Dr. Christoph Rothenfusser

Primary Focus & Experience

Christoph focuses on corporate advisory, equity capital markets and public M&A transactions including corporate reorganizations and takeovers. He also represents clients in the context of actions of minority shareholders and appraisal proceedings following corporate reorganizations.

Selected Project Samples

• Otto Group in connection with the intended business combination of Zalando and ABOUT YOU.
• EQT on the public purchase offer to the shareholders of SUSE S.A.
• EQT on the public takeover and delisting of va‑Q‑tec AG.
• CURA, the family office of the Otto family, on the voluntary public takeover offer, together with Oaktree Capital Management, for Deutsche EuroShop AG and the subsequent share capital increase of Deutsche EuroShop AG.
• CPPIB on the public takeover and delisting, together with other investors, of Aareal Bank AG.
• EQT on the public takeover and delisting, together with Hellman & Friedman, of zooplus AG.
• Otto Group on the IPO of AboutYou Holding.
• AUTO1 Group on its IPO.
• KSBG, the Holding Company of Energy Company STEAG, on financial restructuring.
• Sixt on the sale of its participation in Sixt Leasing SE to a joint venture of Hyundai and Santander.
• PharmaSGP Holding and its shareholders on the IPO of PharmaSGP Holding.
• Themis Beteiligungs-AG on the IPO of its subsidiary Dermapharm Holding SE.
• Sixt SE on the IPO of its subsidiary Sixt Leasing AG.
• FC Bayern München e.V. on the hive-down of its profi basketball unit to a subsidiary.
• ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG on the conversion of all non-voting preference shares into common shares and the listing of all common shares.
• NYSE Euronext on the proposed combination with Deutsche Boerse.
• Various publicly listed and private companies on the change of their legal form into a European stock corporation (SE).

Recognition & Accomplishments

JUVE recognizes Christoph Rothenfusser as top lawyer for corporate law and corporate litigation.

He studied physics and law at the universities of Freiburg and Munich. He holds a doctorate degree in law from the University of Munich and is a graduate in physics from the University of Freiburg. He is admitted to the German bar and speaks German and English.