Dr Bernd Graßl is a Local Partner at our Munich office specialising in stock corporation and capital markets law, as well as corporate litigation and dispute resolution. His practice encompasses public M&A, corporate law, compliance, and stock corporation and capital markets law disputes. He advises listed companies on matters relating to annual general meetings, IPOs, capital measures, changes of legal form, and integration and structural measures, such as taking private, control and profit and loss transfer agreements, squeeze-outs, delistings and downlistings.

Bernd regularly represents companies, investors and board members in court, particularly in disputes over shareholder resolutions and claims for damages, in release and valuation proceedings, during special audits and in manager liability and D&O matters. Many of his clients are also family-run businesses and entrepreneurial families, who rely on his expertise in drafting articles of association and handling corporate law disputes. He is a prolific author and regular speaker in his areas of expertise.

Bernd also has particular expertise in advising on integration and structural measures under stock corporation law (taking private), including control and profit and loss transfer agreements, squeeze-outs, as well as delistings and downlistings. In this context, he also represents companies, private and institutional investors, and board members in court, in particular in disputes over shareholder resolutions, in release and valuation proceedings, the appointment of special auditors and special representatives under stock corporation law, and in actions for damages for breach of duty, and also defends against such actions (manager liability and D&O issues). Many of his clients are also family-run businesses and entrepreneurial families, who rely on his expertise and many years of experience in structuring articles of association and shareholder and pool agreements, as well as in representing clients in (family) shareholder disputes. Bernd is the author of numerous specialist publications and regularly delivers seminars and webinars in his fields of expertise.