Areas of expertise
Corporate Law
Set-up of companies, businesses, joint ventures and partnerships
Organization, management and monitoring of the management of companies and businesses
Shareholder meetings
Shareholder disputes
Corporate restructurings
Exit scenarios, termination of companies, joint ventures and partnerships
Commercial Law
International and national B2B transactions:
- Trade, sale, distribution, import, export
- Procurement
- Services
- Brokering
- Manufacturing
- Engineering
- Construction
Mergers & Acquisitions
All types of M&A-transactions:
- Sell-side, buy-side
- Broad auctions, limited auctions
- Exclusive negotiations
- Sales of minority participations
- Sales to financial investors
- MBOs, MBIs
- Public takeovers
- Privatizations
- Purchaser/vendor due diligence
Private Equity
Investments, Mergers & Acquisitions
Acquisition financings
Divestments
Regulatory affairs
Formation of AIFs
Startups/Venture Capital
Founders:
- Structuring of the investment process
- Representation vis-à-vis all types of investors and creditors
Sponsors and co-investors:
- Investments
- Financings
- Divestments
Finance
Representation of corporates, funds and investors in all types of financings:
- Loans
- Bonds
- Acquisition finance
- Project finance
- Real estate finance
- Trade finance
- Financial restructuring
Payment Services
Representation of payment service providers, technical service providers, platforms, merchants:
- Licensing and passporting
- Payment services, e-money
- Partnering of non-licensed with licensed entities
Securities
Public offerings
Private placements
Real Estate
Residential and commercial portfolio transactions
Acquisition/real estate finance
Commercial lease agreements
Asset management
Regulatory Affairs
Export and import control
Restrictions of foreign trade and payments, sanctions
Restructuring of supply and/or distribution chains
AML-, KYC- and CFT-compliance for non-financial institutions
Antitrust and cartel law
Litigation and Arbitration
Corporate, commercial, financial litigation
Admitted to all German courts
(except the federal supreme court in civil matters)
Arbitration pursuant to ICC and DIS rules
Out-of-court-mediation, in-court-mediation
About
Dr. Wolfgang Seidel
Rechtsanwalt
Wolfgang Seidel studied law at the universities of Bonn and Mainz.
He received his doctoral degree in law summa cum laude in 1998 and was admitted to bar in 1999.
Wolfgang formed SEIDEL-LEGAL, a Frankfurt corporate, commercial, finance and litigation law firm, in 2012.
Prior to that, he served his clients for many years in responsible positions with large German and US-law firms, comprising about 7.5 years with Beiten Burkhardt Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH and about 4.5 years with Kaye Scholer (Germany) LLP (now: Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP).
Wolfgang focuses his work in the fields of corporate, commercial, finance law and litigation. His clients comprise investors, companies and businesses in/of various branches, among them automotive, biotech, cosmetics, energy, media, payment services, fintech, real estate.
More than 50 % of Wolfgang's clients are located or have owners located outside Germany, particularly in Europe, North America and Asia.
Wolfgang's approach is "quality first" and "personal treatment".
Offices
Contact Details
Offices:
Hochstrasse 49
60313 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
T: +49 69 66 16 97 50
F: +49 69 66 16 97 51
E: welcome(at)seidel-legal(dot)com
