Berlin—The global law firm Dentons has appointed the German partner Dr. Christof Kautzsch for the position of European co-head for the practice group Corporate/M&A. He succeeds Tomasz Dabrowski, who was appointed as CEO for Dentons Europe as of January 1, 2014. Christof has made a name for himself in particular with the corporate consulting in the health care sector. He has been advising various hospital corporations in a number of sales and restructurings for several years, most recently on the purchase of the Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bethesda in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Another focus of his practice is advising companies on cross-border transactions-as currently accompanying E.ON with a joint venture in Russia.

With Christof’s appointment, there are now three partners from Dentons offices in Germany who are heads of European practice groups: Andreas Ziegenhagen, managing partner in Germany and member of Dentons Europe Board, leads the Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Practice since 2008 – initially as co-head, then as head. Dr. Jörg Karenfort has been the Head of the Competition Practice since 2010.

For Andreas, the participation of German partners at the European level is very positive: “These developments show that with our strategy, we successfully serve not only the German market, but we also meet the requirements of the European leadership.  The appointment also underlines Dentons’ polycentric approach and the possibilities that a global law firm offers for successful partners such as Christof Kautzsch.”

Christof is excited about the new challenges: “This appointment means more to me than a personal achievement, it is also evidence of the importance of the German Corporate Practice within the European context, since we have been advising many international German companies on cross-border transactions.”

The appointment follows the recently announced election of Andreas Ziegenhagen to the European Board of Dentons and the subsequent changes in the German management. The head of the German Tax Law Practice, Dr. Stephan Busch, has been appointed the Managing Partner for the Berlin office.

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