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Dr. Annette Bödeker LL.M.

Partner

M&A and Private Equity

Frankfurt

+49 69 7158 8-410
aboedeker@orrick.com

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Annette Bödeker, a partner in the Frankfurt office, is a member of the Corporate Group.  Dr. Bödeker is an accomplished corporate lawyer with a broad client base covering German and international corporations as well as financial institutions. 

Dr. Bödeker largely focuses her practice on companies handling corporate governance and compliance matters, mergers and acquisitions and corporate litigation.  She also frequently advises on cross-border mergers and international joint ventures.  In addition, her practice covers tax and business-driven corporate reorganizations and restructurings.  She also assists her clients in connection with acquisition finance and corporate refinancing transactions as well as real estate transactions.

In 2009, Dr. Bödeker was appointed a notary in Frankfurt am Main, which allows her to perform notarizations required by German law for certain transactions.

Prior to joining Orrick Hölters & Elsing, Dr. Bödeker was a partner at Linklaters.

Annette Bödeker

Memberships

  • Deutscher Juristinnenbund e.V.
  • Vereinigung für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (VGR) e.V.

Publications

  • Guaranteed Dividend Claims from an Affiliation Agreement in connection with a Squeeze-Out - Landmark Decision of the German Federal Court. Discussion of the decision of the Federal Court, April 19, 2011 II ZR 237/09, II ZR 244/09 [Unternehmensvertragliche Ausgleichsansprüche bei Zusammentreffen mit Squeeze-Out – Grundsatzentscheidung des BGH. Besprechung von BGH Urteilen vom 19.4.2011, Aktenzeichen II ZR 237/09, II ZR 244/09], Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht (NZG) 2011, p. 816 - 818 (with Dr. Michael Fink)
  • Commentary on sections 308-318 Stock Corporation Act in Henssler/Strohn, Corporate Law [Gesellschaftsrecht], Munich : Beck, 2011
  • New, Interesting Squeeze-out Tool [Neues, interessantes Squeeze-Out-Instrument], Der Platow Brief, Platow Recht, No. 83, July 23, 2010, p. 8
  • Minority Shareholder Pecuniary Rights - Effects of Squeeze-out on Guaranteed Dividend Claims from an Affiliation Agreement [Vermögensrechte von Minderheitsaktionären – Zu den Auswirkungen eines Squeeze-Outs auf den unternehmensvertraglichen Ausgleichsanspruch]. Comment on the decision of the Higher Regional Court Cologne, October 8, 2009 - 18 U 57/09, Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht (NZG), 2010, p. 296-298 (with Dr. Michael Fink)
  • Deleted GmbH with No Assets – Shareholders' Liability vis-à-vis Third Parties in cases of intervention destroying its existence? [Gelöschte masselose GmbH - Außenhaftung des Gesellschafters bei existenzvernichtendem Eingriff?], Comment on the decision of the Higher Regional Court Brandenburg, January 15, 2009 - 5 U 170/06, GWR Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht, 2009, Issue 0, p. 10
  • Corporate Data in Germany, Company Secretary's Review (CSR) 2007, pp. 190 - 191
  • Brief comments on judgment – Board of Management must not only implement a risk management system but also document it. [Urteil kurz kommentiert - Vorstand muss ein Risikofrüherkennungssystem nicht nur installieren, sondern auch umfassend dokumentieren], Comment on the decision of the Regional Court Munich I, April 5, 2007, 5 HKO 15964/06, Handelsblatt, September 12, 2007, p. 23
  • Brief comments on judgment - Hidden contribution in kind in the case of cash capital increase of a GmbH. [Urteil kurz kommentiert - Verdeckte Sacheinlage bei der Barkapitalerhöhung einer GmbH], Comment on the decision of the German Federal Supreme Court, February 12, 2007, II ZR 272/05, Handelsblatt, April 18, 2007, p. 18
  • Draft law re Electronic Commercial Register and Associates Register as well as the Business Register. [Gesetzentwurf über das elektronische Handelsregister und Genossenschaftsregister sowie das Unternehmensregister (EHUG-E) - Willkommen im Online-Zeitalter!], Betriebs-Berater (BB) 2006, pp. 1009 - 1012 (with Dr. Bernhard Meyding)
  • Dividend Policy and Protection of Minority Shareholders in Non-listed Companies; a Comparison of German GmbH and US Close Corporation. [Dividendenpolitik und Minderheitenschutz in der nicht-börsennotierten Kapitalgesellschaft ; eine Gegenüberstellung von GmbH und Close Corporation]. - Baden-Baden : Nomos, 1996. – Studies on trade, employment and commercial law. [Studien zum Handels-, Arbeits- und Wirtschaftsrecht] / series ed. by Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus J. Hopt, Prof. Dr. Barbara Dauner-Lieb, Prof. Dr. Harm Peter Westermann ; Volume 58. - ISBN 3-7890-5909-9

Admitted In

  • Germany

Education

  • Dr. jur., magna cum laude, University of Heidelberg Faculty of Law, 1997
  • LL.M. - Master of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 1994
  • Final State Exam, Best of Class, Business Law, University of Bielefeld, 1991

Languages

  • German
  • English