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Dr Christoph Holstein

Senior Counsel
Hamburg
About

Christoph Holstein has been advising on cross-border M&A transactions, international restructurings/carve-outs, and joint ventures for more than 26 years. He has extensive experience advising clients in the healthcare as well as the consumer goods and retail sectors.

Areas of FocusCorporateMergers and AcquisitionsHealthcareConsumer Goods, Food and Retail
Education
  • Higher Regional Court of Hamm, Second State Examination, 1999
  • University of Lausanne, 1994
  • University of Bonn, Ph.D., 1991-1997
  • University of Bonn, First State Examination , 1997

EXPERIENCE

  • Advised an international logistics service provider on the acquisition of a leading healthcare logistics company.*
  • Advised an international retail group on the divestment of its department store business and related real estate assets to a strategic investor.*
  • Advised a globally leading pharmaceutical company on the establishment of a global joint venture in the consumer healthcare sector with another international pharmaceutical group.*
  • Advised a multinational pharmaceutical company on a global spin-off and subsequent merger transaction in the generics business.*

*at a previous law firm

Languages
  • German
  • English

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • JUVE Handbook: Recognised for many years as one of Germany’s leading M&A lawyers.
  • WirtschaftsWoche: Repeatedly recognised as a “Top Lawyer” for M&A and Corporate Law in Germany.

Connect

Phone

+49 40 1 88 88 113
(Work, Hamburg)
+49 172 722 40 55
(Mobile)
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