White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Dr. Bernd Nelißen

Practice Experience

Bernd Nelißen specializes in corporate law as well as Mergers & Acquisitions.

He advises German and foreign companies as well as their corporate bodies with regard to German corporate law and in their national and international Mergers & Acquisitions transactions and joint ventures.

Bars and Courts
Rechtsanwalt, 2001

Education
Dr. jur., University of Cologne, 2001
Second State Exam, Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main, 2001
LLM, University of London, 1997
First State Exam, University of Cologne, 1996

Publications
"More Mobility for Small and Medium Sized Firms (Mehr Mobilität für den Mittelstand)", Der Mittelstand, Issue 1, Page 12, 2008
"Commentary to the Judgement of the Federal Court of Germany dated October 15, 2007 - II ZR 136/06 (Conditions and Scope of Compensation among Joint Debtors of a Partnership under the German Civil Code)", WuB II J. § 426 BGB 1.08, April 2008
"Valid Conclusion of Business Lease Agreements (Wirksamer Abschluss von Betriebspachtverträgen)", Der Betrieb, Page 786 et seq., 2007
Co-author, "Restriction of Business Actions by § 15 German Commercial Code (?!) (Behinderung des Rechtsverkehrs durch § 15 HGB (?!))", GmbH-Rundschau, Page R 337, 2004 (with Oliver Habighorst)
Co-author, "The German Act on Registered Shares – The Entering of Companies into the Internet Age (Das Namens-
aktiengesetz – Einstieg von Gesellschaften in das Internet-zeitalter)", GmbH-Rundschau, Page R 97, 2001 (with Klaus J. Müller)
Nelißen, Bernd: The distinction between horizontal and vertical restrains after the 6th amendment of the German Act against Restrictions of Competition (Die Abgrenzung „horizontaler" und „vertikaler" Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen nach der 6. GWB-Novelle). Dissertation, Frankfurt am Main, 2001

Languages
English
German

Citizenship
Germany