Dr. Ben W. Fuhrmann

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Overview

Ben Fuhrmann is a corporate associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.

His practice focuses on cross-border M&A, particularly in the private equity space. Ben has represented private equity firms on a broad range of complex cross-border M&A transactions as well as corporate matters.

Ben has experience in transactions across many European jurisdictions, including the Nordics, the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe and France, among others.

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Thought Leadership

Articles

Corporate Law Competition in the EU Revisited: Italian Corporations Moving North and the Missing German SPACs,” 4 The University of Chicago Business Law Review 405–451, 2025

Introduction to the Legal Framework of a Delisting,” Juristische Schulung (JuS), 2021, p. 200–204

"Acting in Concert based on ‘No Adverse Action’-Covenants and Related Provisions in Share Purchase Agreements," AG, 2023, p. 377–388

"Hope 'Listing Act'," Wiener Zeitung, May 5, 2023, p. 13 (co-author)

"ESG Activism – Here to Stay?," Corporate Law Blog, Otto-Schmidt Verlag, May 16, 2022 (co-author)

"Numbers in the Criminal Appeal Court Exam," Juristische Ausbildung (JA), 2022, p. 321–326

"Introduction to Takeover Law," Juristische Schulung (JuS), 2021, p. 200–204

"Civil law and economic aspects of the Volkswagen AG diesel scandal," Wirtschaftsdienst – Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 2018, p. 243–251 (co-author)

"Product Interventions by BaFin and ESMA," Anglo-German Law Journal, 2017, p. 63–112

Commentary on Court Decisions

"Compliance with the principle of specificity under property law in the case of transfer of property in the context of asset deals," discussion of BGH, judgment of December 16, 2022 - V ZR 174/21, EWiR, 2023, pp. 398–400

"Standing of the KapMuG plaintiff as a legal prerequisite for the admissibility of a legal complaint," discussion of BGH, order of September 13 – XI ZB 13/21, EWiR, 2023, pp. 71–73

"Conflict of interests in connection with the offering of investment products," discussion of OLG Frankfurt am Main, judgment of May 19, 2022 – 6 U 251/21, EWiR, 2023, pp. 169–170

"The power of the chairman of a meeting to determine whether a resolution has been passed," discussion of OLG Cologne, judgment of July 21, 2022 – 18 U 139/21, EWiR, 2022, pp. 682–684

"Corporation and shareholder as different objects of damages allocation under tort law," discussion of BGH, judgment of June 29, 2022 - XII ZR 6/21, EWiR, 2022, pp. 547–548

"Annulment of the annual financial statements if a significant devaluation is necessary due to either non-existent or untraceable accounts receivable," discussion of Munich Regional Court I, judgment of May 5, 2022 – 5 HK O 15710/20, EWiR, 2022, pp. 425–427

"Rumors as inside information and the scope of application of the journalists' privilege under Art. 21 MAR," discussion of ECJ, judgment of March 15, 2022 – C‑302/20, EWiR, 2022, pp. 261–263

"Court appointments of supervisory board members for vacancies during a takeover offer," comment on OLG Frankfurt am Main, decision of January 13, 2022 – 20 W 5/22, 20 W 9/22, EWiR, 2022, pp. 103–105

"Requirements for the authorization of the Management Board to exclude pre-emption rights for the issuance of authorized capital," discussion of OLG Nuremberg, judgment of August 11, 2021 – 12 U 1149/18, WuB, 2022, pp. 15–20

"Abusive requests for a special audit," comment on Munich Higher Regional Court, decision of July 6, 2021 – 31 Wx 236/21, GWR, 2022, p. 9

"Delisting during bankruptcy," comment on VGH Kassel, decision of January 15, 2021 – 6 A 857/19.Z, GWR, 2021, p. 406

"What is a public offer of securities?," comment on EFTA Court, judgment of June 18, 2021 – E-10/20, EWiR, 2021, pp. 620–622

"Challenging a capital increase resolution on the basis of a de facto subscription coercion," comment on OLG Hamburg, decision of February 12, 2021, GWR, 2021, p. 350

"Dual-track legal protection of shareholders against delisting," comment on VGH Kassel, decision of February 22, 2021, EWiR, 2021, pp. 396–398

Memberships & Affiliations

Columbia Alumni Association

Bucerius Alumni e.V.

German Association for Corporate and Company Law (VGR)

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2025New York
  • 2022Germany

Languages

  • English
  • German
  • French

Education

  • Columbia Law SchoolLL.M.with Highest Honors2024
    Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
  • Kiel UniversityPh.D., Law2024
  • Vienna University of Economics and BusinessVisiting Researcher2022
  • Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am MainSecond German State Exam2021
  • Bucerius Law SchoolGerman State Exam2019

    Konrad Adenauer Scholar

    Editor-in-chief, Bucerius Law Journal

  • Brasenose College, University of OxfordVisiting Student2016