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Biography

Prof. Hans-Jörg Ziegenhain is a partner with the German law firm Hengeler Mueller specialising in M&A and private equity. Prof. Ziegenhain studied law in Regensburg, New Orleans and Munich. He obtained a PhD in law (LMU Munich) and his LLM from the University of Michigan. He worked with Baker & McKenzie in Frankfurt, Washington, DC and Düsseldorf, and with Freshfields in Munich. He joined Hengeler Mueller in 2006. He has been holding a M&A teaching position at the Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, since 2007 and has been awarded the honorary professorship by the LMU in 2014. He has advised numerous German and international corporates, various family businesses and private equity investors on M&A transactions and joint ventures.