Gerhard Manz
Rechtsanwalt
- T +49 761 150984-11
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- Freiburg
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Gerhard Manz
Career
Gerhard Manz is located at ADVANT Beiten's Freiburg office and member of the Corporate/M&A practice group. His area of expertise comprises M&A and corporate law, including reorganizations, shareholder disputes and business succession, as well as corporate finance, international commercial law and compliance matters. He provides comprehensive legal advice for both family-owned companies and corporate groups in a national and international context. Gerhard Manz is the author and/or editor of numerous legal publications.
Gerhard Manz studied law and economics at the Freie Universität Berlin, the University of Lausanne as well as the Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg and was admitted to the German Bar in 1979. Prior to joining ADVANT Beiten in 2022, he has been Partner at a leading independent German law firm.
Gerhard Manz is recommended.
(The Legal 500 Germany 2024)
"excellent colleague, very much appreciated", competitor
(JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2023/2024)
Gerhard Manz is recommended.
(The Legal 500 Germany 2023 & The Legal 500 EMEA 2023)
"very experienced and pleasant", Competitor
"outstanding personality", Competitor
(JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2022/2023)
The publishing house and information service JUVE lists Gerhard Manz as one of the leading names in Baden-Württemberg with regard to Corporate Law and M&A
(JUVE Handbook Commercial Law Firms 2021, 2022).
Gerhard Manz is listed as one of "Germany's Best Lawyers" in the practice area of corporate law
(Handelsblatt in cooperation with Best Lawyers, 2021-2022)
"a leading name in Baden-Württemberg",
(JUVE Handbuch of German Business Law Firms 2021-2022)
"Outstanding personality."
(The Legal 500 Germany 2021)
Awards
Memberships
- Executive board of the Working Group on Corporate and Commercial Law Committee of the German Federal Bar Association
- Chairman of the Carl-Schurz-Haus/German-American Institut, Freiburg
- Board of Baden-Württemberg: Connected e.V. (bwcon), the leading business initiative for the promotion of the high-tech sectors in Baden-Württemberg
Publications / Lectures
Books
Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Manz/Mayer/Schröder: The European Company
Gerhard Manz, Barbara Mayer, & Albert Schröder
in: Nomos-Verlag, 3rd edition
Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Manz/Mayer/Schröder: GmbH
Gerhard Manz, Barbara Mayer, & Albert Schröder
in: Haufe Verlag
Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Manz/Mayer/Schröder: Aktiengesellschaft
Gerhard Manz, Barbara Mayer, & Albert Schröder
in: Haufe-Verlag
Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Mayer/Manz/Schröder: The German Stock Corporation
Gerhard Manz, Barbara Mayer & Albert Schröder
Co-Author of The Legal Professions in the New Europe
Gerhard Manz
in: Cavendish Publishing, 1996
Haufe's Database on Company Law and Haufe - Tax - Office (Haufe-Steuer-Office)
Gerhard Manz (co-authorship)
Publications
The Brexit and its Effects on the Legal Relations between the EU and the UK
Gerhard Manz & Barbara Mayer
in: Betriebs-Berater 2016, p. 1731-1740.
Challenges under Company Law in International Groups - A Summary of the Scope of Organizational Freedom and its Limits in Six Different States
Gerhard Manz & Barbara Mayer
in: IWB 14/2015, p. 529 et seq.
Current Cause for Advice on Commercial Law: The European Company: Is it coming or not? A Report on the Interim Status
Gerhard Manz
in: SteuerConsultant 08/2011
Dormant Equity Holdings in Corporations: The Character of Equity Capital and Priority in Insolvency following the Entry into Force of the German Act to Modernise the Law governing German Private Limited Companies (GmbHs) and to Combat Abuse (MoMiG)
Gerhard Manz & Stefan Lammel
in: GmbHR 2009, p. 1121 et seq.
Introduction of the UN Convention of Goods in Germany
Gerhard Manz
in: International Business Lawyer 6/91