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Dr Carsten E. Beisheim

Lawyer │ Partner

Dusseldorf

+49 211 5660 18728

carsten.e.beisheim@luther-lawfirm.com

Areas of practice

Corporate/M&A

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Energy

Carsten Beisheim mainly advises on matters related to corporate law and M&A and on selected energy law topics, notably in connection with the unbundling of system operators. He frequently works for companies in the energy industry and for public-sector companies, as well as for public institutions (at federal, state and municipal level).

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Vita

Carsten Beisheim studied law at the Universities of Würzburg and Freiburg/Br. (Germany, 1986 to 1992). Afterwards he worked as a research assistant at the University of Freiburg/Br., where he was awarded his doctorate in 1994. He was admitted to the German Bar upon completion of his legal training at the Higher Regional Court of Berlin (1993 to 1995) and has worked as a lawyer ever since. Carsten Beisheim joined Luther in 2000.

Honors and distinctions

JUVE Guide 2019/2020: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "M&A" (first listed in 2008/2009, "expertise, targeted approach and easy to reach")
The Legal 500 Germany 2018: Listed in "Energy Industry Focus"
Best Lawyers 2026: Recommendation in “Energy Law” and "Mergers and Acquisitions Law" (first recommendation in 2021)
Law Firms in Germany (2014): Listed in "Corporate/M&A"

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Clients

Town (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) - advised on the reacquisition in full of the holding in the municipal utilities company and, in this context, on the complete restructuring of the “municipal group” by way of diverse transformations (under the German Transformation Act) and asset deals
Grid company (Lower Saxony, Germany) - advised on the spin-off (under the German Transformation Act) of the telecommunications business
Federal ministry - advised on the new strategic orientation of associated companies
Federal agency - advised on the procurement of accommodation services
E.ON - advised on the restructuring of the regional distributors Avacon, Bayernwerk, EDIS and HanseWerk
Regional energy companies (Lower Saxony, Germany) - advised each of these clients on the restructuring of the respective affiliated group to optimise the unbundling regime (establishment of a holding structure by means of transformations)
Large city and a town (both in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) – advised each of these clients on the reacquisition of a holding in the respective municipal utilities company
Federal state of Berlin (Germany) - advised on the reacquisition of an indirect holding in Berliner Wasserbetriebe from RWE AG
Remondis AG & Co. KG - advised on the purchase of all shares in ThyssenKrupp Xervon GmbH and on the proposed purchase of shares in Evonik Steag GmbH within bid auctions
Numerous regional energy suppliers and municipalities - advised each of these clients on concession award procedures
Federal company/federal ministry - advised on a large-volume logistics procurement project
Numerous regional energy suppliers and municipal utilities companies - advised each of these clients on a (new) concept for and the implementation of the unbundling of the energy business
Town of Salzgitter - advised on the participation of E.ON Avacon AG in the municipal energy supplier WEVG by means of a capital increase for a contribution in kind (contribution of the local electricity supply business)
SWK Stadtwerke Krefeld AG - advised on the acquisition of RWE Umwelt West GmbH from RWE AG within a bid auction
Municipal utilities company (stock corporation) - advised on the concept design and bidding procedure for a strategic partner’s participation in the power station business
German towns of Hilden, Ahlen, Cottbus, Ingolstadt, Solingen (sellers) - advised each of these clients on the partial privatisation of their respective municipal utilities or waste management companies within bid auctions (partly under public procurement law)

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Publications

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Blog posts

The “Steward-owned Company” – from idea to draft-bill

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Lectures

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Memberships

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