Kristina Willmes

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.

Work highlights

• Acerinox, S.A. on the acquisition of special alloys manufacturer VDM Metals Holding GmbH.
• Aperam SA on the acquisition of the stainless-steel recycling company ELG from Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH.
• Covestro AG on the € 1.6bn acquisition of the Resins & Functional Materials business from Royal DSM.
• Masco and Hansgrohe on the acquisition of a majority stake in Easy Sanitary Solutions B.V. and further measures under corporate law.
• Mediahuis Group on the acquisition of all shares in Aachener Verlagsgesellschaft mbH and thus the majority stake in Medienhaus Aachen GmbH.
• Nexans S.A. on the divestment of Nexans Deutschland Metallurgie GmbH.

• Volkswagen AG in connection with the initial public offering of shares in Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.

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.

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.