
Eva-Maria Gottschalk, LL.M.
Lawyer and Notary in and for Gütersloh
Certified Specialized Attorney in Commercial and Corporate Law
Vita
- Born in 1972
 - Legal studies at University of Würzburg
 - First Exam ("1. Staatsexamen") in 1998
 - Legal clerkship ("Refrendariat") at the Paderborn District Court
 - Second (Bar) Exam ("2. Staatsexamen") in 2000
 - Post-graduate studies at the University of Buckingham, UK, 2001
 - Master of Laws, International and Commercial Law (LL.M.), 2001
 - Bar admission in 2002
 - Lawyer in the area of corporate law at the law firm of Taylor Wessing in Düsseldorf, 2002 - 2012
 - Certified Specialized Attorney in Commercial and Corporate Law since 2011
 - Joined our firm in 2013
 - Appointment as notary in 2017
 
Memberships
- Deutscher Anwaltverein
 
Publications
Essays
- Die Haftung von Geschäftsführern und Mitarbeitern der GmbH gegenüber Dritten für Produktfehler, GmbH Rundschau 2015, S. 8 ff.
 
Sonstige
- Mitautorin Beck´sche Online Formulare Eheverträge
 
Kompetenzen
Notaries
- Corporate law
 - Family law
 - Authentication of signatures
 - Electronic register applications
 
Corporate law/M&A
Incorporation
- Selection of the legal form (corporate law and tax law)
 - Drafting of the partnership agreement, further agreements between the partners
 - German stock corporation and private company law (e.g. OHG, KG, GmbH & Co. KG, GmbH, AG, KGaA, eG)
 - Trust
 - Voting trust, pool and consortium agreements
 
Life and growth of the company
- Participation rights, silent partnerships (typical, atypical)
 - Private equity companies
 - Subsidiaries (foundation and acquisition, foreign subsidiaries)
 - Partnership agreements, affiliation agreements (in particular control and profit and loss transfer agreements)
 - Cooperation agreements, joint ventures, join ventures in Germany and abroad
 - Takeover of other companies (M&A)
 
Restructuring
- Transformation law, transformation tax law
 - Consolidation, split, restructuring, contribution, merger
 
Purchase and sale of companies (M&A)
- Transaction structure (in particular asset or share deal, tax aspects)
 - Transaction management
 - Agreements prior to due diligence (e.g. non-disclosure agreement, letter of intent)
 - Preparation and execution of and support during due diligence (including installation of a(n) (electronic) data room)
 - Negotiations
 - Drafting of the company purchase agreement
 - Purchase of a foreign company
 - Purchase by a foreign purchaser
 
Asset planning, succession, succession law
Asset planning