Daniela advises companies and their executive and non-executive bodies and shareholders in all areas of corporate law and M&A transactions.

One pillar of her practice is providing legal advice to bidders, targets and shareholders in private and public M&A transactions. Another focus is to prepare and steer critical shareholder meetings to implement corporate reorganisations such as conversions, mergers, spin-offs, domination / profit transfer agreements and the squeeze-out of minority shareholders. Daniela also handles the respective corporate litigation and appraisal proceedings and advises on ongoing corporate, group and capital market law matters, including corporate governance, renumeration of board members, insider trading laws, compliance and liability issues.

Daniela is a member on the supervisory boards of both Sartorius AG and Freudenberg SE, as well as a member of the Board of Partners of Freudenberg & Co. KG. She is also a member of the German Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code (Regierungskommission Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex), and of the extended board of the working group German Supervisory Board (Arbeitskreis deutscher Aufsichtsrat e.V. (AdAR).

Daniela is a regular contributor to commentaries and handbooks on German corporate and takeover law and co-initiator of the survey series "Supervisory Boards in Germany". She promotes diversity in the business community and is recognised as one of the "most influential women in business in Germany" in a ranking by business journal Manager Magazin.

Daniela is a member of the firm’s India desk.

Studien und Newsletter (PDF)

India Desk Newsletter:

Surveys and studies: