reparaturbedarf am ESUG-Instrumentenkasten (with Fabian Kunkel), in: ZIP 4/2017, p. 153 et seq.
- Kommentierung Insolvenzplan (§§ 235-253, 260-269 InsO), in: Kübler, Prütting, Bork (ed.), InsO, Kommentar zur Insolvenzordnung.
- Behandlung von Drittsicherheiten in der finanziellen Restrukturierung von Konzernen, in: ZIP 23/2015, p. 1097 et seq.
- The New American Way of Bankruptcy oder die Renationalisierung des Internationalen Insolvenzrechts (with Philipp Takjas), in: Commemorative for Bruno M. Kübler on his 70th birthday, 2015, p. 507 et seq.
- Zum Siegeszug des insolvenzrechtlichen Freigabeverfahrens (with Dr. Laurenz Tholen), in: ZIP 9/2015, p. 414 et seq.
- Restrukturierung nach dem ESUG: Die wichtigsten Praxisfälle, in: GWR 11/2013, p. 220 et seq.
- Das besondere Koordinationsverfahren nach dem Diskussionsentwurf für ein Gesetz zur Erleichterung der Bewältigung von Konzerninsolvenzen, in: ZIP 21/2013, p. 1013 et seq.
- Rechtsprechung zum Insolvenz- und Sanierungsrecht (with Laurenz Tholen), in: ZIP 11/2013, p. 525 et seq.
- Lizenzen in der Insolvenz – eine unendliche Geschichte? (with Prof. Dr. Sebastian Wündisch), in: ZIP 37/2012, pp. 1792 et seq.
- Ein Weg zur begrenzten Haftung für Berufsfehler: Die englische LLP, in: AnwBl 10/2012, p. 801 et seq.
- Lizenzen in der Insolvenz – Gesetzentwurf vom Tisch, Probleme bleiben: Newsletter 9th Handelsblatt Annual Meeting Restructuring 2013, p. 12.
- Treueprämien in der Unternehmenskrise sind gefährlich (with Patrick Mückl): www.faz.net/recht.
- Europäischer Wettbewerb um den besten Sanierungsstandort, in: Insight – Perspectives 2012/2013 No. 3/2012, p. 6 et seq.
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