Dr. Christian Behrendt

Personal Facts

• Born in 1969 in Göttingen
• Studies of law at the University of Bielefeld
• First state bar exam 1995
• Research assistant under Prof. Dr. Gerhard Otte (Chair for Civil Law, Civil Procedure and Legal History) at the University of Bielefeld 1995 - 1998
• Legal clerkship at the Regional Court Bielefeld
• Second state bar exam 1997
• Judge at the Municipal Court Güstrow 1998 - 1999
• Bar admission 1999
• With the firm since 1999

Areas of specialization

General terms and conditions

• Purchasing, sales, and other

Commercial and civil law

• Distribution agreements, cooperation agreements, product liability, legal disputes

Law of succession and corporate succession

• Estate settlements
• Succession planning, in particular corporate and managerial succession

Corporate and tax law

• Corporate and company disputes
• D&O liability
• Partnership agreements, affiliation agreements
• Corporate tax law
• Company conversions, structural changes of companies

Conversion law

• Split,  consolidation, restructuring, contribution, merger

M&A

• Due diligence (civil and tax law)
• Preparation of civil and tax law concepts
• Establishing contact with brokers, investment companies, banks, and potential contractual partners
• Management buy-out (MBO) and management buy-in (MBI)
• Merger & acquisition
• Contract performance
• Contract negotiations and draft contracts

Publications

Articles

• Enteignung durch Einigungsvertrag und Vermögensgesetz? VIZ 1998, 361

Case discussions

• Ausschlagung durch den Schlußerben vor dem zweiten Erbfall?
  BGH, Urteil vom 8.10.1997 - IV ZR 236/96 -, NJW 1998, 543, ZEV 1998, 67

Monographs

• Verfügungen im Wege der Zwangsvollstreckung, jur. Diss. 2006

Contributions to books

• Gesellschafterwechsel und Umstrukturierung außerhalb des Umwandlungsgesetzes
  in: Arens/Tepper, Das gesellschaftsrechtliche Mandat, 2007

Memberships

• Deutscher Anwaltsverein
• Westfälisch-Lippische Universitätsgesellschaft