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Johannes Knop

Dr Johannes Knop is a Counsel in Fieldfisher´s Hamburg office and advises on all Corporate Law issues. He works for German and international clients and advises listed and non-listed companies as well as their boards and shareholders comprehensively on economically complex issues in Corporate, Group and Capital Markets Law. A major focus of his work is on assisting with M&A transactions, corporate restructurings and general meetings. In the field of M&A, his range of services therefore includes advising on the entire transaction process, conducting due diligence reviews and comprehensively drafting and negotiating all relevant contracts. In the field of Capital Markets Law, he assists our clients both in the conduct of general meetings and in the implementation of measures adopted at such meetings. In addition, he also provides support in contentious disputes. The range of services he provides in litigation covers the entire spectrum of Corporate Litigation, in particular shareholder disputes, post-M&A disputes, directors' and officers' liability claims as well as representation in actions for rescission under Corporate Law and status proceedings on co-determination. · Fieldfisher

GermanyCorporate / M&A, Capital MarketsGerman, English

About

Dr Johannes Knop is Counsel in Fieldfisher's Hamburg office, advising German and international listed and non‑listed companies, their boards and shareholders on corporate, group and capital markets law. He focuses on M&A, corporate restructurings and general meetings and also advises and litigates on corporate disputes including shareholder and post‑M&A disputes and directors' and officers' liability claims.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&ACapital MarketsLitigation

Office

Expertise

M&ACorporate RestructuringGeneral MeetingsDue DiligenceShareholder DisputesPost-M&A DisputesDirectors' and Officers' Liability

Education

  • Studied law, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel (focus on Civil Procedural Law)
  • Doctorate (Dr) on an insolvency law topic, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel
  • Legal traineeship (Referendariat), district of the Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court

Admissions

  • Admitted to the bar (Germany), 2015
  • Specialist Lawyer for Commercial and Corporate Law (Fachanwalt), 2018
  • Completed specialist lawyer course in Tax Law, 2021

Languages

GermanEnglish