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Jörg Lips

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English, German

Dr. Jörg Lips

Lawyer
Partner
CMS Hasche Sigle
Augustusplatz 9
04109 Leipzig, Germany

T +49 341 21672 85
F +49 341 21672 34
joerg.lips@cms-hs.com


Focus

Joerg Lips is a partner practicing corporate law with an emphasis on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), management buyouts, joint ventures and private equity transactions.

Resume

Admitted 1999. Prior to joining CMS Hasche Sigle in 2005, practicing corporate law with another German law firm. Doctorate 2004. From September 2008 through April 2009 secondment to Stikeman Elliott LLP (Toronto). Member of the American Bar Association and the Canadian German Lawyers Association.

Lectures

"GmbH vs. Limited – The right legal form for SME's" | 3rd Conference for SMEs in Saxony, November 2006

"GmbH or AG - Advantages and Disadvantages in Practice" |Leipzig, May 2007

"Modernisation of Limited Liability Companies Legislation and Abuse Combating Act (MoMiG) - Update" | Duesseldorf, July 2007

"Course of Events of a M&A-Transaction pertaining to a SME" |4.Mitteldeutscher Unternehmertag, December 2007

"CMS European M&A Survey 2009" | Montreal and Toronto,September 2009

"M&A Lunch: CMS European M&A Survey 2009 & Fairness Opinions" | withEckhart Braun (CMS) and Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schwetzler(HHL)|Leipzig, November 2009

"M&A in a changing environment - current trends and standards" |6.Mitteldeutscher Unternehmertag, December 2009

"M&A Roadshow 2010: Prevention of disputes in M&A transactions – from cure to prevention" | with Eckhart Braun (CMS) and Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schwetzler (HHL) | Leipzig, September 2010

"M&A Roadshow 2011: Traps and Pitfalls in M&A Transactions" | with Rolf-Christian Stratz (CMS) and Axel Maack (BDO) | Leipzig, September 2011

"M&A-Transactions involving German Mittelstand Companies" | MUT Mittelständischer Unternehmertag 2011, October 2011

"Potential Traps and Pitfalls for Management in M&A Transactions" | VIII. M&A D/A/CH Strategie-Gipfel 2011 |with Dr. Martin Kolbinger (CMS) | Frankfurt/Main, December 2011

Publications

  • Lips | Das Internet als Rundfunkübertragungsweg - Neue Rundfunkempfangsgeräte und Nutzung durch den öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk? Diss., Hamburg, Verlag Dr. Kovac, 2004
  • Lips/Randel/Werwigk | The New GmbH Law - An Overview, DStR 2008, p. 2220
  • Lips/Schoenberger | Unreal Factoring in the Public Health Care System: Is A Business Model Facing Closure?, NJW 2007, p. 1567 ff
  • Lips/Stephan | Germany Introduces New Limited Liability Company Law, WLG World Law Reports - Summer 2007 Issue 2007
  • Lips/Stratz/Rudo in: Hettler/Stratz/Hoertnagl | Beck'sches Handbook Mergers and Acquisitions, Chapter Contract Drafting, Kapitel Vertragsgestaltung, C.H.Beck 2004
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