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Nikolaus Bernhard

Associate, Corporate
Germany

Expertise

Nikolaus Bernhard specialises in corporate law and M&A. He advises on national and cross-border M&A transactions, funding rounds corporate reorganisations, and joint ventures.

Before joining Addleshaw Goddard, Nikolaus Bernhard worked for an international law firm in Munich.

Experience

Advised several venture capital investors (inter alia the Alpine Space Ventures Fund I) on funding rounds.
Advised an association in the automotive sector on directors' liability in a data project.

Publications

“Invalidity of a shareholders' resolution breaching the articles of association in the case of competence of the supervisory board in a limited liability company (GmbH)”, in: Juris PracticeReport Commercial and Corporate Law, 5/2023
“No interest in declaratory judgment (Feststellungsinteresse) in the absence of an action against the entire group of shareholders”, in: Juris PracticeReport Commercial and Corporate Law, 1/2023
“Scope of a registry court‘s duty to examine a list of shareholders of a limited liability company (GmbH)”, in: Juris PracticeReport Commercial and Corporate Law, 2/2019

Education

Nikolaus Bernhard studied law at the Humboldt University of Berlin and completed his law exams in Berlin and in Munich. During his time as a legal trainee at the Higher Regional Court of Munich, Nikolaus Bernhard worked for several international law firms.

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