Kristina Willmes joined Linklaters in 2019 as associate and was appointed Managing Associate in 2023. In 2021/2022, she worked for Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg for several months as part of a special mandate.
She is a member of the Association of Young Dusseldorf Business Lawyers (Verein Junger Düsseldorfer Wirtschaftsjuristen e.V. (JDWA)).
Kristina advises both international and domestic clients in a large variety of corporate law aspects, such as corporate governance, compliance and restructuring.
Kristina has special expertise in cross-border M&A transactions, with a focus on private M&A deals. She further has relevant experience in capital markets law, particularly with regard to initial public offerings. Her recent practice also includes legal counselling in highly litigious shareholder disputes.
Transactions of significance where substantial involvement can be disclosed included advising:
Kristina Willmes studied law with specialized foreign language training in English and Spanish at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and the Universidad Adolfo Ibañez (Chile). She also holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Virginia.
She speaks German, English and Spanish.
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