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Hogan Lovells advises Endemol Shine on the sale of their shares in W&B Television
18 November 2019
Dr. Alexander Koch
PartnerHamburg
Email alexander.koch@hoganlovells.com
Phone +49 40 419 93 285
LanguagesEnglish, Dutch, German
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
Alexander Koch supports you in mergers, acquisitions and other transactions with an emphasis on highly regulated industries, including in particular the energy, aviation and defense sector. He regularly advises clients when they acquire or sell businesses or wish to establish a joint venture. He advises on the structuring of transactions, corporate reorganisations and on the relationships between shareholders, in particular in joint-venture projects.
In 2015 Alexander assisted the M&A legal department of Airbus Group in Toulouse for six months and acquired valuable industry sector knowledge. Alexander's practice comprises general corporate law and also regulatory matters beyond transactional advice, which is in particular true for energy law. He is a lecturer for energy law at the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons.
Alexander studied law in Osnabrueck and Leiden. He wrote his doctoral thesis on European and comparative antitrust law. During his legal traineeship Alexander worked in the legal department of a leading German multinational engineering and electronics company in Singapore and for our office in Hamburg.
Awards and recognitions
2019
Corporate and M&A: Corporate
Legal 500 EMEA
Education and admissions
Education
Second State Exam in Law, Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, 2012
Dr. iur., Osnabrück University, 2011
First State Exam in Law, Osnabrück University, 2007
LL.B., Osnabrück University, 2006
Study Abroad, Leiden University, 2005
Representative experience
Advising Mitsubishi Corp. on the partial sale of its German offshore transmission business and a joint venture with Chubu Electric Power and Mitsubishi UFJ Lease and Finance
Avising Endemol Shine Group Germany GmbH on the sale of their interests in W&B Television KG & Co. KG
Advising Northland Power Inc. on the acquisition of the German offshore wind farm project Deutsche Bucht.
Advising the former shareholders of Nordic Yards on the divestment of yards in Wismar, Warnemünde and Stralsund.
Advising Mitsubishi Corp. on the acquisition of a participation and entering into a joint venture with TenneT regarding the offshore grid connection of BorWin1 and BorWin2.
Advising Mitsubishi on the acquisition of a participation and entering into a joint venture with TenneT regarding the offshore grid connection of HelWin2 und DolWin2.
Advising a consortium of several Danish pension funds on the acquisition of a 50% stake in the German offshore wind farm project Gode Wind 2.
Advising the DZ Bank on the project financing of various onshore wind parks in Germany with a total capacity of over 200 MW.
Advising a Danish company on the acquisition of an onshore wind farm portfolio.
Advising Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on its entry into a global joint venture of the businesses of Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery and Siemens.
Advising Merkur Offshore GmbH on the project financing of the planned offshore wind farm Merkur.
Advising a leading Swiss energy company on the development of a gas and steam turbine power plant in Germany.
Advising a bank on the financing of various onshore wind farms in particular with regard to regulatory and public law questions.
