Birgit Reese

Birgit Reese

Partner
Dusseldorf

Email [email protected]​hoganlovells.com

Phone +49 211 13 68 366

Fax +49 211 13 68 100

LanguagesEnglish, German

Practice groupCorporate & Finance

"Has lots of experience in the market" (competitor)

JUVE handbook 2016/2017

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)

Related industries

Automotive Financial Institutions Insurance Diversified Industrials

Related practices

Corporate Governance Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions

Related areas of focus

Carve-outs, Spin-offs, and Split-offs Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions Merger Control Public Company Mergers and Acquisitions

Related knowledge

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

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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