Dr. Rebekka Krause

Rebekka advises national and international companies, drawing from her extensive expertise in the field of corporate law. She focuses her practice on advising clients on M&A transactions, joint ventures, and restructurings under corporate law. In addition, she advises her clients on all ongoing matters relating to corporate law.

She is also a specialist in the field of corporate compliance and ESG: she supports her clients in the successful implementation, analysis and review of compliance systems and sustainability structures in order to ensure future viability in the markets.
It is important for her to understand the projects as a whole and to offer tailor-made solutions that do not only consider the legal aspects.

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CV

Since 2019 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

Since 2013 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2010 – 2012 Legal clerkship, Munich

Career

Since 2019 Salary Partner, Taylor Wessing

Since 2013 Associate, Taylor Wessing

2010 – 2012 Legal clerkship, Munich

Education

2013 Second state examination, Munich

2009 – 2012 Doctoral degree on a theme of criminal compliance, University of Augsburg

2009 First state examination, Munich

Publications

Was kann die Compliance-Garantie im Unternehmenskaufvertrag aus Käufersicht leisten? in CCZ 2022, 66, gemeinsam mit Dirk Lorenz und Jonas Woitzyk

Corporate Compliance bei Tech-Deals, in: Compliance Manager, 11/2021, gemeinsam mit Dirk Lorenz und Jonas Woitzyk

Systemupdate, in: Compliance Manager, 06/2021, gemeinsam mit Martin Knaup und André Lippert

What Compliance Leaders Need To Know About Germany’s Law To Strengthen Business Integrity, in Navex Global, 04/2021

Compliance Due Diligence in M&A Transactions, 04/ 2021

Das Ende des stiefmütterlichen Daseins – Zur Auswirkung der Compliance Due Diligence auf M&A-Transaktionen – Teil 1, in: M&A REVIEW 7-8/2019, gemeinsam mit Dirk Lorenz

Die Bedeutung von Criminal Compliance für das Strafrecht bei der Bekämpfung von Wirtschaftskorruption, 2013

Whistleblowing – Universelles Instrument der Compliance? – Compliance Berater 2015, S. 27

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Experience

Advising Mitel on its transaction to acquire Unify from Atos

We have advised Mitel, a global leader in business communications, on its transaction to acquire Unify, the Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) and Communication and Collaboration Services businesses (CCS) of the Atos group.

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Mark Barron

Dr. Christian Traichel

Gilles Amsallem

Elinor Picton

Dr. Rebekka Krause

Dr. Christian Dietz

Marc André Gimmy

Dr. Klara Pototzky

Dr. Michael Kieffer

Sebastian Rünz, LL.M. (Toronto)

Dr. Adrian Birnbach, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)

Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt

Dr Bert Kimpel

Dr. Nicolai Wiegand, LL.M. (NYU)

Dr. Jan Phillip Rektorschek

Taylor Wessing advises VC investor on ESG clauses in investment agreements

Advising Emerald Technology Ventures as one of the industry leading cleantech focused venture capital investors on ESG clauses in investment agreements, in particular on the target's obligation to introduce sustainability structures post-closing and regarding possible consequences in the event of violations.

Dr. Peter Hellich

Dr. Rebekka Krause