Dr Volker Junghanns > Dentons > Frankfurt, Germany > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
Thurn-und-Taxis-Platz 6
60313 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Germany

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Dr. Volker M. Junghanns, LL.M. (Bruges) is a partner in Dentons’ Frankfurt office. He focuses on corporate finance and M&A, with a focus on private equity and venture capital. He has broad expertise in regulated industries, such as telecommunications and multimedia. In this context, Volker advises numerous national and international clients on M&A transactions, corporate matters (including joint ventures, reorganizations and restructurings) as well as on operational business matters (in particular with regard to distribution systems and commercial contracts). His capabilities also include the setup of ecommerce platforms and related digital documents (contracts and general terms and conditions).

Career

  • Partner, Dentons, Frankfurt am Main, 2019 to date
  • Counsel, Dentons (formerly Salans), Frankfurt am Main, 2009-2019
  • Counsel, Clifford Chance, Frankfurt am Main, 2006-2009
  • Senior Associate, Lovells, Frankfurt am Main, 2005-2006
  • Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Cologne and Berlin, 2001-2005

Education

Admitted to the bar, Germany, 1998

Humboldt University of Berlin, 2003, Dr. iur.

College of Europe, 1996, LL.M., (European Community Law)

University of Heidelberg, 1995, Legal studies, Romance Philology

University of Geneva, 1992, Legal studies, (International law, European law)

Universität Bochum, 1991, Legal studies, Communication Science and Romance Philology

Lawyer Rankings

Germany > Private equity > Transactions

Dentons‘ PE team acts from four German locations and focuses on supporting buy-out transactions. Thanks to the expertise in funds, distressed M&A and infrastructure transactions as well as employment, tax, banking and antitrust law, the team advises on the entire private equity value chain. The practice primarily assists with mid-cap transactions and is jointly led by Volker Junghanns and Robert Bastian. Cross-border matters are frequently handled in cooperation with the locations in London, Amsterdam and the US.

Germany > Industry focus > Telecoms

Dentons‘ team offers a cross-practice approach and advises at the interfaces with M&A as well as regulatory, administrative and contract law; this is also mirrored in the team members’ individual focus areas: Volker Junghanns is a regulation and contract law expert and Christian Miercke, who joined the partner roster in April 2023, frequently acts at the interfaces with state aid and procurement law. This expertise is regularly called upon in connection with commercial contract drafting, product launches, cooperation agreements, telecommunications consumer protection regulations and transactions in the fibre optic and broadband segments. The practice is also experienced in proceedings before the Federal Network Agency.