Dr Harald Gesell > Oppenhoff > Cologne, Germany > Lawyer Profile
Oppenhoff Offices
KONRAD-ADENAUER-UFER 23
50668 COLOGNE
Germany
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Dr Harald Gesell

Work Department
Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisions
Position
Harald is a founding partner of Oppenhoff. Harald specialises in corporate law, advising German and foreign clients in particular on domestic (German) and cross-border corporate restructurings, on SE (Societas Europaea) structures and on intra-group financing arrangements. Further emphasis is placed on domestic and international corporate acquisitions and joint ventures. Harald is a co-author of a commentary on the German GmbH Act, co-editor of a textbook on European corporate law and a visiting lecturer for corporate law at the Westphalian Wilhelms-University in Münster.
Career
Harald is a founding partner of Oppenhoff. From 2001 until 2007 he was a partner at Linklaters LLP.
Languages
German, English
Education
He studied laws at the University of Cologne (Dr iur).
Lawyer Rankings
Deutschland > Gesellschaftsrecht und M&A > Gesellschaftsrecht
Oppenhoffs gesellschaftsrechtliche Expertise wird von familiengeführten und börsennotierten Gesellschaften, Vorstands- und Organmitgliedern sowie Gesellschaftern in Anspruch genommen. Das Kompetenzspektrum schließt dabei die Beratung zu Konzern- und Corporate Governance-Strukturen, Hauptversammlungen, der Organhaftung und Compliance ein sowie die Vertretung in gesellschaftsrechtlichen Streitigkeiten, Beschlussmängelklagen und Spruchverfahren. Versicherungs- und Finanzindustrie-Kontakt Peter Etzbach und Umwandlungsspezialist Harald Gesell leiten die Praxisgruppe, deren Mandanten oftmals aus den Branchen Healthcare, Automotive, Digital Business, Handel, Konsumgüter, Industrials, Versicherungen und Immobilien stammen.
Germany > Corporate and M&A > Corporate
Oppenhoff’s corporate law expertise is called upon by family-run and listed companies, board members and executive bodies as well as shareholders. The advisory capacities include group and corporate governance structures, annual general meetings, D&O liability and compliance as well as clients’ representation in corporate disputes, defective resolutions and arbitration proceedings. Insurance and financial industry expert Peter Etzbach and conversion specialist Harald Gesell head the group, which is often instructed by clients from the healthcare, automotive, digital business, retail, consumer goods, industrials, insurance and real estate sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Trade and distribution > Foreign trade law
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Private clients and non-profits
- Industry focus > Healthcare and life sciences
- Information technology > Information technology and digitalisation
- Corporate and M&A > M&A: mid-sized deals (sub-€500m)
- Corporate and M&A > Corporate
- Information technology > Data protection
- Employment
- Public sector > Planning and environment
- Public sector > Public procurement
- Tax
- Trade and distribution > Trade, distribution and logistics
- Antitrust