Philip advises listed and non-listed corporations, shareholders and members of management boards and supervisory boards on matters of corporate law, particularly stock corporation law including aspects of capital markets law. He also advises on M&A transactions and joint ventures.
He also counsels companies in reorganising their corporate group structure through spin-offs and carve-outs of business units, domestic and cross-border mergers and conversions of legal form, e.g., into European stock corporations (SE) or partnerships limited by shares (KGaA), also from a co-determination perspective.
Philip studied law in Erlangen, at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and at Trinity College Dublin (LL.M.).
Prior to joining Osborne Clarke in 2022, he worked for leading international law firms in Hamburg and Munich. In 2024, he worked in Osborne Clarke’s Barcelona office.
Grifols
Osborne Clarke has advised Grifols S.A. on the conclusion of a delisting agreement with Biotest AG in relation to a public delisting offer by Grifols Biotest Holdings GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grifols, and the associated delisting of the admission of Biotest shares to trading on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Read more.
Expert article in the "Zeitschrift für Bankrecht und Bankwirtschaft"
(German only) "Die elektronische Aktie nach dem Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz – Eine neue Form der Begebung von Aktien" – Susanne Kühlthau / Dr. Robert Oppenheim / Philip Förster / Sascha Nicolai Grimm, ZBB 2024, 108-122. Read the article here in German (subject to charge).
ABO Wind
ABO Wind AG Successfully Changes Legal Form with Osborne Clarke’s Support – all clear for ABO Energy GmbH & Co. KGaA. Read more.
Haselhorst Associates
Osborne Clarke has advised the sellers of the strategy consultancy Haselhorst Associates on the sale and re-investment to the H&Z Group, a portfolio company of emz partners. Read more.
