Dr. Philipp Roebers

Dr. Philipp Roebers

Corporate/M&A Associate, Dusseldorf

Overview

Professional experience

Education and qualifications

Published works

Overview

Philipp specialises in corporate law advice in the context of national and international mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, joint ventures as well as in advising especially large listed companies on corporate law, in particular on stock corporation, group and capital market law, on corporate governance issues and general meeting support. Moreover, as a member of our ESG working group, he is particularly involved in climate protection and sustainability-related M&A/corporate matters and supports clients in the necessary transformation processes.

Work highlights

  • HHLA in connection with the sale of a strategic minority stake in HHLA Container Tollerort GmbH (CTT), a wholly owned subsidiary of HHLA, to Cosco Shipping Ports Limited.

Professional experience

Philipp has been working at Linklaters since 2017 and was appointed associate in 2022.

He has worked at Linklaters since 2017, first as a research assistant while completing his doctorate and then as a trainee lawyer. During this time, he also worked in the Linklaters office in Singapore.

In addition, he gained practical experience as a research assistant at various international law firms in the areas of corporate law/M&A and litigation as well as at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, from 2013 to 2017.

Education and qualifications

Philipp studied at the University of Cologne and finished his First and Second Legal State Examination with honours. He also holds a Juris Doctor from the Ruhr-University of Bochum. During his legal clerkship, he worked for Linklaters in Singapore.

He speaks German and English. 

Published works

Philipp's most recent publications include the following:

  • "Der Leiter der Hauptversammlung in der Aktiengesellschaft – unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Rechtsstellung, Abberufung und Haftung", dissertation 2023.
  • Zur Wirksamkeit der Wahl eines Aufsichtsratsmitglieds trotz Abweichung des Wahlvorschlags vom DCGK“ – in: EWiR 2019, 137 (jointly with Dr. Arne Kießling – publication on the Effectiveness of the Election of a Supervisory Board Member Notwithstanding a Deviation of the Nomination Proposal from the German Corporate Governance Code).