Alexander Herzog
Overview
Alexander Herzog is a corporate associate in the Frankfurt office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.
He focuses on all aspects of German business and corporate law and advises private equity funds and other financial investors on national and cross-border private equity and M&A transactions as well as public takeovers and corporate reorganizations.
Alexander is a guest lecturer at TU Berlin.
Experience
Representative Matters
Carlyle on the public takeover offer for SNP
Pollen Street Capital on the acquisition of Etops Group AG*
ABN AMRO on the acquisition of Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG*
Highlight Communications AG on the sale of 50% of its shares in Sport1 Medien GmbH to Acun Medya S.A.*
Primestone on its investment in Brenntag SE*
Nokera AG on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in R+S Group from DBAG*
Elliott in connection with the takeover of Vantage Towers by GIP and KKR*
Elliott in connection with the takeover of Deutsche Wohnen by Vonovia*
Teleios in connection with the takeover of Aareal Bank by Advent, Centerbridge and CPPIB*
Elliott in connection with the delisting of Rocket Internet*
*Experience prior to joining Kirkland
Prior Experience
White & Case LLP, Frankfurt, Germany (2024)
BROICH Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB, Frankfurt, Germany (2020–2024)
More
Thought Leadership
Publications
§§ 44 – 47b, Aktienrecht und Kapitalmarktrecht, eds. Dr. Thomas Heidel, 6th ed., 2024 (together with Jonas Kiehl)
Der aktienrechtliche Regelungsrahmen für SPACs im Entwurf zum Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz, Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht (NZG), 2023, p. 1055 (together with Bero Gebhard)
Die Wiederzulassung von Mehrstimmrechten – zurück in die Zukunft?, Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP), 2023, p. 1161 (together with Bero Gebhard)
Grenzüberschreitende Verschmelzungen von Aktiengesellschaften nach dem UmRUG, Die Aktiengesellschaft (AG), 2023, p. 310 (together with Bero Gebhard)
Mehrstimmrechte im Aktienrecht, Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ZIP),2022, p. 1893 (together with Bero Gebhard)
Unternehmensrecht im Koalitionsvertrag der 20. Legislaturperiode, Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht (GWR), 2021, p. 445 (together with Bero Gebhard)
Chinesische Unternehmenstransaktionen in Deutschland, Chinesische Outbound-Investitionen in Deutschland, eds. Yuanshi Bu, Mohr Siebeck, 2019, p. 3
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2020Germany
Languages
- German
- English
- Mandarin
Education
- Higher Regional Court of MunichSecond State Examination2019
- Ludwig Maximilians University MunichB.A., Chinese Studies2019
- University of RegensburgFirst State Examination2015