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Andreas Jentgens is a lawyer and partner who has been with Deloitte Legal since 2000. He is a managing director of Deloitte Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, co-lead of the service area M&A and member of the Legal Leadership Team. From June 2023 till December 2024, Andreas Jentgens held the role of Managing Partner for Deloitte Legal Germany. Andreas Jentgens provides legal advice to companies and entrepreneurs on matters pertaining to corporate and reorganization law, as well as in the context of predominantly cross-border M&A transactions. His clientele includes internationally operating medium-sized companies as well as publicly listed corporations, who appreciate his combination of legally sound expertise and a pragmatic, solution-oriented approach. In his capacity as the head of Deloitte Legal's Japan Desk, he also specializes in advising Japanese companies. With his extensive experience and proven expertise, Andreas Jentgens has successfully advised on numerous often cross-border mergers, demergers, changes of legal form, cross-border relocations of registered offices, capital measures, affiliation agreements, and the establishment of holding entities and group structures. Andreas Jentgens has been consistently recognized for his outstanding work in the field of M&A. He has been consistently ranked among the best lawyers in Germany for M&A by publications such as Best Lawyers and Handelsblatt, and is listed as a frequently recommended lawyer for M&A by Legal500 (Legalease) and in the JUVE Handbook. Hs expertise in corporate restructurings has been acknowledged in the JUVE Handbook already in 2010. He studied at the University of Cologne and completed his legal clerkship in Aachen. He is fluent in both German and English.

Klaus has been a partner in the Düsseldorf office of Deloitte Legal's German practice since joining in 2010. He heads both the employment law practice in the Düsseldorf office and the Employment Law & Benefits service line in Germany. Klaus has more than 25 years of experience in all areas of German employment law. He represents - out of court and in court - the legal interests of both domestic and internationally operating companies in connection with all issues relating to the relationship between employer and (i) employees on the one hand and (ii) works councils/trade unions on the other hand. Klaus has many years of expertise with regard to restructuring measures motivated by employment law and the support and implementation of M&A transactions. In doing so, he advises both medium-sized companies and large internationally operating groups.