PROF. DR. CHRISTIAN C.-W. PLEISTER

PROF. DR. CHRISTIAN C.-W. PLEISTER
Rechtsanwalt
Partner
Co-Head Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions
T +49 30 20942337
T +49 69 971477252
christian.pleister
@noerr.com
Noerr LLP
Charlottenstraße 57
10117 Berlin
Germany
Noerr LLP
Boersenstraße 1
60313 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Prof. Dr. Christian Pleister is a specialist in complex transactions
including restructurings. In addition, he regularly advises key
clients in the fields of technology, media, telecommunications
and energy.
COMPETENCES
Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate Law
Capital Markets Law
Restructuring/Reorganization
Intellectual Property
Media
DISTINCTIONS
Sources describe him as: "Creative lawyer, diligent", JUVE
(2014)
Sources describe him as: "creative in his solutions" and "he
always finds innovative ways to get the best results",
Chambers Global (2014)
Leading expert for M&A, Who's Who Legal Germany (2014)
Leading expert for M&A and Media, Best Lawyers (2014)
Leader for Corporate/M&A, Restructuring & Insolvency,
Chambers Global (2014)
Leading lawyer for Restructuring, IFLR 1000 (2014/2015)
Recommended lawyer for Corporate/M&A, Legal 500
(2014/2015)
Frequently recommended lawyer for Corporate, M&A,
Restructuring and Media, JUVE (2014/2015)
REFERENCES
Round of funding for Hello Fresh GmbH based on a
post-money valuation of EUR 624 million (2014/2015)
Formation of the Global Fashion Group by Kinnevik, Rocket,
Access Industries, Tengelmann, Summit Partners and other
investors (transaction volume: EUR 2.7 billion) (2014)
Sale of patent portfolio and partial settlement Qimonda
AG / Infineon (2014)
Advice to the ATU Group as part of complex refinancing
measures (2013/2014)
Advice to Hertha BSC KGaA on the involvement of KKR as
the first financial investor in the German Federal Football
League (Fußball-Bundesliga) (2014)
Advice to Sal. Oppenheim on Oppenheim Esch cases (since
2010)
Advising the Spanish solar project company Arenales and its
bank syndicate in the course of the insolvency of the
shareholder Solar Millennium AG (project volume EUR 450
million) and the takeover by the STEAG Group (2012)
Sale of Halberg-Guss (2011/2012)
Sale of Cinterion Wireless Modules (2010)
Sale of the world market leader in textile dyes DyStar with
36 worldwide subsidiaries (2010)
Restructuring and preparation insolvency plan/sale ESCADA
(2009)
CAREER
Graduate of the Axel Springer School of Journalism,
Berlin/Hamburg
Legal studies at the University of Munich
Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation
and Competition, Munich
Experience abroad: Los Angeles (Irell & Manella), New York
(Random House)
With Noerr since 1999
Admitted to the Berlin and Frankfurt Chamber of Lawyers
LANGUAGES
English
Spanish
MEMBERSHIPS
International Bar Association: Corporate and M&A Law
Committee
German-American Lawyers' Association, working group
M&A
Restructuring and Insolvency Law working group in the DAV
(German Bar Association)
Association for Corporate and Business Law
(Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Unternehmens- und
Gesellschaftsrecht - VGR)
SEMINARS & LECTURES
Prof. Dr. Christian Pleister speaks at numerous events on the
subjects of M&A, transactions and restructuring. He is also
Honorary Professor for Film and Television Production at
Filmuniversität Babelsberg "Konrad Wolf" in Potsdam.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Kommentierung Insolvenzplan (§§ 235-253, 280-289 InsO),
in: Kübler, Prütting, Bork (ed.), InsO, Kommentar zur
Insolvenzordnung
Restrukturierung nach dem ESUG: Die wichtigsten
Praxisfälle, in: GWR 11/2013, pp. 220 et seq.
Das besondere Koordinationsverfahren nach dem
Diskussionsentwurf für ein Gesetz zur Erleichterung der
Bewältigung von Konzerninsolvenzen, in: ZIP 21/2013,
pp. 1013 et seq.
Rechtsprechung zum Insolvenz- und Sanierungsrecht (with
Laurenz Tholen), in: ZIP 11/2013, pp. 525 et seq.
Handbuch Restrukturierung in der Insolvenz –
Eigenverwaltung und Insolvenzplan, darin § 39
Planänderungen, § 50 Insolvenzplan im nationalen Konzern
und § 51 Insolvenzplan im internationalen Konzern (with
Dr. Ingo Theusinger) erschienen im RWS-Verlag, 2012
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, pp. 801 et seq.
Lizenzen in der Insolvenz – Gesetzentwurf vom Tisch,
Probleme bleiben, in: Newsletter 9. Handelsblatt
Jahrestagung Restrukturierung 2013, p. 12
Treueprämien in der Unternehmenskrise sind gefährlich
(with Patrick Mückl), www.faz.net/recht
Europäischer Wettbewerb um den besten
Sanierungsstandort, in: EinBlick – Perspektiven 2012/2013
Nr. 3/2012, pp. 6 et seq.

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