Sebastian advises asset managers and investment funds on company and regulatory law matters with regard to fund structuring, co-investments, internal reorganisations, ongoing operational matters and other topics relating to collective investment schemes.
Another focus of Sebastian's practice is advising companies on all aspects of corporate law (in particular, limited liability company and stock corporation law, including related aspects of capital markets law and corporate co-determination) as well as on transformation measures and corporate reorganisations.
Sebastian also advises his clients in conflict situations and on dispute resolution.
In this year's The Best Lawyers® in Germany edition the US publishing house in cooperation with business daily Handelsblatt® commend Sebastian as one of Germany's best lawyers for litigation.
Education and Career
Sebastian studied law in Cologne and Manchester (UK) and then worked for several years as a research and teaching assistant at the chair for Civil and Corporate Law of the University of Cologne. Before joining YPOG, he worked for several years at SMP and as a partner a in a corporate law boutique. Sebastian has co-authored a commentary on stock corporation law and capital markets law as well as a commentary on the German civil code; he regularly publishes on matters of corporate law.
Qualifications
- German qualified attorney (Rechtsanwalt)
- Ph.D. in law (Dr. iur.) (Cologne University)
Languages
- German
- English
- Management Board Report with only exemplary (not: conclusive) reasons for the future uses of an Authorized Capital",
EWiR 2021, 743 - 744 - Total asset transactions and unwritten responsibilities of the shareholders' meeting in GmbH law
Essays in honor of Barbara Grunewald on the occasion of her 70th birthday, 2021, pp. 1071 et seqq. [in German] - Commentary on Secs. 793–808 German Civil Code (BGB) – Bearer bond
in: Dauner-Lieb/Langen (eds.), Nomos Commentary on the BGB, 4th edition 2021 [in German] - Representation of a German stock corporation by its supervisory board even when entering into an agreement with the single-member company of a management-board member
EWiR 2019, p. 199 et seq. (together with Matthias Schatz) [in German] - Commentary on Secs. 311–318 German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) – De facto group
in: Heidel (ed.), Stock Corporation Law and Capital Markets Law, 4th edition 2014 (together with Matthias Schatz); 5th edition 2019 [in German] - Commentary on Annex to Sec. 117 AktG – Liability of voting consultants
in: Heidel (ed.), Stock Corporation Law and Capital Markets Law, 4th edition 2014; 5th edition 2019 [in German] - The Division of Competence in Registered Non-Profit Associations
Treatises on German civil law, Duncker & Humblot publishing house, 2017; at the same time Ph.D. thesis, Cologne University, 2015; reviewed by Leuschner, npoR 2017, p. 275; awarded the W. Rainer Walz Prize 2017 [in German] - Shareholder loans and shareholders' private accounts — illegal banking transactions?
WM 2014, p. 285–292 (together with Wienand Meilicke) [in German] - Revision of Stock Corporation Law 2012/2013: Abridgment to one instance of the court proceedings to determine the adequacy of an offer for indemnifying minority shareholders?
AG Report 2013, R59 (together with Daniel Lochner) [in German] - No impact of the assessment by a majority of the stockholders on the court proceedings to determine the adequacy of an offer for indemnifying minority shareholders ("ERGO/Victoria")
EWiR 2013, pp. 703–704 (together with Matthias Schatz) [in German] - The invalidity of stockholders' resolutions on the election of the supervisory board
EWiR 2013, pp. 333–334 (together with Matthias Schatz [in German] - Embezzlement offences committed by supervisory board members by billing attendance fees contrary to the articles of association
EWiR 2013, pp. 27–28 (together with Matthias Schatz) [in German]
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