Kilian Leo Wentz | Lawyers

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Germany

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Mainstream Corporate

Overview

Kilian is specialised on Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets Law and Corporate Law with emphasis on Public Takeovers.

Experience

ams OSRAM: advising on the sale of part of its sensor business to Infineon
Holcim: advising on the acquisition of Fermacell
Vodafone: advising on the acquisition of Skaylink

Education, Qualifications and Languages

Kilian started at Linklaters in 2025.

Kilian studied German Law at the University of Münster. He spent his legal traineeship in Frankfurt am Main and Lisbon and completed a doctorate in law at the University of Frankfurt.

He speaks German and English.

Thought Leadership

Kilian regularly publishes articles in German Law journals. Recent publications include:

Commentary on §§ 123-125 UmwG in Stiegler/Berjasevic Commentary on the Transformation Act (together with Dr Karl Döding)
Commentary on §§ 126-128 UmwG in Stiegler/Berjasevic Commentary on the Transformation Act
Commentary on §§ 174-189 UmwG in Stiegler/Berjasevic Commentary on the Transformation Act (together with Dr Jasper Wentz)
The Self-Tender Delisting: Legal Framework and Economic Reasons for Company-Initiated Delisting in Light of the Standortfördergesetz in BB 2026, 1354 (together with Jaqueline Fernandes)
Case note: BAG, Judgment of 19.3.2025 – 10 AZR 67/24 (Virtual option rights and forfeiture clause upon departure – unreasonable disadvantage) in NZG 2025, 1135 (together with Jaqueline Fernandes)
Commercial Courts in the Law of Capital Companies in NZG 2025, 635 (together with Dr Milan Schäfer)
Company Law Issues Concerning the Acquisition of Own Shares on the Stock Exchange, in Nationales und Internationales Kapitalmarkt- und Gesellschaftsrecht, Festschrift für Andreas Cahn zum 65. Geburtstag, p. 29, Munich, C.H. Beck, 2024 (together with Dr Tobias Bürk)
The New Regulation of Information Transmission between Listed Companies and Shareholders, Berlin, Duncker & Humblot, 2023
Case note on OLG Celle, order of 24.2.2023 – 9 W 16/23 (LG Verden): No right under company register law to delete personal data from the commercial register, ZD 2023, 461 et seq., 29 July 2023 (together with Isabella Preis)
Preparatory Phase of Cross-Border Demergers – a Comparison with the Provisions on Domestic Demergers, in WM 2023, 2113 (together with Dr Leonhard Kappenhagen)
Current Issues Relating to Cash Capital Increases with Facilitated Exclusion of Subscription Rights under § 186 (3) Sentence 4 AktG, in ZIP 2022, 2592
Member Activism as a Corporate Governance Mechanism in Large Associations, in ZIP 2022, 1088 (together with Dr Karl Döding and Dr Jannes Drechsler MJur)
The New Management Board Rules under the Second Act on Equal Participation of Women and Men in Leadership Positions (FüPoG II), in Der Konzern 2022, 177 (together with Dr Tobias Bürk)
The Ministerial Draft on the Introduction of Electronic Securities and Crypto Securities, in WM 2020, 2312 (together with Dr Karl Döding)
The Right of Board Delegation under Stock Corporation Law in Light of Recent Case Law, in ZIP 2020, 2219 (together with Dr Tobias Bürk)
The New Regulation of the Blocking Period under § 26 WpÜG for Public Offers, in ZIP 2020, 902 (together with Dr Karl Döding)
§ 93 (2) Sentence 2 AktG and the Secondary Burden of Presentation in Case of Inheritance, in WM 2020, 1458 (together with Dr Karl Döding)

Thought Leadership

Kilian regularly publishes articles in German Law journals. Recent publications include:

Commentary on §§ 123-125 UmwG in Stiegler/Berjasevic Commentary on the Transformation Act (together with Dr Karl Döding)

Commentary on §§ 126-128 UmwG in Stiegler/Berjasevic Commentary on the Transformation Act

Commentary on §§ 174-189 UmwG in Stiegler/Berjasevic Commentary on the Transformation Act (together with Dr Jasper Wentz)

The Self-Tender Delisting: Legal Framework and Economic Reasons for Company-Initiated Delisting in Light of the Standortfördergesetz in BB 2026, 1354 (together with Jaqueline Fernandes)

Case note: BAG, Judgment of 19.3.2025 – 10 AZR 67/24 (Virtual option rights and forfeiture clause upon departure – unreasonable disadvantage) in NZG 2025, 1135 (together with Jaqueline Fernandes)

Commercial Courts in the Law of Capital Companies in NZG 2025, 635 (together with Dr Milan Schäfer)

Company Law Issues Concerning the Acquisition of Own Shares on the Stock Exchange, in Nationales und Internationales Kapitalmarkt- und Gesellschaftsrecht, Festschrift für Andreas Cahn zum 65. Geburtstag, p. 29, Munich, C.H. Beck, 2024 (together with Dr Tobias Bürk)

The New Regulation of Information Transmission between Listed Companies and Shareholders, Berlin, Duncker & Humblot, 2023

Case note on OLG Celle, order of 24.2.2023 – 9 W 16/23 (LG Verden): No right under company register law to delete personal data from the commercial register, ZD 2023, 461 et seq., 29 July 2023 (together with Isabella Preis)

Preparatory Phase of Cross-Border Demergers – a Comparison with the Provisions on Domestic Demergers, in WM 2023, 2113 (together with Dr Leonhard Kappenhagen)

Current Issues Relating to Cash Capital Increases with Facilitated Exclusion of Subscription Rights under § 186 (3) Sentence 4 AktG, in ZIP 2022, 2592

Member Activism as a Corporate Governance Mechanism in Large Associations, in ZIP 2022, 1088 (together with Dr Karl Döding and Dr Jannes Drechsler MJur)

The New Management Board Rules under the Second Act on Equal Participation of Women and Men in Leadership Positions (FüPoG II), in Der Konzern 2022, 177 (together with Dr Tobias Bürk)

The Ministerial Draft on the Introduction of Electronic Securities and Crypto Securities, in WM 2020, 2312 (together with Dr Karl Döding)

The Right of Board Delegation under Stock Corporation Law in Light of Recent Case Law, in ZIP 2020, 2219 (together with Dr Tobias Bürk)

The New Regulation of the Blocking Period under § 26 WpÜG for Public Offers, in ZIP 2020, 902 (together with Dr Karl Döding)

§ 93 (2) Sentence 2 AktG and the Secondary Burden of Presentation in Case of Inheritance, in WM 2020, 1458 (together with Dr Karl Döding)

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