
Dr. Christian Vocke
Biography
Dr. Christian Vocke is a partner of the Corporate/M&A Practice Group in the Firm’s Frankfurt office. He has gained deep experience in virtually all areas of corporate law. He is consistently recommended since many years in various legal directories including Legal 500, JUVE Handbook, Handelsblatt Best Lawyers in Germany, and IFLR 1000. Clients have described him as “excellent and exceptional lawyer" (JUVE Handbook) and as "demonstrating an impressive knowledge of corporate law" (Legal 500 Germany).
Practice Focus
Christian focuses his practice on cross-border public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures, shareholder disputes and complex corporate reorganizations including carve-outs. He acts for financial investors as well as family-owned companies and large corporates across industries.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised Centric Software, a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, on the acquisition of Contentserv Group, a leading provider of product information management (PIM) systems.
- Advised Flipp Operations Inc., a portfolio company of private equity fund Truelink Capital, on the acquisition of and combination with MEDIA Central Group.
- Advised Accenture in connection with several acquisitions of technology companies in Germany as well as the taking private of SinnerSchrader AG (Domination and Profit and Loss Transfer Agreement, Delisting and Merger Squeeze-out).
- Advised MGA Entertainment Inc. on the taking private of Zapf Creation AG (Merger Squeeze-out).
- Advised CORESTATE Capital on the acquisition of Hannover Leasing Group from HELABA Bank.
- Advised Amundi on cross-border merger.
- Advised Jeeves (FinTech) on corporate, commercial and regulatory topics.
- Advised Deutsche Hospitality on sale of Steigenberger Hotel Group.
- Advised listed UNIWHEELS AG on its Domination and Profit and Loss Transfer Agreement with Superior Industries International and the Delisting from the Warsaw stock exchange.
- Advised DAX 40 Company on complex carve-out in more than 40 jurisdictions.
Professional Honors
- Recommended for M&A and Corporate Law in JUVE Handbook
- IFLR1000, highly regarded for M&A
- Handelsblatt Best Lawyers in Germany
- Legal500 Germany, Corporate Law
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt - Member
- VGR. Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht e.V. - Member
Admissions
- Germany (2007)
Education
- State of Rhineland-Palatinate (Second State Examination) (2007)
- University of Bonn (Dr. jur.) (2006)
- University of Bonn (First State Examination) (2003)
Languages
- English
- German
Geschäftsführer: Dr. Alexander Wolff, Dr. Oliver Socher, Dr. Christian Vocke
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.