Dr. Johannes Weisser advises medium-sized companies as well as nationally and internationally active groups on all matters of corporate and commercial law – in particular in connection with M&A transactions and restructurings as well as start-ups in financing rounds. In the area of antitrust law, he handles merger control proceedings and advises on antitrust and corporate law issues in the regulatory environment, such as the EU REACH or the EU Biocidal Products Regulation.
Dr. Johannes Weisser is the author of many articles as well as a legal commentator and regularly lectures on corporate law, M&A transactions, antitrust law and German-Indian business transactions.
Functions and memberships
German-Indian Round Table (GIRT) e.V., National Speaker und Chapter Head Frankfurt
German-American Lawyers‘ Association (DAJV e.V.)
Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht e.V.
Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC)
German-Indian Lawyers‘ Association (DIJV e.V.)
M&A-Transaktionen (Auswahl)
- Sale of a manufacturer and solution provider of productive test and measurement systems to a U.S. corporation
- Sale of several large dialysis centers in Southern Germany to a German listed group
- Sale of a large German automotive supplier in the telematics sector to a French automotive supplier
- Sale of a German software company to an international media group
- Acquisition of an international spirits brand for a German beverage producer
- Establishment of an Indo-Japanese joint venture in India
- Acquisition of a manufacturer of building materials for a US conglomerate
- Sale of a manufacturer of building materials
- Sale of the foreign business of an American special textiles manufacturer in seven countries
- Sale of a German biotechnology company to a U.S. strategic investor
- Sale of a German ice cream manufacturer to a U.S. private equity fund
- Acquisition of an agricultural supplies trading company in Northern Germany
- Sale of a hardware and software developer to a US software company
- Sale of a German software company to a U.S. investor
- Acquisition of a zinc smelter in Northern Germany
- Sale of a German consulting company
- Acquisition of a stake in a fashion manufacturer
- Privatisation of various chemical catalyst manufacturers
- Privatisation of the infrastructure services company of an integrated chemical site in Saxony-Anhalt
- Privatisation of an integrated chemical site in Saxony-Anhalt
- Sale of a German automotive supplier to a U.S. automotive supplier
- Privatisation of a speciality chemicals producer
- Sale of a brewery plant manufacturer
- Privatisation of a caprolactam factory in Saxony-Anhalt
- Privatisation of a formaldehyde glue factory in Saxony-Anhalt
- Privatisation of a crude oil refinery in Saxony-Anhalt
Selected permanent client assignments
- German family-owned holding company on the development of a product portfolio in the consumer electronics sector
- Various start-ups in financing rounds with venture capital funds
- Several industry consortia in connection with substance registrations under the EU REACH Regulation
- German rail transport company on M&A transactions and antitrust issues (general antitrust and merger control), corporate law, compliance, etc.
- German automotive supplier (comprehensive legal advice on e.g. supply and purchase agreements, corporate law, litigation, antitrust law, etc.)
- Various Indian companies on company formations, joint ventures, contract drafting, etc.
Publications by Dr. Johannes Weisser:
- Weisser, Johannes: Keine Nutzung von Geschäftschancen der Schuldnerin durch den Insolvenzverwalter, Anm. zu BGH v. 16.3.2017 (IX ZR 253/15), GWR 2017, 200
- Weisser, Johannes: Patentrechtliche und kartellrechtliche Zwangslizenz – Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten, GWR 2017, 131
- Weisser, Johannes: Einfluss umwandlungsrechtlicher Aufspaltungen auf § 613a BGB, Anm. zu LAG Hamburg v. 31.5.2016 (7 Sa 3/16), GWR 2017, 63
- Deutsch-Indische Wirtschaft (Juni 2012): Incredible India – Die Entscheidung im Vodafone-Fall und andere Lektionen für ausländische Investoren
- IndienContact (April 2012): Neue Entscheidungen des Supreme Court im Telekommunikationssektor
- Deutsch-Indische Wirtschaft (Juli 2011): Joint Ventures – Heiter bis wolkig
- IndienContact (April 2011): Verträge eindeutig formulieren – Mögliche Risiken und Nebenwirkungen von Joint Ventures
- MesseContact Indien (August 2008): Stolpersteine auf dem Weg zum Messeerfolg
- IndienContact (Mai 2007): Joint Venture – Indien – Option, die sorgfältig geplant sein will
- Management Engineers, Düsseldorf (2006): Beitrag zu rechtlichen Themen in Broschüre zum Thema „Sourcing in Indien“
- „Corporate Opportunities – Zum Schutz der Geschäftschancen des Unternehmens im deutschen und im US-amerikanischen Recht“, Heymann 1991 (AHW, Band 77)
- „Gesellschafterliche Treuepflichten bei Wahrnehmung von Geschäftschancen der Gesellschaft durch de facto geschäftsführenden Gesellschafter“, DB 1989, 2010