White & Case
  Dr. Robert Weber
Partner
Frankfurt

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Practice Experience
Robert Weber advises companies of all legal forms on corporate law matters with a focus on stock corporation and corporate group law including capital markets and tax law issues involved.

His experience comprises structural measures such as mergers, squeeze-outs and affiliation agreements as well as the preparation and execution of shareholders' meetings of listed companies, including corporate litigation in appeal, approval and administrative decision proceedings under stock corporation and corporate reorganization law.

Robert Weber advises companies on corporate acquisitions, joint ventures and restructurings as well as managing and supervisory board members and managing directors on corporate governance, compliance and liability issues. He is a member of the DVFA Working Group "Corporate Transaction & Valuation" and author of a great number of publications.

Bars and Courts
Certified Tax Lawyer, 2003
Rechtsanwalt, 1998

Education
Dr. jur., Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, magna cum laude, 1999
Second State Exam, Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main, 1996
First State Exam, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships
Association for Corporate Law and Company Law
International Fiscal Association
Legal Association Frankfurt
Lawyers Association Frankfurt
American Chamber of Commerce in Germany

Awards and Recognition
Highly Recommended Lawyer:
Corporate, JUVE Yearbook 2011/2012

Publications
Co-author, "Fairness Opinions. Developments, significance and current practice with particular regard to the statement of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board pursuant to § 27 German Takeover Act (Fairness Opinions – Entwicklung, Bedeutung und aktuelle Praxis unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Stellungnahme von Vorstand und Aufsichtsrat gemäß § 27 WpÜG)", Studien des Deutschen Aktieninstituts, Ed. Rüdiger von Rosen., Issue 52, 2012 (with Alexander Georgieff)
Co-author, "Shareholders’ resolutions in court – Proceedings to set aside shareholders’ resolutions, registration and review proceedings (Hauptversammlungsbeschlüsse vor Gericht – Die aktienrechtliche Anfechtungs- und Nichtigkeitsklage, Freigabeverfahren und Spruchverfahren)", Munich, 2010 (with Julia Kersjes)
Co-author, "What Sovereign Wealth Funds can do in Germany – Foreign Trade Law and Corporate Law" (Handlungsspielräume von Staatsfonds in Deutschland – Außenwirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht), Studien des Deutschen Aktieninstituts, Ed. Rüdiger von Rosen., Issue 45, June, 2009 (with Christoph Schalast)
"Safe Procedure for Shareholders' Meetings (Rechtssicherer Ablauf der HV)", Studien des Deutschen Aktieninstituts, Ed. Rüdiger von Rosen., Issue 41, Pages 37-65, December 2008
Co-author, "Limitation of claims for cash compensation and interest relating to squeeze-outs (Verjährung des Barabfindungs- und des Zinsanspruchs beim Squeeze-out)," Die Aktiengesellschaft, Pages 690-695, October 2007 (with Marcel Polte and Heidi Kaisershot)

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Languages
German
English

Citizenship
Germany