Homepage

http://www.hengeler.com/

Position

Dr. Johannes Tieves is partner in Hengeler Mueller’s Frankfurt office.

Special interests

Dr. Tieves advises leading German and international banks and corporations and private equity funds on syndicated loans, acquisition finance, high-yield bonds and restructurings.

Vita

Dr. Tieves was born in Düsseldorf, Germany. He studied law at the universities of Bonn and Heidelberg and did his articles (Referendarzeit) in Hamburg. After working with McKinsey he was admitted to the German Bar in 1997. He joined Hengeler Mueller in 1997 and became a partner in 2002. During his time as an associate of Hengeler Mueller he worked six month with the legal department of Deutsche Bank in Luxembourg and one year with JP Morgan in London and New York.

He has two children and enjoys skiing, hiking, claybirding and wildlife.

Publications

Dr. Tieves has published a variety of publications on corporate law matters:

• Satzungsverletzende und satzungsdurchbrechende Gesellschafterbeschlüsse, ZIP 1993, 1074
• Der Unternehmensgegenstand der Kapitalgesellschaft, Otto Schmidt 1997 (zugleich Dissertation an der Universität Heidelberg)
• Co-author: Über den rechten Umgang mit einem entschlusslosen Gesetzgeber: Die aktienrechtliche Lösung des BGH für den Rückzug von der Börse, Betriebs Berater 2003
• Co-author: Vendor Due Diligence / Auktionsverfahren, 2006
• Co-Author: Münchener Kommentar GmbHG, 2nd. Ed. 2015
•  „International Acquisition Finance“, European Lawyer Reference Books, nd. Ed. planned for 2015/2016, editor and chapter on Germany

Course(s)

Law of Project and Acquisition Finance I