Dr. Julius Raapke

Julius specializes in corporate and group law advice, in particular for large listed companies, capital markets law and corporate governance issues, as well as corporate restructurings and corporate litigation.

Listed in Handelsblatt as “Lawyer of the Future” in 2022 and 2023 in Corporate Law and for Mergers & Acquisitions.

Work highlights

Recent matters where Julius was substantially involved can be disclosed including:

• Volkswagen AG: continuously advising on matters of stock corporation law (including all shareholders’ meetings since 2016) and capital markets law issues and defending the company in several complex litigious matters and administrative proceedings
• Volkswagen AG and Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG: advising on Porsche’s IPO and the sale of a minority stake in Porsche to the Porsche Automobil Holding SE
• Volkswagen AG: advising on various complex litigation and administrative proceedings, including its successful constitutional complaints before the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht)
• LEONI AG: advising LEONI’s Supervisory Board on ongoing corporate law issues
• thyssenkrupp AG: advising on ongoing corporate law issues, especially on the sale of the thyssenkrupp elevator business to a consortium and on the IPO of thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA
• Shareholders of ALDI Nord: advising on the reorganisation of its corporate structure
• TION Renewables AG: advising on its General Meetings since 2021
• Volkswagen AG: advising on the settlement with the public prosecutors’ office in Braunschweig to end the administrative offence proceedings against the company in relation to the diesel issue
• continuously advising various DAX 30 companies on matters of stock corporation and capital markets law.

 Julius joined Linklaters in 2013 and was appointed Counsel in 2023.

Julius studied law at the Georg-August University in Göttingen, where he also later earned his doctorate. He also holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Corporate and Commercial Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Julius speaks German and English.

Julius regularly publishes articles in journals:

• “Rechtsentwicklungen im Aktienrecht 2022“ – in: Der Betrieb 2022, Beilage Nr. 3, 15 (jointly with Dr Tim Johannsen-Roth und Dr Arne Kießling - publication on Legal developments in stock corporation law 2022);
• „Rechtsentwicklungen im Aktienrecht 2021“ – in: Der Betrieb 2021, Beilage Nr. 3, 15 (jointly with Dr Tim Johannsen-Roth und Dr Arne Kießling - publication on Legal developments in stock corporation law 2021);
• „Rechtsentwicklungen im Aktienrecht 2020“ – in: Der Betrieb 2020, Beilage Nr. 5, 20 (jointly with Dr Tim Johannsen-Roth und Dr Arne Kießling - publication on Legal developments in stock corporation law 2020);
• „Rechtsentwicklungen im Aktienrecht 2019“ – in: Der Betrieb 2019, Beilage Nr. 3, 16 (jointly with Dr Tim Johannsen-Roth und Dr Arne Kießling - publication on Legal developments in stock corporation law 2019);
• “Sicherheitsleistungsverpflichtung der Konzernmutter gemäß § 303 AktG bei der Beendigung von Beherrschungs- und Gewinnabführungsverträgen für (gegenwärtige und zukünftige) Verlustausgleichsansprüche von Konzernunternehmen gemäß § 302 AktG“ – in: NZG 2018, 681 (jointly with Dr Andreas Zenner – publication on potential compensation claims in company groups after the termination of domination, profit and loss transfer agreements);
• "Die Regulierung der Vergütung von Organmitgliedern und Angestellten im Aktien- und Kapitalmarktrecht" – 2012 (doctoral thesis on the remuneration of board members);
• "Aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Corporate Governance von Versicherungsunternehmen", in: VersR 2012, 257 (jointly with Dr Christoph Louven – publication on recent developments in the corporate governance of insurance corporations);
• "Finanzmarktreform in den USA", in: RIW 2010, 746 (jointly with Prof Dr Gerald Spindler and Kathrin Brandt – publication on the financial market reform in the USA).