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Marcus Geiss

Marcus
Geiss

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

mgeiss@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+49 89 189 33-115

FAX:+49 89 189 33-354

Munich

Hofgarten Palais, Marstallstrasse 11, 80539 Munich, Germany

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PRACTICE

Mergers and Acquisitions Business Restructuring and Reorganization Global Finance Private Equity

BIOGRAPHY

Marcus M. Geiss is an associate in the Munich office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Mr. Geiss specializes in M&A and other corporate transactions, national and complex cross-border restructuring work, as well as general commercial and corporate law.  He also advises international clients on financing issues of all types and has a strong background and in-depth experience in insolvency law. His financing expertise has a specific focus on leveraged buy-outs, national and international groups financings, syndicated loan transactions and other forms of debt financing.

Before joining Gibson Dunn as an attorney, Mr. Geiss was a research assistant at the University of Freiburg. He combined his teaching duties with an academic focus on state aid and European competition and company law. He has translated both contemporary fiction and academic legal literature from English into German and vice versa.

In addition to his native German, Mr. Geiss is fluent in English and has advanced knowledge of French.

Experience

  • Neenah, a U.S. and German specialty paper manufacturer:  Advice in various financing transactions, as well as varied corporate transactions and operational restructuring of its German subsidiaries.
  • Stone Canyon Industries and its subsidiary BWAY on the US$2.3 billion acquisition of Mauser Group, a leading industrial packaging company, from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
  • Bosch: Various matters including inter alia the acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in ZF Lenksysteme GmbH, manufacturer of steering systems of vehicles, from joint venture partner ZF Friedrichshafen AG.
  • Trusted Media Brands: Sale of the German operation Reader’s Digest Germany Verlag DAS BESTE GmbH and its subsidiaries in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to CIL Inversiones, S.L.
  • Sagemcom:  Acquisition of the broadband and WiMAX business of Gigaset Communications GmbH.
  • Amendment and extension of revolving credit facility agreements of the Odeon Cinema Group.
  • Aurora Capital:  Acquisition of Porex, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of proprietary porous plastic components with facilities in Asia and Europe, including Germany, as well as the corporate restructuring and the refinancing of Porex group’s German operations.

EDUCATION

University of Freiburg - 2000 Dr. jur.

University of Manchester - 1995 Master of Laws (LL.M.)

University of Freiburg - 1994 Law Degree

ADMISSIONS

Germany - Rechtsanwalt

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Article - February 23, 2023 | Deutsches Gesellschaftsrecht 2023: Ein turbulentes Jahr
Article - February 2, 2022 | German Corporate Law 2022: At the Cross-Roads of Continued Globalization and Keeping Your Own House in Order
Client Alert - January 13, 2022 | 2021 Year-End German Law Update
Publications - January 29, 2021 | German Corporate Law 2021: A New Dawn Beyond Covid-19, Protectionist Tendencies and the Wirecard Fall-Out
Client Alert - January 14, 2021 | 2020 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - September 21, 2020 | Temporary German COVID-19 Insolvency Regime Extended in Modified Form
Publications - July 6, 2020 | The M&A Lawyer: Corporate M&A in Times of the Corona Crisis – Specific Consequences of the Pandemic for the German Transaction Business
Client Alert - May 7, 2020 | Corporate M&A in Times of the Corona Crisis – Specific Consequences of the Pandemic for the German Transaction Business
Client Alert - April 14, 2020 | Corporate/M&A in Times of the Corona Crisis – Current Legal Developments for German Business
Client Alert - March 25, 2020 | European and German Programs Counteracting Liquidity Shortfalls and Relaxations in German Insolvency Law
Client Alert - January 10, 2020 | 2019 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 11, 2019 | 2018 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 7, 2018 | 2017 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 13, 2017 | 2016 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 8, 2016 | 2015 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 9, 2015 | 2014 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - September 25, 2014 | Quo vadis capital maintenance?
Client Alert - March 24, 2014 | The German KAGB – A New Era for the Alternative Investment Industry?
Client Alert - January 15, 2014 | 2013 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - July 22, 2013 | Germany Adopts Capital Investment Act (KAGB) to Implement the European AIFM Directive
Client Alert - January 10, 2013 | 2012 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - September 7, 2012 | European Court of Justice Permits Cross-Border Movement of National Companies into Other EU Member States by Way of Conversion of Company Form
Client Alert - January 14, 2011 | 2010 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - August 17, 2010 | The German Draft Law on Restructuring Insolvent Companies – A German Version of Chapter 11?
Client Alert - January 20, 2010 | 2009 Year-End German Law Update
Client Alert - January 12, 2010 | German-Law GmbH Share Transfers or Pledges — The End of the Road for the Notarization in Switzerland?
Client Alert - January 2, 2008 | German Aspects of Acquisition Financing
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