White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Dr. Oliver Habighorst

Practice Experience

Oliver Habighorst's principal areas of practice are corporate law (corporate transactions), mergers & acquisitions as well as tax law. He has extensive experience in structuring, restructuring and advising on financing for enterprises of all legal forms. He also focuses on advice concerning group structures and joint ventures.

Mr. Habighorst also counsels companies, partnerships, shareholders, and corporate bodies (managing directors, management and supervisory boards).

Mr. Habighorst also has wide-ranging experience in establishing and advising nonprofit organizations established by corporates.

Prior to becoming a practicing lawyer, Mr. Habighorst worked as an research assistant at the Institute for German and European Corporate and Business Law of the University of Heidelberg.

Bars and Courts
Notary Public, 2008
Tax Lawyer, 2001
Rechtsanwalt, 1994

Education
Dr. jur., University of Heidelberg, 2006
Graduating from single-stage lawyer's training, University of Bielefeld, 1990

Professional Associations and Memberships
Frankfurt Legal Society
German Lawyer's Association
Corporate Law Association

Publications
"Transferring the company seat (Sitzverlegung)". Ed. Martin Strahl. Problemfelder der steuerlichen Beratung – Ertragsteuern. Bonn, 2009
"Comment to the German Federal Supreme Court Decision of June 9, 2007 (Anmerkung zu BGH, Urteil vom 9. Juli 2007, Zur Abgrenzung von Nachgründungsgeschäft und gemischter Sacheinlage (Lurgi))", EWiR, Page 417, 2008
"Taxation of foundations and founders in Europe (Steuerliche Behandlung von Stiftungen und Stiftern in Europa). Ed. Andreas Richter, Thomas Wachter. Handbuch des internationalen Stiftungsrechts. Angelbachtal, 2007
Habighorst, Oliver: Systematic Shareholder Loans – Equity in a Limited Liability Company (Finanzplanfinanzierungen. Materielles Eigenkapital in der GmbH). Dissertation, Frankfurt am Main et al., 2006
Co-author, "Restriction of Business Actions by § 15 German Commercial Code (?!) (Behinderung des Rechtsverkehrs durch § 15 HGB (?!))", GmbH-Rundschau, Page R 337, 2004 (with Bernd Nelißen)
Co-author, "Engl. Kurztitel (Besteuerung steuerbegünstigter Stiftungen). Ed. Bertelsmann Stiftung. Handbuch Stiftungen. 2nd ed., Wiesbaden, 2003 (with Carl-Heinz Heuer)
Book Review: Bernd Andrick, Joachim Suerbaum: "Foundation and Supervision (Stiftung und Aufsicht: Dogmatik – Stiftungspraxis – Reformbestrebungen)", NJW, Page 808, April 2002
"Reforms in Foundation Law – Modernization or Status Quo? (Reformen im Stiftungsrecht – Modernisierung oder Stillstand?)", Kanzleien in Deutschland. Report für Wirtschaftskanzleien, Pages 9-12, November/Dezember 2001
"Taxation of Foundations", Foundations in Europe. Society, Management and Law. Ed. Andreas Schlüter, Volker Then and Peter Walkenhorst. London, Page 660 et seqq., 2000
"Comment to the German Federal Supreme Court Decree of January 12, 1998 (Anmerkung zu BGH. Beschluss vom 12. Januar 1998)", WuB, Page 1167, 1998
Habighorst, Oliver: Taxation of Tax-Privileged Foundations (Besteuerung steuerbegünstigter Stiftungen), Wiesbaden, 1998
"Comment to the German Federal Supreme Court Decision of June 2, 1997 (Anmerkung zu BGH. Urteil vom 02. Juni 1997)", WuB, Page 1081, 1997
"The Treasury Encourages Patrons With Tax Advantages (Fiskus fördert Mäzene mit Steuervorteilen)", MusikWoche, Pages 24-25, 45, 1997
"Comment to Regional Court of Erfurt Decision of January 11, 1995 (Anmerkung zu Landgericht Erfurt. Urteil vom 11. Januar 1995)", ZBR, Page 136, 1995
"GDR Old Credit As an Object of Judicial Legal Improvement (DDR-Altkredite als Gegenstand richterlicher Rechtsfortbildung)", ZIP, Page 1353, 1993
"Government Bank Credit and Capital Funds Restitution (Staatsbank-Kredite und Eigenkapitalersatz)", ZIP, Page 979, 1992
"Discussion of Trust Institutions and Industrial Concern Law (Treuhandanstalt und Konzernrecht in der Diskussion)", ZGR, Page 499, 1992
"Commercial National Bank Credit and Its Treatment After Unification with East Germany (Gewerbliche Staatsbank-Kredite und die Behandlung nach dem DDR-Beitritt)", ZIP, Page 665, 1992

Languages
English
German

Citizenship
Germany