Robert Bastian > Dentons > Frankfurt, Germany > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Robert Bastian is a Partner in Dentons’ Frankfurt office and a member of the Private Equity and Corporate group. He focuses on private equity, M&A and venture capital as well as capital markets.

Robert has been advising numerous highly reputable private equity houses on leveraged buy-out transactions and venture capital funds on various transactions. He also advises on public tenders and capital market related matters, in particular, public takeovers, IPOs, dual listings and de-listings. Furthermore, Robert has been rendering advice to members of management boards and supervisory boards of listed and non-listed companies.

Career

  • Partner, Dentons (formerly Salans), Frankfurt, 2013 to date
  • Partner, Haarmann Partnergesellschaft, 2009-2013
  • Associate, Thümmel, Schütze & Partner, 2004-2008

Education

Admitted to the bar, Germany, 2004

Legal clerkship, 2001-2003, Rhineland-Palatinate

University of Mannheim, 1994-2000, Legal studies

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.