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Dr Rebekka Hye-Knudsen

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+49 30 26473 380 rebekka.hye-knudsen@dentons.com View profile

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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