BRANDI lawyers.
Ute Lienenlüke
About me
- Born in 1987
- Legal studies at Bielefeld University, 2007 - 2012
- Specialized language studies in English law, 2010
- First Exam ("1. Staatsexamen") in 2012
- Research associate at the Chair for Civil Law, Commercial Law, German and European Business Law, Prof. Dr. Detlef Kleindiek, University of Bielefeld, 2013 - 2015
- Legal clerkship ("Refrendariat") at the Bielefeld District Court
- Second (Bar) Exam ("2. Staatsexamen") and joined the firm in 2015
- Visiting lecturer at the Law Faculty of Bielefeld University since the 2016/2017 winter semester
- Certified Specialized Attorney in Commercial and Corporate Law since 2018
Competence
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)
- Voting trust, pool and consortium agreements
Life and growth of the company
- Conduction of general meetings and partners' meetings
- Participation rights, silent partnerships (typical, atypical)
- Subsidiaries (foundation and acquisition, foreign subsidiaries)
- Partnership agreements, affiliation agreements (in particular control and profit and loss transfer agreements)
- Co-determination
- Corporate compliance, corporate governance
- Takeover of other companies (M&A)
Disputes within the company
- Disputes between the partners, with members of bodies and with the company
- Representation of interests out of court (in particular in partners' meetings, general meetings, supervisory board, advisory board)
- Representation of interests in court
Purchase and sale of companies (M&A)
- Preparation of the purchase of a company (tax optimization, bundling of the assets to be sold, separation of assets, sales brochure)
- Determination of the type of sales process (e.g. auction, sale to competitors)
- 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
- Distressed M&A, acquisition from the insolvency administrator
- Purchase of a foreign company
- Purchase by a foreign purchaser
Insolvency law and reorganization
- Support of companies and entrepreneurs in case of insolvency both on the side of the creditor and on the side of the debtor
- Representation in disputes regarding insolvency law
- Rights of parties furnishing security and of parties to which a security is furnished in case of insolvency
- Insolvency rescission
- Liability of the insolvency administrator
Asset planning, succession, succession law
Asset succession and company succession
- Foundation of family-owned businesses/family pools
- Lump sum provisions
Asset planning
- Legal structuring of (family-owned) companies
Publications
Case discussions
- BGH, Urt. v. 3.6.2020 – IV ZR 16/19: Begriff der Schenkung iSv § BGB § 2325 Abs. BGB § 2325 Absatz 1 BGB, ErbR 2020, S. 636 - 638 (mit Dr. Steffen Kurth)
- OLG Köln, Beschluss v. 26.03.2018, 4 Wx 2/18: unentgeltlicher Erwerb einer volleingezahlten Kommanditbeteiligung als lediglich rechtlich vorteilhaftes Geschäft, GWR 2018, S.327 (mit Dr. Paul Czaplinski)
- LG Oldenburg, Urt. v. 22.05.2018, 16 O 1648/17: Zur Anwendbarkeit von
§ 15 Abs. 4 GmbHG auf die Übertragung von Geschäftsanteilen an ausländischen Gesellschaften, juris PraxisReport Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht 5/2018,
Anm. 4 (mit Dr. Paul Czaplinski) - KG Berlin, Beschluss v. 24.01.2018, 22 W 25/16: Beurkundung der Gründung einer GmbH im Ausland, juris PraxisReport Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht 4/2018, Anm. 3 (mit Dr. Paul Czaplinski)
Essays
- Möglichkeit zur Ladung des verstorbenen Mitgesellschafters einer GmbH zur Gesellschafterversammlung – zugleich Anmerkung zu OLG Karlsruhe Beschl. v. 27.4.2022 – 1 W 71/21 (Wx), ErbR 2023, S. 273-276 (zusammen mit Dr. Steffen Kurth)
Memberships
- Deutscher Anwaltverein
- Forum Junge Anwaltschaft
- ARGE Insolvenzrecht und Sanierung