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About Caroline Kopp

Caroline is an Associate in the corporate department and member of our Global Transactions Group.

She advises national and international clients on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, in particular on questions of stock corporation law, domestic and cross-border group reorganizations as well as on M&A and capital transactions.

She speaks German, English and basic French.

Recent work

  • Advising Zurich on the cross-border conversion of Zurich Insurance plc into a German stock corporation
  • Advising Uniper SE on capital reduction in the amount of EUR 13.7 billion under the German Energy Security Act
  • Advising ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA on the conversion into a German stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft)
  • Advising Nordex SE on a capital increase without subscription rights for the conversion of shareholder loans (so-called debt-to-equity swap) as well as on the corresponding extraordinary general meeting

Qualifications

Education

  • Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany (First State Examination)
  • Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland (semester abroad)
  • Higher Regional Court of Munich, Germany (Second State Examination)

Qualification

  • Admitted to the German bar (Rechtsanwältin)

Publications

  • IPRax 2024/1, p. 16 et seqq. (together with Prof. Picht) Aktuelle Praxiserfahrungen der Rechtswahl nach den Rom I-/Rom II-Verordnungen

  • AG 2023, p. 764 et seq. (together with Dr. Bücker) Erste Praxiserfahrungen mit einem grenzüberschreitenden Hereinformwechsel nach dem neuen UmwG in die Rechtsform der Aktiengesellschaft

  • GWR 2021, p. 621 et seq. Der Verein in der COVID-19 Not

  • Trust & Trustees - Oxford Academics, Vol. 23, Issue 6, 2017, p. 621 et seq. (together with Prof. Picht) Common Law Foundations and their recognition - a "new kid on the block"

  • GRUR Int. no. 3/2016, p. 232 et seq. (together with Prof. Picht) Die internationale Zuständigkeit für Immaterialgüterrechtsverletzungen im Internet

  • Chapter, in: Introduction to Swiss Law, 2nd ed. 2022 (together with Prof. Picht) Inheritance Law