Christoph Hempel is an associate in Goodwin’s Business Law department and a member of the firm's Private Equity group. He focuses his practice on private equity, growth equity, venture capital, M&A and on general corporate advisory work.
Chris is fluent in German and English.
Experience
Chris' representative experience includes:
- Summit Partners on its agreement to sell its shares in German-based Elatec group, a leading international developer and supplier of secure access solutions, to SGT German Private Equity
- Imprivata Inc. on the acquisition of OGiTiX Software AG
- Beyond Capital on the acquisition of Soft & Cloud AG
- Volkswagen/Porsche on the formation of a joint venture between Bugatti and Rimac Automobili.*
Areas of Practice
Professional Experience
Chris has been admitted as a German lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) since 2021. Before joining the firm, Chris worked in the Hamburg office of CMS Hasche Sigle PartmbB as an Associate and in the Frankfurt and London offices of Willkie Farr and Gallagher and the Frankfurt office of Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch PartmbB as part of his legal clerkship and as research assistant.
Credentials
Education
Second State Exam2020
Frankfurt am Main
First State Exam2015
Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg
Admissions
Bars
- Germany