{"id":54444,"date":"2025-08-01T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsk.de\/?post_type=rechtsanwaelte&#038;p=54444"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:59:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:59:42","slug":"dr-bernd-grassl","status":"publish","type":"rechtsanwaelte","link":"https:\/\/gsk.de\/en\/lawyers\/dr-bernd-grassl\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernd Gra\u00dfl, LL.M. (Wellington)"},"featured_media":55983,"parent":0,"template":"","standort":[1084],"sektoren":[229,234],"positionen":[509],"kompetenzen":[252,240,245,253,254],"class_list":["post-54444","rechtsanwaelte","type-rechtsanwaelte","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","standort-munich-en","sektoren-financial-services","sektoren-capital-markets","positionen-local-partner","kompetenzen-capital-markets","kompetenzen-compliance","kompetenzen-corporate","kompetenzen-dispute-resolution","kompetenzen-ma"],"acf":{"vorname":"Bernd","nachname":"Gra\u00dfl, LL.M. (Wellington)","name":"Dr Bernd Gra\u00dfl, LL.M. (Wellington)","job":"Rechtsanwalt","position":"Local Partner","contacts":false,"tel":"+49 89 288174-73","email":"bernd.grassl@gsk.de","multiple_contacts":false,"beschreibung":"<p>Dr Bernd Gra\u00dfl 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&amp;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.<\/p>\n<p>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&#038;O matters. As a certified business mediator, he provides family-run businesses with strategic, confidential conflict management services that preserve the value of the business and the underlying family relationships. He frequently handles situations involving shareholder deadlock situations, disputes over business valuations and succession conflicts. He is a prolific author and regular speaker in his areas of expertise.<\/p>\n","tatigkeitsschwerpunkte":"<ul>\n<li>Stock corporation and capital markets law<\/li>\n<li>Corporate law and compliance<\/li>\n<li>Public M&amp;A (public takeovers and defence against hostile public takeover bids)<\/li>\n<li>structural measures, including integration and structural measures under stock corporation law (taking private)<\/li>\n<li>Stock corporation and capital market disputes<\/li>\n<li>Corporate litigation, dispute resolution<\/li>\n<li>Advising family-run businesses and their owners (including structuring articles of association and shareholder and pool agreements, as well as representation in (family) shareholder disputes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","ausbildung":"<ul>\n<li>Joined GSK Stockmann in 2025<\/li>\n<li>Business Mediator (2026)<\/li>\n<li>Partner at a commercial law firm with an international focus in Munich (2016-2025)<\/li>\n<li>Lawyer and partner at an international commercial and tax law firm in Munich (2006-2015)<\/li>\n<li>Master of Laws (LL.M.) at the Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)<\/li>\n<li>Admitted to the bar in Germany (2006)<\/li>\n<li>Studied law at the University of Passau (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>doctorate (Doctor of Laws) at the University of Augsburg (Germany)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","sprachen":"<ul>\n<li>English, French, German, Italian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","mitgliedschaften":"","referenzen":"<ul>\n<li>Linus Holding GmbH\/private investor;<br \/>\nAdvice in connection with the mandatory offer and delisting offer to the shareholders of Linus Digital Finance AG<\/li>\n<li>zooplus AG;<br \/>\nAdvice in connection with the voluntary public takeover offer by EQT and Hellman &amp; Friedman and the subsequent delisting<\/li>\n<li>Shareholder\/investor group;<br \/>\nAdvice in connection with legal challenges and approval proceedings against the change of legal form of a listed stock corporation (AG) into a limited partnership (GmbH &amp; Co. KGaA), as well as the appointment of special auditors and special representatives under stock corporation law<\/li>\n<li>Nagarro SE;<br \/>\nAdvice on share buyback programmes<\/li>\n<li>Marley Spoon SE;<br \/>\nAdvice on the IPO on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and on a business combination with 468 SPAC II<\/li>\n<li>zooplus AG;<br \/>\nAdvice on the change of legal form to an SE<\/li>\n<li>InTiCa Systems AG;<br \/>\nAdvice in connection with the voluntary public takeover offer from the Optima Group and the change of legal form to an SE<\/li>\n<li>CompuGroup Medical SE;<br \/>\nAdvice on the change of legal form to a (monistic) SE &amp; Co. KGaA<\/li>\n<li>clearvise AG;<br \/>\nAdvice on capital increases with and without subscription rights<\/li>\n<li>Delivery Hero AG;<br \/>\nAdvice on the IPO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","auszeichnungen":"<ul>\n<li><strong>JUVE Handbook of Corporate Law Firms<\/strong><br \/>\nFrequently recommended for \u201cCorporate Law\u201d (2024-2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","vortrage_und_veranstaltungen":"","publikationen":"<ul>\n<li>Books and commemorative publications<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2019). Wertpapier-Compliance in der Praxis, Beitrag zu wertpapierbezogenen Compliance-Pflichten bei Public und Private M&amp;A-Transaktionen. In: Renz, W., Hense, M. and Marbeiter, T. (eds), Handbuch Wertpapier-Compliance in der Praxis.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2017). Der Anwendungsbereich des Wp\u00dcG. In: Paschos, T. and Fleischer, H. (eds), C. H. Beck&#8217;sches Handbuch zum \u00dcbernahmerecht nach dem Wp\u00dcG.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2010). Konzernrechtliche Fragen. In: L\u00fccke, A. and Schaub, M. (eds), C. H. Beck&#8217;sches Mandatshandbuch \u201cVorstand der AG\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2008). Opt-in, Opt-out \u2013 alles klar in Europa? Zur Abwehr feindlicher \u00f6ffentlicher \u00dcbernahmeangebote nach der Umsetzung der EU-\u00dcbernahmerichtlinie. In: Transaktionen, Verm\u00f6gen, Pro Bono, Festschrift zum zehnj\u00e4hrigen Bestehen von P+P P\u00f6llath + Partners.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2003). Die Finanzierung \u00f6ffentlicher \u00dcbernahmetransaktionen und die besondere Rolle sachverst\u00e4ndiger Dritter w\u00e4hrend des Angebotsverfahrens, doctoral thesis, University of Augsburg.<\/li>\n<li>Essays and short articles<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2023). Attraktivere europ\u00e4ische Kapitalm\u00e4rkte: Vorschlag der EU-Kommission zur \u00c4nderung der Marktmissbrauchsverordnung (EU Listing Act), DB, p. 1142.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2020). Wechsel von der dualistischen in die monistische SE \u2013 Eine sinnvolle Alternative f\u00fcr Familienunternehmen, Die AG, p. 881.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2018). Rezension: Ek, Praxisleitfaden f\u00fcr die Hauptversammlung, 3rd ed. 2018, DStR 16\/2018, XV.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2017). Das aktuelle Stichwort: Investor Activism, Der Aufsichtsrat, p. 59.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2017). \u00dcberarbeitung des Deutschen Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK) \u2013 Die \u00c4nderungsvorschl\u00e4ge der Regierungskommission aus der Plenarsitzung vom 13. Oktober 2016, NZG, p. 161.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2017). Shareholder Activism und Investor Activism \u2013 Typische Handlungsweisen aktivistischer Aktion\u00e4re und Investoren, angemessene Vorbereitung und m\u00f6gliche Reaktion der Zielgesellschaft, Die AG, p. 49.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2015). Familie und Kapitalmarkt \u2013 Ein Widerspruch?, Unternehmeredition Personal\/Strategie, 10\/2015.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2015). Weitreichende Ver\u00e4nderungen f\u00fcr Kapitalmarktakteure im Zusammenhang mit der neuen Marktmissbrauchsverordnung, PLATOW Online, 30 September 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2015). Marktmissbrauchsverordnung zwingt Freiverkehrsemittenten zum Handeln \u2013 Anpassung der Kapitalmarkt-Compliance an neue Regelungen erforderlich, interview, B\u00f6rsen-Zeitung, 19 September 2015, p. 9.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2015). Aktien statt Bardividende \u2013 Die \u201cScrip Dividend\u201d zeichnet sich als Erfolgsstory am Kapitalmarkt ab, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 16 September 2015, p. 16.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2015). Die neue Marktmissbrauchsverordnung der EU, DB, 2066.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2015). Aktuelle Compliance-Anforderungen \u2013 Haftungsrisiken im Private-Equity-Bereich, MUPETmagazin.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2015). \u00c4nderungen des Deutschen Corporate Governance Kodex \u2013 Weitere Professionalisierung des Aufsichtsrats, Handelsblatt online, Rechtsboard, 30 June 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2014). \u201cHot Button\u201d Issues and Recent Developments in German Corporate Governance. In: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &amp; Katz (consulting editors), New York Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Guide.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2014). Public Mergers and Acquisitions in Germany. In: Multi-jurisdictional Guide to Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Practical Law, Thomson Reuters Legal.<\/li>\n<li>Commentaries on court decisions<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2025). Vertretung der atypischen KGaA gegen\u00fcber ihrer Komplement\u00e4rgesellschaft, Anmerkung zu BGH, Beschl. vom 7.5.2025 \u2013 II ZB 2\/24, DB, p. 1609.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2024). Vertretung der monistischen SE gegen\u00fcber gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrenden Direktoren, Anmerkung zu BGH, Urt. vom 17.9.2024 \u2013 X ZR 39\/23, DB, p. 3090.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2016). Zum Informationsverlangen des besonderen Vertreters gegen\u00fcber der Gesellschaft im einstweiligen Rechtsschutz (\u201cStrabag\u201d), Anmerkung zu OLG K\u00f6ln, Urt. v. 4.12.2015 \u2013 18 U 149\/15, EWiR, p. 135.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2009). Bei rechtsmissbr\u00e4uchlich erhobener aktienrechtlicher Anfechtungsklage kann der Kl\u00e4ger gegen\u00fcber dem Beklagten gem\u00e4\u00df \u00a7 826 BGB schadensersatzpflichtig sein, Anmerkung zu OLG Frankfurt a.M., Urteil vom 13.1.2009 \u2013 5 U 183\/07, beck-fachdienst Mergers &amp; Acquisitions (online), p. 05\/2009.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2008). Keine Anfechtbarkeit von HV-Beschl\u00fcssen \u00fcber ein Delisting mangels Vorstandsberichts \u00fcber das Abfindungsangebot und Pr\u00fcfung durch einen sachverst\u00e4ndigen Pr\u00fcfer, Anmerkung zu OLG Stuttgart, Urteil vom 15.10.2008 \u2013 20 U 19\/07, beck-fachdienst Mergers &amp; Acquisitions (online), 23\/2008.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2007). Unrichtigkeit einer Ad-hoc-Mitteilung ist Feststellungsziel im Musterverfahren, Anmerkung zu OLG M\u00fcnchen, Beschluss vom 1.10.2007 \u2013 W (KAPMU) 10\/07, beck-fachdienst Mergers &amp; Acquisitions (online), 15\/2007.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2007). Referentenentwurf des Risikobegrenzungsgesetzes vorgelegt, beck-fachdienst Mergers &amp; Acquisitions (online), 12\/2007.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2007). EuGH: Kein Insiderhandel bei Wertpapiergesch\u00e4ften zum Zwecke der Kurspflege, Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urteil vom 10.5.2007 \u2013 C\/391\/04, beck-fachdienst Mergers &amp; Acquisitions (online), 02\/2007.<\/li>\n<li>Gra\u00dfl, B. (2007). 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