Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wegen, LL.M.
Gleiss Lutz
T+49 711 8997-156
gerhard.wegen@gleisslutz.com

Gerhard Wegen is a partner in the firm’s corporate department and based in Stuttgart. He is both a US and German qualified lawyer, and admitted as a foreign lawyer to the Brussels Bar. Gerhard Wegen’s practice focuses on M&A, corporate finance, private equity, joint ventures, and international arbitration in this con-text.

Wegen’s recent M&A work includes advising the following clients: Leighton Holdings (AUS) in the ACS (E) bid for Hochtief (D), Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel SA (F) on its €5.2 billion acquisition of Citi-group Deutschland GmbH; Robert Bosch GmbH on various cross-border transactions, including the take-over of Hägglunds Drives AB from Ratos AB (S); Basic Element (RUS) on the acquisition of 9.9 per cent in Hochtief AG; Swiss Re (CH) on its acquisition of General Electric Company’s (USA) worldwide reinsur-ance business for €5.8 billion.

He is regularly singled out as one of the top 10 senior rainmakers in M&A by the German legal directory JUVE. IFLR1000 and PLC Which lawyer? named him one of the leading lawyers in his field. The Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers – The Best of the Best 2011 listed him as “Best of the Best in Merg-ers & Acquisitions”. Gerhard Wegen gets similar acclaim for his work in international arbitration.

He studied law in Hamburg, Geneva, Tübingen and at Harvard Law School and has been a professor at the University of Tübingen Law School since 1997. Wegen is fluent in German, English and French.