Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg from Görg to Heuking
Cologne — Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek wins M&A expert Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg (photo) together with team from Görg. Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg, LL.M. (54) and Dr. Alexander Jüngst (37) will join the Cologne office of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek as equity partners as of January 1, 2020. Together with them, associates Dr. Kerstin Goeck and Maximilian Spitzhorn-Storck join Heuking from Görg.
The renowned M&A partner von Rosenberg has many years of experience in advising on German and cross-border M&A transactions. His clients include large private equity funds and companies in the energy sector. With his team, he regularly advises medium-sized companies and large family businesses as well as family offices. He also has extensive expertise in the area of restructuring.
Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg completed his law studies at the Ruhr University Bochum and Georgetown University Law Center. In 1999, he worked as Foreign Counsel at one of the leading law firms in the U.S. in Los Angeles. Prior to joining Görg in 2016, von Rosenberg was a partner (since 1995 as an attorney) at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from 2002 to 2016. In his subsequent three years as a partner at Görg, he continued to secure mandates for large cap funds such as CVC Capital Partners, Ardian and Oakley, as well as numerous large medium-sized companies for his team.
Dr. Alexander Jüngst has extensive experience in advising on M&A and private equity transactions as well as restructuring. In addition to transaction experience, Jüngst also has special expertise in stock corporation and group law, limited liability company law, corporate governance and capital markets law.
Jüngst completed his law studies at the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg im Breisgau, the Université de Lausanne, Switzerland, and the University of Cologne. He started his career at Linklaters in Corporate/M&A before joining Görg in January 2019.
“We are extremely pleased to have Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg and Dr. Alexander Jüngst join us with their associates. The experienced colleague Dr. von Rosenberg and his team are an excellent addition to our Corporate/M&A practice,” said Dr. Pär Johansson, Managing Partner of the firm and based in Cologne. “With the four new additions, we are expanding our expertise in M&A not only in Cologne, but across all firms.”
Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg is also convinced that the change is worthwhile for both sides. “I am looking forward to my new role at a firm that has one of its main areas of focus in M&A,” von Rosenberg said of his team’s move.