Danêl Buchholz

Education and Career

Danêl studied law at the University of Cologne. He completed his legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne, including two stations in a national law firm. Prior to this, he worked as a research assistant in an international law firm in the field of insolvency administration. He began his career as a lawyer in an international law firm in Cologne, focusing on Litigation and Arbitration.

Experience  

In the area of corporate law, Danêl has advised on matters including: 

• Advising Helsing on establishing an SE holding structure and on SE governance (press release: YPOG advises Helsing on USD 1.8 billion Series E financing round)
• Advising Helsing in connection with a USD 1.8 billion Series E financing round (press release: YPOG advises Helsing on establishing an SE holding structure and SE governance)
• Advising a shareholder-managing director on a separation agreement for the purpose of terminating a joint venture established as a start-up.
• Advising a private equity fund on the transfer of registered shares in an SE in connection with an investment
• Advising a shareholder family (automotive industry) in advance of a potential shareholder dispute with another shareholder on the available corporate-law options, in particular with regard to an existing pooling agreement and agreed voting rights allocated to the respective family branches
  
  

In the areas of dispute resolution and commercial litigation, Danêl has acted as counsel for parties in arbitral proceedings and various proceedings before state courts. These matters include in particular: 

• Representing the sellers (international providers of factory automation solutions), following an exit transaction in enforcing their purchase price claim in DIS arbitration, as well as advising on the conclusion of a related settlement agreement (post-M&A arbitration)
• Representing various international crypto asset providers (CASPs) in defending against a series of claims brought by consumers in various proceedings before Regional Courts and Higher Regional Courts. In particular, Danêl also coordinated the numerous parallel proceedings and developed the overarching defence strategy (commercial litigation)

In the area of corporate dispute resolution, Danêl has recently advised on matters including: 

• Advising and representing several venture-capital-financed companies in connection with disputed departures of founders (disputed leaver cases), in particular representing them in interim relief proceedings and main proceedings
• Representing a listed company (semiconductor industry) in court proceedings against minority shareholders of a subsidiary in connection with an action for the exclusion of shareholders
• Advising a private equity fund and its founders on entering into a separation agreement with a project partner to resolve a dispute after the project partner had withdrawn from the joint implementation of the project
• Advising and representing several managing directors of a GmbH & Co. KG in negotiating bonus claims against the company