Stefanie Tesch

Associate

Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern

Munich

Not admitted to the bar

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Biography

Stefanie Tesch joined Baker McKenzie in 2001. Parallel to her work as legal assistant in the firm’s Munich office, she studied business law at a German university of applied sciences and graduated in January 2010 (degree: Diplom- Wirtschaftsjuristin). In June 2021, Stefanie passed the exam for specialist attorneys in commercial and corporate law (Fachanwaltsprüfung Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht).

Practice Focus

Stefanie is a member of the Firm’s German Transactional Practice Group and Baker McKenzie’s Global Reorganizations Group. Stefanie’s practice is focused on corporate law. She has broad experience in advising world-wide operating clients on complex domestic and cross-border corporate reorganizations (post-acquisition integrations, pre-transaction reorganizations and legal entity rationalizations). Furthermore, Stefanie advises globally-acting clients on issues relating to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, in particular regarding the identification, documentation and filing of their beneficial owners and so-called transparency obligations. She frequently coordinates multi-jurisdictional corporate projects for the Firm’s clients.

Representative Legal Matters

Advising a French multinational hospitality group regarding the transformation and simplification of its organizational structure.
Advising a multinational market research group based in the UK on the corporate separation of the German part of a business unit as preparation of its sale.
Advice to an US-based global healthcare group regarding a comprehensive reorganization of the German subgroup including numerous transformation processes, capital measures and share transfers.
Advice to a French manufacturer of electrical systems and equipment for the aerospace, defense, transportation and security sectors on the carve-out of a business unit as preparation of its sale.
Advising on the German part of an internal global restructuring of an internationally operating manufacturer of composite materials and components based in the US.
Advice to an international courier and logistics group on the post-acquisition restructuring of its European business.
Advice to a global media group based in the USA on the integration of a newly acquired group of companies as well as ongoing assistance on corporate law issues.
Ongoing advice to a global medical technology group on corporate law aspects, including the reorganization of the German group companies.
Advice to a Swedish online media group on reorganization of the German part of the European group structure and ongoing corporate law advice.
Advised a leading endoscope manufacturer based in Germany regarding its transformation into a SE & Co. KG.
Advising US pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson on the German part of the spin-off of its consumer products business.
Regularly advising the Firm’s clients on corporate governance matters and compliance with anti-money laundering rules relating to transparency.

Education

Specialist attorney in Commercial and Corporate Law (2021)
University of Applied Sciences (Diplom-Wirtschaftsjuristin) (2010)

Languages

English
German

Co-author (together with Tobias Beck) of "EU Anti-Money Laundering Package / EU-Geldwäschepaket," Baker McKenzie Client Alert, 16 June 2024

Co-author (together with Tobias Beck) of "Transparency Register: Discrepancy Report" / Transparenzregister: Unstimmigkeitsmeldungen," Baker McKenzie Client Alert, 9 February 2024

Co-author (together with Robin Haas) of “Transparency Register / Sanctions Enforcement Act II” / “Transparenzregister / Sanktionsdurchsetzungsgesetz II,” Baker McKenzie Client Alert, 13 January 2023

Co-author (with Robin Haas and Tobias Beck), "Draft law on the reorganization of the German transparency register (E-TraFinG Gw)," Baker McKenzie Client Alert, 22 April 2021

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Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern is registered with the Local Court of Frankfurt/Main (registered seat) HRB 123975. It is associated with Baker & McKenzie International, a Verein organized under the laws of Switzerland.