Gerhard Manz
Rechtsanwalt
gerhard.manz@fgvw.de
Telefon: +49 761 21808-304
Mobil: +49 170 5624680
Kaiser-Joseph-Straße 284
79098 Freiburg
Manz, Gerhard
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer) and Partner
Studied law and economics in Berlin, Lausanne and Freiburg
Focus
M&A / Company Acquisitions
Company Law (Formations, Reorganizations, Shareholder Disputes, Business Successions)
Corporate Financing
International Commercial Law
Compliance
Languages
German, English and French
News
Recommendations
Gerhard Manz is listed as one of "Germany's Best Lawyers" 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 in the practice area of corporate law (Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers)
A leading and frequently recommended lawyer for Corporate Law and M&A (JUVE Handbook of German Commercial Law Firms 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021), "very fair and reliable", "he gives explanations, which are easy to understand", "knowledgeable, concise, skilful at negotiating, very competent and solution-driven with commercial know-how", "competent, very reliable and quick", "excellent international contacts", "a leading name in Baden-Württemberg", "longstanding, reliable working relationship", "considerable negotiating skills in the international context, very easy to get in contact with", "great expertise in stock corporation law", "one of the few strong stock corporation lawyers at medium-sized firms"
Recommended lawyer for company law and M&A (M&A: international medium-sized deals), "always available and linguistically skilled", has "always practical and quickly implementable solutions at hand" and has "detailed linguistic and cultural knowledge of France" (The Legal 500 Germany 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019)
Recommended for Corporate, M&A: international mid-cap deals (The Legal 500 EMEA 2018)
Gerhard Manz is "internationally known and has an excellent reputation. He is without doubt one of the most renowned German corporate lawyers and a transaction specialist". Gerhard Manz "is known by clients and colleagues to be very versed in transaction issues". (Kanzleien in Deutschland [Law Firms in Germany] 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Recommended by Chambers & Partners, Europe 2012, 2013, 2014: KEY INDIVIDUAL (Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market, Germany), "notable practitioner", "key contact"
European Legal Expert 2010 and 2011 for Corporate and M&A
Publications
- Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Manz/Mayer/Schröder: Europäische Aktiengesellschaft (SE) (The European Company), Nomos-Verlag, 3rd edition 2018
- Der Brexit und seine Folgen auf den Rechtsverkehr zwischen der EU und dem Vereinigten Königreich [The Brexit and its Effects on the Legal Relations between the EU and the UK (together with Barbara Mayer)] BB 2016, 1731-1740.
- Gesellschaftsrechtliche Herausforderungen im internationalen Konzern - Ein Überblick über Gestaltungsfreiheit und Gestaltungsgrenzen in sechs Staaten [Challenges under Company Law in International Groups - A Summary of the Scope of Organizational Freedom and its Limits in Six Different States (together with Barbara Mayer)] IWB 14/2015, p. 529 et seqq.
- Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Manz/Mayer/Schröder: Die Aktiengesellschaft [The German Stock Corporation] (7th edition, Haufe-Verlag 2014)
- Aktueller Beratungsanlass Wirtschaftsrecht: Die SPE (Europäische GmbH): Kommt sie oder kommt sie nicht? Ein Zwischenstand [Current Cause for Advice on Commercial Law: The European Company: Is it coming or not? A Report on the Interim Status , SteuerConsultant [Tax Consultant] 08/2011
- Stille Beteiligung an Kapitalgesellschaften: Eigenkapitalcharakter und Rang in der Insolvenz nach Inkrafttreten des MoMiG [Dormant Equity Holdings in Corporations: The Character of Equity Capital and Priority in Insolvency following the Entry into Force of the German Act to Modernise the Law governing German Private Limited Companies (GmbHs) and to Combat Abuse (MoMiG)] (together with Dr. Stefan Lammel), GmbHR 2009, 1121 et seq.
- Co-Author of The Legal Professions in the New Europe, Cavendish Publishing, 1996
- Introduction of the UN Convention of Goods in Germany, International Business Lawyer 6/91
- Haufe-Datenbank zum Gesellschaftsrecht [Haufe's Database on Company Law] and Haufe Steuer Office [Haufe - Tax - Office]: Co-author
Memberships
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht im DAV [The German Bar Association's Working Group on International Commercial Law]
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht im DAV [The German Bar Association's Working Group on Company and Commercial Law]
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Carl-Schurz-Haus/Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut e.V. [Carl-Schurz-Haus/German-American Institute] (Chairman)
- Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V. [Antitrust Studies Association]
- Wirtschaftsinitiative Baden-Württemberg: Connected (Chairman)