Irmtraud Wendland
Corporate law incl. M&A.
Rechtsanwältin
Counsel
Admitted to the Bar since: 1988 in Germany
Email: wendland@jsw.law
Training and career/work history:
- Studied law at the University of Cologne
- Two semesters at the London School of Economics
- From 1982 six years as an associate in a notary’s office in Cologne
- Since 1988 lawyer at JSW Rechtsanwälte
- From 1989 – 2009 managing director of OFM Oebel Fröhlich Michels GmbH Auditors and Tax Consultants
- Since 1990 Partner at JSW Rechtsanwälte
Main Areas of Practice:
- Company foundations
- Restructuring and reorganization projects (mergers, split-ups, change of legal form)
- Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
- Company succession concepts including advice on inheritance law
- Preparation of shareholder’s meetings and supervisory board meetings
- International real estate transactions
- Due-diligence audits in connection with company acquisitions and real estate transactions
- Lecturing in the field of corporate law
Memberships:
- German Forum of Inheritance Law (Deutsches Forum für Erbrecht) e.V., Munich
- From 2007–2019 member and from 2015–2019 Chairman of the Advisory Board of CONSULEGIS EWIV/EEIG
- Since 2014 member of the Supervisory Board of HEUBECK AG
Languages: German and English
Axel Walter
Corporate law incl. M&A.
Rechtsanwalt, LL.M. (Melbourne)
Partner
Admitted to the Bar since: 2010 in Germany
Email: walter@jsw.law
Training and career/work history:
- Studied law at the Universities of Konstanz and Cologne
- 2006/2007 Studies at the University of Melbourne (Australia) with the de-gree Master of Commercail Law
- From 2007 legal traineeship, inter alia attorney stage at the Canadian corporate law firm Heenan Blaikie LLP in Toronto
- 2007/2008 secondary employment at the legal department of QIAGEN GmbH in Hilden
- Since 2010 lawyer at JSW Rechtsanwälte
- 2013 specialist training course in commercial and corporate law
- Since 2016 Partner at JSW Rechtsanwälte
Main Areas of Practice:
- Corporate law, especially the rights and obligations of shareholders, managing directors and board members
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Due-diligence audits in connection with company acquisitions and real estate transactions
- Real estate investment trusts
- Insurance law
- Banking law
- Capital markets law
Memberships:
- Workgroup on commercial and corporate law in the German Law Society (DAV)
- Workgroup on insurance law in the German Law Society (DAV)
Languages: German and English