Competence
Thorsten Schumacher is a lawyer and partner at BDO Legal. He heads the Corporate/M&A practice group.
His professional focus is the advising of national and international M&A transactions for strategists and financial investors. In addition, he advises on general corporate and group law as well as on corporate reorganizations.
Thorsten Schumacher studied law in Bielefeld.
Before joining BDO Legal, he worked in the Düsseldorf office of a major international law firm for over ten years.
When he is not working for his clients, he plays sports or listens to music.
Industries
- Service providers
- Chemical sector
- Automotive
- Production industry
- Retail and consumer goods
- Private Equity
- Private Clients
Focus
- Company acquisitions and sales
- Joint ventures
- Company succession
- Distressed M&A and restructuring
- Private equity transactions
- Venture capital transactions
- Due diligence reviews
- Mergers, divisions and transformations
Publications
- Barton/Jost/Lindemann/Schumacher, Anwaltsorientierung im rechtswissenschaftlichen Studium – Bestandsaufnahme universitärer Ausbildungskonzepte in Deutschland, series of publications by the Institute of Attorney and Public Notary Law of the University of Bielefeld, Vol. 6 Hamburg, 2000
- Ad hoc-Publizitätspflichten börsennotierter Fußballclubs, NZG 2001, 769 ff.
- von Bredow/Schumacher, Registerkontrolle und Haftungsrisiken bei der Verwendung von GmbH-Mantelgesellschaften, DStR 2003, 1032 ff.
- Verwendung gebrauchter GmbH-Mäntel – at the same time, commentary on BGH judgement dated 7 July 2003, AZ.: II ZB 4/02, DStR 2003, 1884 ff.
- Die bedingte Bestellung von GmbH-Geschäftsführern, commentary on BGH, judgement of 24 October 2005, AZ: II ZR 55/04, GmbHR 2006, 924 ff.
- "Klagezulassungsverfahren dürfte de facto Klageerzwingungsverfahren sein", interview in: Börsen-Zeitung dated 30 August 2006
- Die Mehrheit reicht, Bilanzierungsentscheidungen in Familienunternehmen, FAZ dated 3 April 2007
- "Schlüssiges Sanierungskonzept für Befreiung von Pflichtangeboten nötig", interview in: Börsen-Zeitung dated 08 July 2009
- "Herabsetzung von Vorstandsvergütungen und -ruhegehältern" Insight Corporate Governance Germany, 11/2009, 10 ff.
- Federal Ministry of Justice plans to change conversion right, Platow letter dated 8 August 2010
- Uhlendorf/Schumacher, "Konflikte bei der Umwandlung von Gesellschaften" and Uhlendorf/Schumacher, Streitigkeiten in der Europäischen Aktiengesellschaft (SE) (Disputes in the European joint stock company (SE), both in: Mehrbrey (editor), Handbuch Gesellschaftsrechtliche Streitigkeiten, 2nd edition 2015
- Grenzüberschreitende Formwechsel in der EU, Platow letter dated 14 May 2014
- Uhlendorf/Schumacher, Streitigkeiten im Zusammenhang mit Closing Conditions und Covenants, in: Mehrbrey (editor), M&A Litigation Handbook, announced for 2016