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Dr Rebekka Hye-Knudsen
Work Department
Corporate / M&A
Position
Dr. Rebekka Hye-Knudsen is a partner in Dentons’ Berlin office and co-head of the German Corporate/M&A practice group. She is also a member of the Venture Technology practice group. She represents clients in all corporate law matters, in particular mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, founding of companies, corporate governance and corporate reorganisations. Rebekka is a native speaker of both German and English.
Career
- Partner, Dentons, 2016 to date
- WilmerHale, 2011-2016
- Mannheimer Swartling, 2007-2011
- Lovells, 2001-2006
Memberships
- Member of the Atlantik-Brücke
- Member of the legal advisory board of BVK (German Private Equity Association)
- Member of the German Woman Lawyers Association (Deutscher Juristinnenbund)
Education
Admitted to the bar, Germany, 2007
University of Hamburg, 2005, Dr. iur.
Legal clerkship, 2004-2006, Hamburg and Baku
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 1998-2001, Legal studies
University of Trier, 1996-1998, Legal studies, Diploma in Anglo-American law
Lawyer Rankings
Germany > Corporate and M&A > Corporate
Dentons places a particular focus on advising listed companies and large national corporations on SE conversions, squeeze-outs, corporate restructurings, general meetings and on corporate governance and compliance issues. The team is jointly led by Robert Weber, who is experienced in stock corporation and corporate law, Alexander von Bergwelt (corporate law, corporate restructuring and litigation) and Rebekka Hye-Knudsen, who is experienced in joint ventures, private equity and restructuring.
Germany > Corporate and M&A > M&A
Dentons focuses on the regulated sectors, including energy, healthcare, finance and pharmaceuticals, and is primarily instructed to advise on mid-cap national and cross-border M&A transactions. Rebekka Hye-Knudsen (focus on private equity and venture capital companies), Alexander von Bergwelt (cross-border transactions and restructuring of listed corporations, medium-sized German companies and financial institutions) and Robert Weber (stock corporation, corporate and capital markets law) jointly lead the practice . Michael Krömker, who focuses on cross-border transactions, joined Pinsent Masons Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Solicitors Partnerschaft mbB in January 2024.
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Firm Rankings
- Transport > Advice to the transport sector
- Compliance > Compliance
- Industry focus > Energy
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Antitrust
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Real estate and construction > Real estate
- Public sector > State aid
- Capital markets > Structured finance and securitisation
- Industry focus > Telecoms
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration (including international arbitration)
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Capital markets > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and M&A > M&A
- Public sector > Planning and environment
- Tax
- Intellectual property > Trade marks
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
- Information technology > Data protection
- Employment
- Private equity > Transactions