Benedikt Vogt, LLB
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Associated Partner
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Compliance & Investigations
Benedikt Vogt advises companies and their bodies as well as private equity investors in M&A transactions and corporate law matters. His experience include private and public M&A transactions, joint ventures, co-investments, corporate restructurings and carve-outs. Benedikt Vogt also regularly advises on general corporate and capital market aspects as well as on special situations including shareholder activism.
Projects
- CPPIB on co-investment in the public takeover offer for Axel Springer by KKR as well as in connection with the delisting offer
- German Economic Support Fund (Wirtschaftsstabilisierungsfonds – WSF) on additional financing package for TUI Group
- Hyundai Motor Company in a public tender offer and private acquisition of a majority stake (jointly with Santander) in Sixt Leasing from Sixt SE
- Hellman & Friedman/Blackstone Group on the public tender offer for Scout24
- ZF Friedrichshafen in the takeover of WABCO
- Henkel on various transactions
- Hyundai and KIA on the investment into IONITY, a joint venture established by several OEMs to set-up and operate a pan-European High-Power-Charging network for electric vehicles
- German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy on the sale of Adam Opel
- Daimler and Daimler Financial Services in arbitration proceedings against the German Federal Government regarding the Toll Collect project and negotiations for its settlement
Career
- Studied law at the Bucerius Law School Hamburg and abroad at the National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Doctorate studies at the Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
- Associate at Latham & Watkins, Duesseldorf
- At Noerr since 2020
- Admitted to the Duesseldorf Chamber of Lawyers
Memberships
- German Lawyers' Association (DAV)
- Corporate Lawyers Association (VGR)
- German-American Lawyers' Association
Publications
- Zwischen Bullen und Bären – Der Einfluss der COVID-19 Krise auf Unternehmensstrategien und Investorenerwartung. 09.07.2020, Handelsblatt Blog.
- Verbesserte Transparenz und Non-Profit Governance Kodex für NPOs, NZG 2014, 12.
- Publizität im Stiftungsrecht, doctoral thesis, 2013.