Alexander Kiefner advises companies on all aspects of corporate law with a focus on the law of stock corporations and affiliated companies, including capital markets law issues.

He particularly specializes in advising listed stock corporations on structural measures, such as statutory mergers, squeeze-outs or domination and profit transfer agreements, including litigation in actions for rescission or appraisal proceedings, as well as the preparation and execution of shareholders' meetings. Furthermore, Alexander Kiefner advises management and supervisory board members on aspects of corporate governance, compliance and intra-group financing.

Prior to joining White & Case in August 2008, he worked in the Corporate Law practice of another leading international law firm in Frankfurt for several years.

Bars and Courts
Rechtsanwalt, 2000

Education
Dr. jur, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, summa cum laude, 2005
Second State Exam, Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart, 1999
First State Exam, Gutenberg-University Mainz, 1997

Professional Associations and Memberships
Corporate Law Society

Publications
Co-author, "Court proceedings concerning the valuation of compensation in connection with a squeeze-out or merger and the continued exclusive functional competence of the commercial divisions of the Regional Courts under the Act to reform procedure in matters of family law and non-contentious matters (FGG-Reformgesetz) (Spruchverfahren und die Fortgeltung der ausschließlichen funktionellen Zuständigkeit der Kammer für Handelssachen unter dem FGG-Reformgesetz)", NZG, Issue 7, Page 244, 2012 (with Julia Kersjes)
Co-author, "The German Federal Court of Justice's "Telekom III" ruling – Risk allocation at the intersection between stock corporation law and the law of capital markets (Das "Telekom III"-Urteil des BGH – Risikozuweisungen an der Schnittstelle von Aktien- und Kapitalmarktrecht)", CORPORATE FINANCE Law, Issue 7, Pages 328-345, 2011 (with Lutz Krämer and Benedikt Gillessen)
Co-author, "Practical aspects in connection with the financing of public takeover bids (Praxisrelevante Aspekte der Finanzierungssicherstellung bei öffentlichen Übernahmen)", CORPORATE FINANCE law, Issue 6, Pages 284-291, 2011 (with Matthias Kiesewetter)
Co-author, "Exercise of the Voting Rights in the General Meeting by the Principal despite Continuing Power of Attorney granted to a Proxy? - Remarks on the Practical Consequences of the Text Form Requirement pursuant to Section 124 para 3 German Stock Corporation Act (Stimmrechtsausübung in der Hauptversammlung durch den Vollmachtgeber trotz fortbestehender Bevollmächtigung eines Vertreters? – Anmerkung zu den praktischen Folgeproblemen des Textformerfordernisses in § 134 III 3 AktG)", NZG, Page 807 et seqq., 2011 (with Jari Friebel)
"The evaluation of businesses in the event of structural measures (Unternehmensbewertung bei Strukturmaßnahmen)", Platow Recht, No. 92, Page 7, 2011

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Languages
German
English

Citizenship
Germany
United States