Dr. Alexander Koch
Partner Corporate & Finance
Languages
English, Dutch, German
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Alexander Koch supports you in mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions with an emphasis on highly regulated industries, particularly the energy, aviation, and defense sectors. He regularly advises clients when they acquire or sell businesses or wish to establish a joint venture. He advises on structuring transactions, corporate reorganizations, and the relationships between shareholders, particularly in joint-venture projects.
In 2015 Alexander assisted the M&A legal department of Airbus Group in Toulouse for six months and acquired valuable industry sector knowledge. Alexander's practice comprises general corporate law and regulatory matters beyond transactional advice, particularly for energy law. He is a lecturer for energy law at the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons.
Alexander studied law in Osnabrueck and Leiden. He wrote his doctoral thesis on European and comparative antitrust law. During his legal traineeship, Alexander worked in the legal department of a leading German multinational engineering and electronics company in Singapore and for our office in Hamburg. He is the Local Personnel Partner at our office in Hamburg.
Representative experience
Advising Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc. on participation in a geothermal project in Geretsried, Germany.
Advising Banijay Germany on the acquisition of Sony Pictures Film- und Fernseh Produktions GmbH.
EB – Sustainable Investment Management (EB-SIM) and LHI Group on the acquisition of the Swedish windfarm project Aldermyrberget with a capacity of 71 MW.
Advising KIRKBI Invest A/S and William Demant Invest A/S on the sale of their indirect interests in the German offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund I with a deal value of EUR 350m
Advising Encavis Asset Management on the acquisition of an onshore wind farm in Ireland.
Avising Endemol Shine Group Germany GmbH on the sale of their interests in W&B Television KG & Co. KG
Advising Mitsubishi Corp. on the partial sale of its German offshore transmission business and a joint venture with Chubu Electric Power and Mitsubishi UFJ Lease and Finance
Advising Northland Power Inc. on the acquisition of the German offshore wind farm project Deutsche Bucht.
Advising the former shareholders of Nordic Yards on the divestment of yards in Wismar, Warnemünde and Stralsund.
Advising Mitsubishi Corp. on the acquisition of a participation and entering into a joint venture with TenneT regarding the offshore grid connection of BorWin1 and BorWin2.
Advising Mitsubishi on the acquisition of a participation and entering into a joint venture with TenneT regarding the offshore grid connection of HelWin2 und DolWin2.
Advising a consortium of several Danish pension funds on the acquisition of a 50% stake in the German offshore wind farm project Gode Wind 2.
Advising Garbe Industrial Real Estate on the acquisition of a portfolio consisting of four logistic centers
Advising the DZ Bank on the project financing of various onshore wind parks in Germany with a total capacity of over 200 MW.
Advising a Danish company on the acquisition of an onshore wind farm portfolio.
Advising Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on its entry into a global joint venture of the businesses of Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery and Siemens.
Advising Merkur Offshore GmbH on the project financing of the planned offshore wind farm Merkur.
Advising a leading Swiss energy company on the development of a gas and steam turbine power plant in Germany.
Advising a bank on the financing of various onshore wind farms, in particular with regard to regulatory and public law questions.
Credentials
- Second State Exam in Law, Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, 2012
- Dr. iur., Osnabrück University, 2011
- First State Exam in Law, Osnabrück University, 2007
- LL.B., Osnabrück University, 2006
- Study Abroad, Leiden University, 2005