Julian Gebauer is counsel at Morrison Foerster’s German office in Berlin and a member of our Corporate / M&A department. He assists companies and investors with structuring and implementing national and cross-border M&A projects (including stock-for-stock transactions and joint ventures) and advises German and international clients on corporate and capital market law matters. A particular focus of his work is on public takeovers (public M&A), post-merger integration measures under German stock corporation and transformation law, as well as on shareholder agreements in connection with equity investments. Julian also advises clients on the implementation of disclosure obligations under capital market law and regularly acts as notary representative.

Julian was admitted to the German bar in 2017. Prior to joining Morrison Foerster in 2019, he practiced corporate law at an international law firm. During his legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Berlin, Julian worked for another leading German law firm, as well as for the German Federal Cartel Office.

He graduated from Freie Universität Berlin and also studied law at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland).

Julian is a co-author in a legal handbook on partnership law and since 2024 recognized by Best Lawyers in Germany as ”Ones to Watch” for corporate law.

Experience

• Medios AG on its EUR 250 million acquisition of Ceban Pharmaceuticals B.V., Dutch market leader in pharmaceutical compounding services.
• Nikon Corp. in connection with the squeeze-out of the minority shareholders of SLM Solutions Group AG.
• Fujitsu Ltd. in connection with its EUR 432 million voluntary public takeover bid and subsequent delisting offer for GK Software SE, a global player in cloud services for retail.
• SoftBank Group Corp. on its investment in Munich high-tech unicorn Agile Robots.
• Nikon Corp. in connection with its EUR 622 million voluntary public takeover bid for SLM Solutions Group AG, a Lübeck-based manufacturer of metal 3D printers. 
• Whale Rock Capital on its investment in Celonis SE, a Munich unicorn, in the areas of big data and AI.
• wallstreet:online AG in connection with the squeeze-out of the minority shareholders of wallstreet:online capital AG.
• Fyber N.V. on a USD 600 million takeover by Digital Turbine.
• Medios AG on the EUR 120 million acquisition of Hamburg-based pharmaceutical wholesaler Cranach Pharma.
• SoftBank Group Corp. on the EUR 200 million financing round for Berlin-based logistics startup Forto.
• msg systems AG in connection with the domination agreement with msg life AG.

• Fiagon AG Medical Technologies’ shareholders on the sale of all of their shares to Nasdaq-listed Intersect ENT, Inc.