Dr. Christopher Dibbern Danwerth

Christopher is Counsel in our Hamburg office. He advises on corporate and capital markets law with a focus on corporate governance, capital markets transactions, public M&A, and shareholder meeting law.

From 2021 to 2025, Christopher served as General Counsel and, from 2023, as Management Board member and Co-CEO, overseeing all legal matters for a Berlin-based corporate group with over 55 subsidiaries that was publicly listed until December 2024. As a Management Board member, Christopher was responsible for Finance, Operations, HR, Legal & Compliance, and Risk Management. In these roles, he led the company's IPO and subsequent delisting, made strategic corporate decisions, and developed financial and investment products for high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors. He established a comprehensive compliance and risk management system and negotiated strategic partnerships with private equity investors. In parallel with his Management Board role, Christopher practiced as an independent attorney from 2023 to 2025, focusing on M&A, corporate and capital markets, real estate, and employment law in Berlin and Hamburg.

From 2018 to 2021, Christopher was previously an Associate at Freshfields, advising publicly listed companies on corporate and capital markets matters, corporate governance, market abuse regulations, and disclosure and reporting obligations. He assisted with shareholder meetings, public takeover offers, and corporate restructuring measures, including the preparation of securities prospectuses and the approval process with BaFin (the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority). He also represented publicly listed companies...