OliverStaatz

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Oliver Staatz befasst sich schwerpunktmäßig mit dem deutschen und internationalen Steuerrecht. Er berät insbesondere bei nationalen und internationalen M&A-, Private-Equity- und Real-Estate Transaktionen.

Er verfügt über umfangreiche Erfahrung in der umfassenden steuerlichen Beratung von Unternehmen, Finanzinstituten, Fonds und Privatpersonen bei einer Vielzahl komplexer Transaktionen. Darüber hinaus berät er Mandanten regelmäßig bei verbindlichen Auskünften, Betriebsprüfungen und Steuerstreitigkeiten.

Vor Beginn seiner Tätigkeit bei Jones Day im Jahre 2017, war Herr Staatz mehrere Jahre für einen auf Transaktionen spezialisierten Spin-off einer renommierten deutschen Kanzlei tätig. Dort sammelte er Erfahrung in den Bereichen Steuerrecht, M&A und Private Equity.

Herr Staatz war Lehrbeauftragter für European Tax Law an der Universität Mannheim und als ehemaliger Teilnehmer unterstützt er Studenten, die am Moot Court der Deutschen Steuerjuristischen Gesellschaft (DStJG) und des Bundesfinanzhofs (BFH) teilnehmen.

Erfahrung

  • LyondellBasell acquires APKJones Day advised LyondellBasell in the acquisition of APK AG in Merseburg, Germany.
  • Darfon Electronics acquires GROFA Action Sports GmbHJones Day advised Darfon Electronics, a Taiwanese listed electronics group, known among other things as the owner of the e-bike brand BESV, on the acquisition of 80% of the shares in GROFA Action Sports GmbH in Bad Camberg, Germany.
  • Affiliates of Centre Lane Partners acquire substantially all of the assets of Hardinge Inc. and its subsidiaries, including the Kellenberger, USACH, SuperPrecision, and Workholding business linesJones Day advised affiliates of Centre Lane Partners in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Hardinge Inc. and its debtor subsidiaries, a global leader and provider of advanced machine tool, manufacturing and workholding solutions, as part of chapter 11 proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
  • Corsair Gaming acquires Endor AG's operating businessJones Day advised Corsair Gaming, Inc. in its acquisition of Endor AG's operating business, including the Fanatec brand and all associated personnel. Endor develops and markets high-quality input devices such as high-end steering wheels and pedals for racing simulations on game consoles and PCs under the Fanatec brand.
  • ITT completes divestiture of Wolverine Advanced MaterialsJones Day advised ITT, Inc. in the $171 million sale of its Wolverine Advanced Materials business to private equity firm Center Rock Capital Partners.
  • HI Consult sells Garderos to EMERAMJones Day advised HI Consult GmbH in the sale of 91% of the shares in Garderos GmbH, a provider of ruggedised router solutions for secure data communication and optimal connectivity in harsh environments, to funds advised by EMERAM.
  • Spark Networks obtains chapter 15 recognition of first-ever cross-border restructuring under German StaRUGJones Day represented Spark Networks SE in the first-ever cross-border restructuring under the recently enacted German restructuring law ("StaRUG") and chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code involving over $100 million of funded debt issued by a U.S.-based credit fund and guaranteed by other German and U.S. entities.
  • WEG acquires industrial electric motors and generators business from Regal Rexnord CorporationJones Day advised WEG S.A. in the $400 million acquisition of the industrial electric motors and generators business of Regal Rexnord Corporation.
  • Société Générale sells Société Générale Equipment Finance's (SGEF) activitiesJones Day is advising Société Générale in the sale of the professional equipment financing businesses operated by Societe Generale Equipment Finance (SGEF) to Groupe BPCE.
  • Valmet acquires process gas chromatography business of Siemens AGJones Day advised Valmet Oyj in the €102.5 million acquisition of the process gas chromatography business of Siemens AG.
  • Charge Construct sold to ace GroupJones Day advised the shareholders of Charge Construct GmbH on the sale of their shares to the newly formed ace Group, which is part of the portfolio of EMERAM Capital Partners.
  • Spark Networks obtains $110 million senior secured credit facility upon emergence from first-ever cross-border restructuring proceeding under German StaRUG, and recognized by U.S. chapter 15Jones Day represented Spark Networks SE (“Spark”), a Germany-based leading social dating platform, operating worldwide, together with Spark Networks, Inc. and Zoosk Inc., as co-borrowers, in connection with an amended $110 million secured credit facility provided by a U.S.-based private credit fund as part of Spark's emergence from a long-term forbearance and the first-ever cross-border restructuring proceeding under German StaRUG, where such proceeding was recognized under chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
  • LyondellBasell acquires minority stake in Source OneJones Day advised LyondellBasell in the acquisition of a minority share in Source One GmbH, Leiferde, Germany, a plastic waste sourcing and engineering company, specialized in developing technical solutions for hard-to-recycle post-consumer plastic waste.
  • OVHcloud acquires gridscaleJones Day advised OVHcloud, the European Cloud leader, in the acquisition of the German company gridscale, a software provider specialized in hyperconverged infrastructures.
  • Diebold Nixdorf obtains $1.25 billion senior secured exit credit facilityJones Day represented Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, a multinational financial and retail technology company that specializes in the sale, manufacture, installation, and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs and currency processing systems), point-of-sale terminals, physical security products, and software and related services for global financial, retail, and commercial markets, in connection with a new $1.25 billion senior secured term loan facility as part of it’s emergence from chapter 11 bankruptcy and other domestic and foreign court-supervised restructuring proceedings.
  • Diebold Nixdorf successfully restructures over $2.7 billion in funded debt and completes the first-ever dual proceeding under the U.S. bankruptcy code and Dutch restructuring law in 71 daysIn the first-ever cross border restructuring involving dual main proceedings under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and a scheme of arrangement (the "Dutch Scheme") under the Dutch Act on Confirmation of Extrajudicial Plans (Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord ("WHOA")), and the first-ever chapter 15 recognition of Dutch Scheme proceedings and a sanctioned WHOA reorganization plan (the "WHOA Plan"), Jones Day represented Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated ("Diebold") and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries (the "Debtors") in connection with (i) the prepackaged chapter 11 cases of In re Diebold Holding Company, LLC, et al., (Case No. 23-90602-DRJ) commenced on June 1, 2023, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the "Bankruptcy Court"); (ii) the Dutch Scheme, commenced on June 1, 2023 by Diebold Nixdorf Dutch Holding B.V. (the "Dutch Issuer") in the District Court of Amsterdam (the "Dutch Court"), and (iii) the chapter 15 proceedings before the Bankruptcy Court commenced by the foreign representative of the Dutch Issuer, wherein the Bankruptcy Court recognized the Dutch Scheme proceeding as a foreign main proceeding and recognized and extended comity to the WHOA Plan that was sanctioned by the Dutch Court.
  • Diebold Nixdorf obtains $1.25 billion senior secured superpriority DIP credit facilityJones Day is representing Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (the “Company”), a multinational financial and retail technology company that specializes in the sale, manufacture, installation, and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs and currency processing systems), point-of-sale terminals, physical security products, and software and related services for global financial, retail, and commercial markets, and certain of its domestic and foreign subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”) in (i) a pre-packaged chapter 11 proceeding in front of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Bankruptcy Court”), (ii) a scheme of arrangement by Diebold Nixdorf Dutch Holding B.V. (the “Dutch Issuer”) and the related voluntary proceeding in front of the District Court of Amsterdam under the Dutch Act on Confirmation of Extrajudicial Plans (Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord), and (iii) an anticipated proceeding commenced by the Dutch Issuer under chapter 15 in the Bankruptcy Court, seeking recognition of such scheme of arrangement.
  • Real Alloy sells European business to SpeiraJones Day advised Real Alloy Holding, LLC in the sale of its European aluminum and magnesium recycling operations to Speira GmbH, an affiliate of KPS Capital Partners.
  • LyondellBasell invests in APK, a German plastics recycling companyJones Day represented LyondellBasell as the lead investor in the latest financing round of APK AG, a German plastics recycling company.
  • Rejuvenate acquires entire business operations of cell transplants manufacturer co.don AktiengesellschaftJones Day advised Rejuvenate GmbH, a subsidiary of ReLive Biotechnologies, in connection with the acquisition of the business operations of co.don Aktiengesellschaft ("CO.DON") (including all shares in its Dutch, UK and Swiss subsidiaries).
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    June 2019 Commentary

    Tightening of German Real Estate Transfer Tax Rules for Share Deals

    May 2019 Alert

    German Profit and Loss Transfer Agreements Face Deadline to Protect Consolidated Tax Treatments

    May 2019 Alert

    GmbH als Organgesellschaft—Anpassungsbedarf für alte Gewinnabführungsverträge bis Ende 2019

    March 2018 Commentary

    EU Targets Tax Avoidance Reporting Obligations for Intermediaries

    July 2017 Alert

    German Constitutional Court Held Parts of Loss Forfeiture Rules are Unconstitutional

    • November 15, 2022
      Betriebs-Berater Conference "Tax & Finance 2022“ - Taxation of share trading - quo vadis? (Besteuerung des Aktienhandelsgeschäfts: Quo vadis?)
    • November 16, 2021
      Betriebs-Berater Conference "Tax & Finance 2021“ - Taxation of share trading - quo vadis? (Besteuerung des Aktienhandelsgeschäfts - Quo vadis?)
    • November 20, 2017
      Workshop: Wir lüften das Steuergeheimnis – Besteuerung von Immobilientransaktionen (Taxation of real estate transactions)
    • September 12, 2017
      Workshop: Wir lüften das Steuergeheimnis – Gewerbe- und umsatzsteuerliche Risiken bei der Vermietung von Immobilien (Trade and value added tax risks from letting real estate)

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