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Christian O. Zschocke

Partner

christian.zschocke@morganlewis.com

Frankfurt Phone +49.69.714.00.718 Fax +49.69.714.00.710

OpernTurm//Bockenheimer Landstrasse 4//60306 Frankfurt am Main//Germany

Managing Morgan Lewis’s Corporate and Business Transactions (CBT) practice in Frankfurt since 1997, Christian O. Zschocke counsels clients on public takeovers, and on European and German antitrust law. He represents clients in large takeover transactions on the side of bidders, financial investors, or target companies. Before joining Morgan Lewis, he served clients of another international New York–based law firm in London, Brussels, and Frankfurt, and worked for law firms in Paris, Hamburg, Barcelona, and Buenos Aires.

In addition to his private practice experience, Christian served as a trainee at the Commission of the European Communities, Directorate General IV for Competition. He speaks regularly at seminars, and has written several published works on corporate and antitrust law, including a commentary on the German Takeover Code and a handbook on the German Takeover Act. He edits a section of Germany’s leading antitrust review that covers international antitrust developments.

A native German speaker, Christian is also fluent in English, Spanish, and French.

Awards and Affiliations

Member, Bar of Cologne

Licenciado en Derecho, Spain

Admissions

  • Cologne, Germany

Education

  • Hamburg, Germany, 1990, Second State Examination
  • Universität Hamburg, Germany, 1994, DR.JUR.
  • University of Bonn Law School, 1985, First State Examination

Sectors

  • Fintech
  • Banking

Services

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Antitrust & Competition
  • Private Equity

Regions

  • Europe

News

3/3/2020 - Morgan Lewis Advises on Joint Venture and Takeover Offer for Rhön-Klinikum
7/3/2018 - Morgan Lewis Advises China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation Ltd in Navires Aviation Limited Acquisition
6/17/2016 - Morgan Lewis Advises BASF in $3.2 Billion Acquisition of Chemetall
11/11/2015 - Morgan Lewis Hosts Ceremony Finalizing Philadelphia-Frankfurt "Sister City" Partnership
7/14/2015 - Morgan Lewis Hosts Event Celebrating “Sister City” Signing Between Frankfurt and Philadelphia

Publications

March 2022 - Developments in National Competition Laws (October 1, 2021 – December 30, 2021), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb
February 2022 - Takeover Monitor: Special Issue: German Federal Court of Justice on Non-Tendering Shareholders
December 2021 - Developments in National Competition Laws (July 1, 2021 – September 30, 2021), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb
September 2021 - Developments in National Competition Laws (April 1, 2021 – June 30, 2021), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb
June 2021 - Developments in National Competition Laws (January 1, 2021 – March 31, 2021), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb
March 2021 - Developments in National Competition Laws (October 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb
December 2020 - Developments in National Competition Laws (July 1, 2020 – September 30, 2020), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb
October 2020 - Takeover Monitor: Current German Public Tender Offers | Issue 2
September 2020 - Takeover Monitor: Current German Public Tender Offers | Issue 1
September 2020 - Developments in National Competition Laws (April 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb
May 2020 - Developments in National Competition Laws (January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2020), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb
3/30/2020 - COVID-19 in Germany: Federal Law to Provide Some Relief to Businesses, Consumers
3/26/2020 - Germany Makes Substantive Amendments to Insolvency Act Amid COVID-19
February 2018 - International Life Sciences Review: Issue 8
September 2017 - European Life Sciences Review: Issue 7
March 2017 - European Life Sciences Review: Issue 6
11/13/2015 - Christian Zschocke on Frankfurt
12/23/2014 - Takeover Monthly, 2014/10
12/8/2014 - Takeover Monthly, 2014/9
10/14/2014 - Takeover Monthly, 2014/8