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Bodo
Bender
Partner
Education
University of Munich
University of Würzburg, Dr. iur.
Practice
Bodo Bender is partner in the Tax Group of the Frankfurt office of Shearman & Sterling. He has particularly specialized on tax advice on national and multinational mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and restructurings. Moreover he advises national and multinational clients on the structuring and implementation of participation and incentive schemes for employees and executives.
Experience
- ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and Delbrück Bethmann Maffei AG on the acquisition of LGT Bank Deutschland & Co. OHG
- Qatar Holding LLC in its investment in Volkswagen AG and Porsche Automobil Holding SE
- Qatar Holding LLC in its investment in Hochtief AG
- Aabar Investments PJSC in the context of the establishment of an investment joint venture, ABAG Aktiengesellschaft, with Berndorf AG, Austria
- Tengelmann Group in the divestiture of Plus' food retail activities in Romania and Bulgaria to Lidl
- Tengelmann Group in the creation of the joint venture with Edeka AG on their retail discount subsidiaries Plus and Netto Marken-Discount
- Dow Chemical in the divestiture of its Polypropylene business to Braskem
- Dow Chemical in its divestiture of Styron to Bain Capital
- Dow Chemicals in the negotiation of a joint venture with Petrochemicals Industries Company (K.S.C)
- Shareholders of Private Sales GmbH in the sale of Brands4Friends to eBay
- Siemens AG in the sale of the majority in the Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices business (SHC) to ARQUES Industries AG
- 20/10 PERFECT VISION AG, Heidelberg, in the creation and structuring of a joint venture with Bausch & Lomb
- 20/10 PERFECT VISION AG in the exit from its joint venture with Bausch & Lomb for a total company value of up to €450 million
- Warburg Pincus in the sale of easycash Group to Ingenico S.A., Paris
- DBVöR in the sale of its participation in DBV-Winterthur
- Allianz Capital Partners in the acquisition of a majority stake in MAN Roland
- DaimlerChrysler AG in the sale of MTU Friedrichshafen to EQT
- DaimlerChrysler AG in the sale of MTU Aero Engines to KKR
- E.ON in the divestiture of Ruhrgas Industries
- Axel Springer in the (failed) complete acquisition of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
- Axel Springer AG in the sale of its participation in ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
- Axel Springer AG in its participation in a joint venture with Bertelsmann AG and Gruner + Jahr & Co. KG on certain printing activities
- Axel Springer AG in the acquisition of a majority stake in PIN Group
- Axel Springer AG in the acquisition of a 25% stake of shares in the Turkish Media Group
Dogan TV
- Droege International Group AG in the sale of the pharmaceutical business of Madaus Group to Rottapharm, Italy
- Employee participation and stock option programs for several national and multinational companies and groups
Publications
- Real Estate Transfer Tax in the content of M&A-transactions (2006)
- Criteria of the arm’s length principle in the content of gratuitously acquired interests in partnerships between affiliated shareholders (2008)
- Opportunities under the new German Employee Offering Laws (2009)
Speaking Engagements
- Lectures on German reorganization tax laws, 2008/2009
- The Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) between Germany and Liechtenstein, Tax Forum Liechtenstein 2009
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
2001,
Germany
Languages
German
English
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