Dr. Richard Knaup
Associate Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf
Overview
Professional experience
Education and qualifications
Overview
Richard has specialist experience in corporate law, M&A and capital market law.
Another particular focus of his work is in the area of ESG and compliance.
Work highlights
- PSI Software SE: Advising on Warburg Pincus' public takeover bid
Professional experience
Richard has been working as an Associate at Linklaters since 2025.
Education and qualifications
Richard studied law at the University of Bochum. From 2021 to 2023, he worked as Legal Support for Linklaters in Düsseldorf. He completed his legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court Hamm with stages at Linklaters in Düsseldorf and Tokyo as well as a station at the German Chamber of Commerce Abroad (AHK) in Shanghai. Richard holds a doctorate in law from the Ruhr-University Bochum.
He speaks German and English.