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Harald
Selzner
Partner
Education
University of Bonn, Dr. jur., 1994
Practice
Harald Selzner is a partner in the Corporate Group of the Düsseldorf office of Shearman & Sterling. He has specialized in domestic and cross-border, mergers & acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, public takeovers and private equity transactions.
Harald Selzner is the Co-Head of the global mergers & acquisitions practice group and Co-Managing Partner of the German offices of Shearman & Sterling. He was a member of the federal government's Adam Opel task force.
Recent Experience
- The German Government in connection with the restructuring of General Motors Group and Adam Opel
- REPower (formerly Raetia Energie) in forming a joint venture with SüdWestStrom Kraftwerk to develop and operate a hard coal-fired power plant for the generation of up to 1,800 MW in Brunsbüttel
- Novartis on the acquisition of the specialty generic injectables business of EBEWE Pharma
- International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), Abu Dhabi, on the acquisition of 70% of MAN Ferrostaal from MAN
- IVG Immobilien in the divestiture of its caverns business
- E.ON in a cross-border asset swap transaction with Statkraft
- RAG Stiftung in the divestiture of a 25.1% stake in Evonik
- General Atlantic in the acquisition of the AMEDES Group
- DIC Capital in the divestiture of Madaus Pharma to Rottapharm
- Axel Springer in the acquisition of a majority stake in, and restructuring of, PIN Group
- Novartis in the divestiture of Arevipharma
- KGAL in the divestiture of ASL and Disko Group to GE
- Allianz Capital Partners in the acquisition of a majority stake in MAN Roland
- Axel Springer in the (failed) acquisition of ProSiebenSat.1
- E.ON in the divestiture of Ruhrgas Industries
- Novartis in the acquisition of Hexal
- Allianz in the divestiture of a 40% stake in Beiersdorf
- E.ON in the divestiture of Gelsenwasser
- Gerling in the divestiture of Gerling NCM to Swiss Re and Deutsche Bank
- Allianz Capital Partners and E.ON in the divestiture of Schmalbach-Lubeca to Ball
Selected Professional & Business Activities
- Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung (VGR)
- Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung e.V. (German-American Lawyers’ Association)
Publications
- “Employee Co-Determination and Franchising,” Baden-Baden 1994
- “Minority Protection Rights in the Conclusion of GmbH Domination Agreements,” GmbHR 1997,
p. 285 seq.
- “Annotations to Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart, Resolution as of December 4, 1996 – 8 W 43/93 (Motometer II),” WIB 1997, p. 584 seq.
- “Cross-Border Domination Agreements,” Der Konzern in Recht und Wirtschaft 2003, p. 85 seq.
- “Handbook Company Restructurings,” Co-Author, 2006
- “Munich Lawyer’s Handbook GmbH Law,” Co-Author, 2nd edition, Munich 2009, p. 386 seq.
- “Compendium Private Equity”, Co-Author, 2009
- “SPAC Transactions in Germany”, ZHR 174 (2010), 318-362
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
Germany
Languages
German
English
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