Dr. Arne Kießling

Arne is a Counsel based in Germany and has extensive experience in all matters concerning German corporate law and, capital markets law and has defended numerous clients in litigious cases before the German courts and in proceedings against German authorities. His clients include listed corporates in particular in the automotive, healthcare, and energy sectors.

Work highlights

Recent matters where Arne was substantially involved can be disclosed including:

• Volkswagen: advising the Management Board on all relevant corporate law matters, the preparation and conduct of the annual general meeting as well as on proceedings and various transformational projects.
• Porsche: advising the Management Board and the Supervisory Board on corporate law-related issues, compliance matters and the preparation and conduct of general meetings as well as defence of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board in corporate law proceedings and in proceedings before supervisory authorities.
• Fresenius Medical Care: advising the Management Board and the Supervisory Board on various corporate and capital markets law and corporate governance matters, preparing and conducting general meetings and defending in litigious matters.
• Audi: advising the Management Board on various corporate law matters, including the squeeze-out under stock corporation law and the subsequent corporate law disputes.
• Fresenius: advising on various corporate law matters as well as the preparation and conduct of general meetings.
• Bayer: advising on corporate law issues, the preparation and conduct of general meetings as well as defending the company in corporate law proceedings
• Beiersdorf: advising on corporate law matters and the preparation and conduct of general meetings as well as the defence in judicial and administrative proceedings.
• Deutsche Börse: advising the Management Board on significant corporate and capital markets issues and defending in litigious matters.
• Merck: advising on several corporate and capital markets law aspects as well as on the annual general meetings.
  
   

Arne studied at the University of Münster and finished his First and Second Legal State Examination with honours. He also holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Düsseldorf.

He absolved his legal clerkship at the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Cape Town, South Africa, and at a renowned law firm in Sydney, Australia.

Arne speaks German and English.

Arne has published the following articles and/or books:

• Kommentierung des Abschnitts G (Vergütung des Vorstands) sowie des Grundsatzes 26 (Vergütungsbericht) – in: Johannsen-Roth/Illert/Ghassemi-Tabar, Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex, 2. ed., C.H. Beck 2023, pages 388 – 460 and 472 – 474
• Kommentierung der Grundsätze zur Erstattung von Kosten und Geldstrafen – in: Krieger/U.H. Schneider, Handbuch Managerhaftung, 4. ed., Otto Schmidt 2023 (together with Dr. Cornelius Wilk)
• "Die unzureichende Beachtung der rechtsformspezifischen Besonderheiten der KGaA in der jüngeren Gesetzgebung und im Corporate Governance Kodex“ – in: Festschrift für Reinhard Marsch-Barner, 2018, 273 (together with Dr. Tim Johannsen-Roth)
• „Rechtsentwicklungen im Aktienrecht 2022“ – in: Der Betrieb 2022, Beilage Nr. 3, 15 (together with Dr. Tim Johannsen-Roth and Dr. Julius Raapke)
• „Rechtsentwicklungen im Aktienrecht 2021“ – in: Der Betrieb 2021, Beilage Nr. 3, 15 (together with Dr. Tim Johannsen-Roth and Dr. Julius Raapke)
• „Rechtsentwicklungen im Aktienrecht 2020“ – in: Der Betrieb 2020, Beilage Nr. 5, 20 (together with Dr. Tim Johannsen-Roth and Dr. Julius Raapke)
• „Rechtsentwicklungen im Aktienrecht 2019“ – in: Der Betrieb 2019, Beilage Nr. 3, 16 (together with Dr. Tim Johannsen-Roth and Dr. Julius Raapke)
• „Kapitalmarkt – Neuer Anlauf zur Entwicklung von KMU-Wachstumsmärkten“ – in: DB 2019, 1494 (together with Dr. Carl Friedrich von Laer)
• „Das Amt des Ehrenvorsitzenden des Aufsichtsrats“ – in: NZG 2013, 972 (together with Dr. Tim Johannsen-Roth)
• „Zur Wirksamkeit der Wahl eines Aufsichtsratsmitglieds trotz Abweichung des Wahlvorschlags vom DCGK“ – in: EWiR 2019, 137 (together with Philipp Roebers)
• „Möglichkeiten der BaFin zur Beendigung von Übernahmeschlachten nach dem WpÜG“ – in: Der Betrieb, 2007, 1796 ff. (together with Dr. Tobias Böckmann)