Rebekka Hye-Knudsen

Practice Areas

Dr. Rebekka Hye-Knudsen is a partner in Dentons' Berlin office and, as Germany Co-Managing Partner, heads Dentons’ offices in Germany. Rebekka primarily advises on corporate transactions, private equity and venture capital investments as well as corporate reorganisations. With extensive experience particularly in cross-border transactions, she focuses on supporting German and international corporations, financial investors and technology companies. Rebekka is regularly recommended in the rankings of Chambers and JUVE. She is a member of the legal advisory board of the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK), which represents the interests of the private equity industry in Germany. Rebekka possesses native-level fluency in both German and English.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Atlantik-Brücke e.V.

Member of the legal advisory board of BVK (German Private Equity Association)

Member of the German Woman Lawyers Association (Deutscher Juristinnenbund)

Bertelsmann Stiftung: German-Israeli Young Leaders Circle

Publications

Articles

Co-author, Venture Capital Investments in Germany and Israel – What to Expect, VentureCapital Magazin, September 2019

Advising on M&A transactions – legal advice and transaction management, azur Magazin, 2014

Co-author, Territorial differences regarding the likelihood of confusion in the context of community trademark infringements, Markenrecht, 2004

Books

Co-author, Introduction to the new administrative law of Azerbaijan, German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GIZ), 2006

Trademark, patent and copyright infringements in the European law on civil procedure, published in “Studies on foreign and international private law”, Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, 2005

Interviews

New rules on foreign direct investments for international investors, BVK (German Private Equity Association), October 2020

Podcasts

Tales of Sales, Dentons Podcasts, since June 2022

Career

Dentons (Germany Co-Managing Partner since 2025; Partner since 2016), WilmerHale (2011–2016), Mannheimer Swartling (2007–2011), Lovells (2001–2004).

Experience

• Kontoor Brands: Advising the global lifestyle apparel company (listed on the NYSE), holding a portfolio that includes Wrangler and Lee, on its acquisition of Helly Hansen for USD 900 million.

• KKR: Advising on the acquisition of Travelopia Group from TUI AG and further acquisitions.

• KKR: Advising KKR on its acquisition of Dawsongroup plc, a leading asset leasing business, including vehicles and refrigerated boxes, from the Dawson family and other shareholders.

• KPS Capital Partners: Advising on the acquisition of Howden, a leading global provider of air and gas handling products and services from Colfax Corporation for US$1.8 billion and on the subsequent sale of Howden to Chart Industries for US$4.4 billion.

• KPS Capital Partners: Advising on the acquisition of Brunswick Corporation’s leading fitness brands, including Life Fitness, for US$490 million.

• Securitas: Advising on various acquisitions of security services companies and on corporate law matters.

• Daimler AG: Advising on investments in venture technology companies.

• WebMD: Advising WebMD, an Internet Brands company and portfolio company of KKR and the Singaporean investment fund Temasek, on its acquisition of coliquio, a leading information and education platform for healthcare professionals.

• Wavestone: Advising Wavestone, a French consultancy group listed on Euronext Paris, on its combination with Q_PERIOR, a consulting firm active in the DACH region, leading to the creation of a champion in the European consulting market with over 5,500 employees.

• HERE Technologies: Advising on the acquisition of a Berlin-based software development company.

• Zeotap: Advising this Berlin scale-up that enables brands to monetize customer data in compliance with data privacy regulations on venture financing rounds with international investors.

• Lala Berlin: Advising on the sale of this Berlin-based fashion company’s business to Copenhagen Studios (part of s.Oliver Group) within the framework of insolvency proceedings.

• DV-COM: Advising on the sale of this operator of customer care centers to the advertising group STRÖER.

• US science and technology conglomerate: Advising on various strategic investments in Germany.

• German utilities company: Advising on the acquisition of a gas utilities company.

• German winding-up institution (nationalized German banking group): Advising the largest German winding-up institution on the sale of a US commercial real estate loan portfolio with a nominal value of US$1.2 billion.

• German winding-up institution (nationalized German banking group): Advising on a broad range of corporate and commercial law matters, among others on the founding of a subsidiary with operations in Germany, the US, the UK and Ireland (˃ 350 employees).

• Leading German media company: Advising on the sale of a majority stake in an online advertising company to a large Japanese media company.

• Swedish private equity investor: Advising on the acquisition of a leading German provider of rolling stock maintenance services (˃ 800 employees).

• Norwegian financial investor: Advising on the acquisition of a German real estate portfolio (˃ €300 million).

• Global service provider: Defending the client in a complex €100 million post-merger dispute.