LAWYER PROFILE

Stephan Waldhausen

Germany 2026

Freshfields

Ranked in 1 practice area

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability

Germany

16 years ranked

Contributions and articles

1 Global Practice Guides

About

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Germany

Practice Areas

Stephan specialises in public and private M&A, splits and spin-offs, joint ventures and integration measures. He advises listed companies as well as family owned and private businesses on both national and cross-border transactions including complex carve-outs. Stephan also has vast experience with respect to boards’ fiduciary duties, governance questions, compliance and investigations, as well as in capital markets law, in particular disclosure requirements of listed companies. Stephan is global Co-Chair of Freshfields for the industrial sector group and has also significant experience in the IT/health care, infrastructure and consumer products sectors.

Career

Stephan has been a partner since 2007. In 2004, he worked at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, New York. He's also worked as a member of academic staff at the universities of Essen and Bochum, and has a PhD in law.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Germany

Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - Germany

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Stephan Waldhausen has notable expertise in highly complex international mandates. His practice covers multi-jurisdictional transactions that include sophisticated carve-out structures and acquisitions, in addition to high-value takeover matters.

Indviduelles Editorial

Stephan Waldhausen verfügt über herausragende Expertise in hochkomplexen internationalen Mandaten. Seine Tätigkeit umfasst grenzüberschreitende Transaktionen, darunter anspruchsvolle Carve-out-Strukturen und Unternehmenserwerbe sowie hochkarätige Übernahmen.

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Strengths

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Stephan is a very good commercial lawyer.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers Germany
Stephan is undoubtedly the right guy for complex, high-end deals. I can highly recommend him for this work.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers Germany
Stephan ist zweifellos der Richtige für komplexe, hochkarätige Projekte. Ich kann ihn für diese Aufgabe wärmstens empfehlen.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers Germany
Stephan ist ein sehr guter wirtschaftlicher Jurist.
Corporate/M&A: High-end CapabilityChambers Germany