Dr Walter Scheerbarth
Specialist lawyer for Commercial law and Corporate law
Practice groups
Sector groups
Expertise
- Corporate law/M&A
- Commercial and distribution law
- Law of inheritance/company succession
- Trust law
Walter advises partnerships and corporations on issues of structuring and establishment as well as in times of crisis or liquidation. He also advises companies and entrepreneurs on corporate law disputes and on company successions as well as on the establishment of trusts. Another key focus of Walter includes the drafting of individual contracts in commercial law and related fields of business law. In the area of business law and law of inheritance, Walter also takes legal proceedings, if necessary.
What others say
One of the most frequently recommended lawyers for Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers® 'Germany's Best Lawyers 2023'
Recent work
- Sale of a technology company to a M-Dax company
- Various shareholder disputes in GmbH and partnerships, also in connection with the liability of managing directors
- Advice on matters of compliance to various subsidiaries of a DAX company
- On-Going legal advice to several major event venues
- Assisting in company transactions and purchases (share deal, asset deal)
Curriculum vitae
- Studied law at the University of Cologne, 1985 to 1990
- Research assistant at the University of Cologne (Prof. Dr Arnulf Schmitt-Kammler), 1992 to 1993
- PhD in General Administrative law, 1993 to 1995
- Legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf, 1991 to 1994
- Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) since 1994, at Kapellmann since 2002
Further qualifications and memberships
- Member of the Pre-Review Committee for Commercial and Corporate Law of the Bar Association Düsseldorf (Vorprüfungsausschuss für Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht der Rechtsanwaltskammer Düsseldorf)
- Certified executor (Geprüfter Testamentsvollstrecker (DVEV))
- Seminars on distribution law in cooperation with the German-Dutch Chamber of Commerce
Publications
Scheerbarth/Pfennig, Falsche Form / Die GmbH & Co. KG begrenzt zwar die Haftung, ist aber keine geeignete Rechtsform für Architekturbüros, DAB 08/15
Scheerbarth/Kniesel, Die gemischtwirtschaftliche GmbH im Bereich der Abfall- und Abwasserwirtschaft, Der Städtetag 4/1998, S. 340 ff.
Scheerbarth, Die gemeinnützige Stiftung im Zivil- und Steuerrecht; C.H. Beck Verlag
Scheerbarth, Die verwaltungsbehördliche reformatio in peius und ihre prozessuale Problematik, Frankfurt/Main
