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Dr Hans Schoneweg

Partner

Email

hans.schoneweg@aoshearman.com

Phone

+49 40 82 221 2113

Offices

Hamburg

V-CARD
Hans advises listed international and domestic companies as well as medium sized German firms, mainly in corporate and capital market law, and has extensive experience in national and international M&A transactions, joint ventures, as well as in the areas of private equity (especially venture capital), IPOs, capital increases, privatisations and restructuring.
He joined in 2001 and became a partner in May 2003. Prior to that he was a partner at White & Case, Feddersen.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Andreas Franke on the sale of the majority of its stake in Puw Pflegenundwohnen Beteiligungs to Oaktree Funds.
  • EG Group on the acquisition of the Esso petrol network in Germany.
  • Bestseller on the acquisition of a stake in ABOUT YOU, a Germany-based online fashion retailer and a subsidiary of Otto Group.
  • Swiss Life on the acquisition of CORPUS SIREO, Germany’s leading independent real estate service provider.
  • Nuon Energy on its EUR10.3bn takeover by Vattenfall.
  • Bisnode on its acquisition of Global Group, the leading German language marketing multi-channel communication provider.
  • BSG Real Estate on the formation of a joint venture with SIGNA Prime Selection in relation to the high street retail store portfolio including the landmark Berlin store KaDeWe in Germany with a value exceeding EUR2bn.
  • The shareholders of equinet Bank AG on the disposal of their shares in equinet to the Norwegian investment bank Pareto Securities AG.
  • Husky Injection Molding Systems, Canada, on its acquisition of Schöttli Group.
  • SD Worx on the acquisition of German fidelis HR GmbH from Aurelius.
  • Kendrion on the acquisition of Kuhnke.
  • Koninklijke Brill on the acquisition of the publishing houses Ferdinand Schöningh, Wilhelm Fink and Imprints Konstanz University Press.
  • ManpowerGroup Deutschland GmbH on the acquisition of 7S Group.
  • Pandora in connection with expanding its German branch network by 78 rental properties.

Published Work

  • Schoneweg H., Roth M. (2004) "Einsicht in Aufsichtsratsprotokolle als due diligence defense", NZG, Heft 5/2004
  • Braun E., Schoneweg H. (2003) "Der Anwalt wechselt sein Spezialgebiet nur selten", Financial Times Deutschland, 02/2003
  • Schoneweg H. (2002) "Emission selbstaendiger Aktienoptionen durch die Gesellschaft", WM 14/02
  • Schoneweg H. (1997) "Eigentumsvorbehalt und Sicherungsuebereignung im deutsch-oesterreichischen Rechtsverkehr", Herbert Utz (ed.)

Recognition

“Highly recommended”, “Present at a number of major deals with cross-border reach””
JUVE 2018/2019
“Calm, serene, sovereign”
JUVE 2015/2016

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as German Rechtsanwalt, 1997

Registered Foreign Lawyer, England and Wales, 2021

Academic

PhD, Law, University of Leipzig

First State Exam in Law, University of Hamburg, 1994

Second State Exam in Law, University of Hamburg, 1997

Languages

German, English, Serbo-Croatian, Chiuchow
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.