Webinar
Insurance M&A: State of the market
Thursday, 22 September 2022 (2pm BST)
Birgit Reese
PartnerDusseldorf
Email [email protected]hoganlovells.com
Phone +49 211 13 68 366
LanguagesEnglish, German
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
Clients say that she "has a broad knowledge and is very hard-working."
Chambers Europe, 2017
Birgit Reese has more than 16 years of experience in domestic and cross-border, public and private M&A transactions. Furthermore, she advises on reorganisations, corporate governance and corporate compliance issues. Birgit focuses on insurance and reinsurance companies, financial institutions and the automotive industry.
Various leading directories such as JUVE, Chambers and Best Lawyers frequently identify Birgit as one of the leading practitioners in the fields of M&A and corporate insurance.
Before joining Hogan Lovells, Birgit worked as a partner for two other major international law firms. She regularly speaks and publishes on various M&A topics.
Awards and recognitions
2019
Corporate and M&A: M&A: Mid-sized deals (sub-€500m)
Legal 500 EMEA
2019
Insurance: Advice to Insurers
Legal 500 EMEA
2018
Included for M&A
Edition Best Lawyers™ in Germany
2018
Included for insurance law
Edition Best Lawyers™ in Germany
2017/2018
Recommended lawyer for corporate law
JUVE handbook
2017
Recommended lawyer for Insurance: Transactional
Chambers Europe
2017/2018
Recommended lawyer for corporate advice to insurers
JUVE handbook
Education and admissions
Education
Second State Exam in Law, Higher Regional Court of Schleswig-Holstein, 1999
First State Exam in Law, Kiel University, 1996
Memberships
German-American Lawyers Association (DAJV)
Corporate Law Association (VGR)
Association of German Lawyers (DJT)
Representative experience
Advising BHF-BANK AG on its sale by Deutsche Bank and on the sale of Frankfurter Fondsbank GmbH to Fidelity.*
Advising Elster Group SE as the target company of a friendly takeover by Melrose PLC.*
Advising Nomura on the contemplated acquisition of Delta Lloyd's German insurance business.*
Advising HDI-Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG on the conversion into a European Company (SE).*
Advising Perry Capital on the restructuring of LEG Immobilien Group and the IPO of LEG Immobilien AG.*
Advising Perry Capital on several placement of shares of LEG Immobilien AG in accelerated bookbuilding proceedings.*
Advising Schaeffler Group on the sale of REGE Group and on the disposal of LuK Fahrzeug-Hydraulik GmbH & Co. KG.*
Advising Schaeffler Group on the acquisition of Raytech Composites Europe GmbH and on the acquisition of the Renold automotive business.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
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