Dr.  Alexander B. M. Belk is an associate based in the Düsseldorf office. He practices in the firm´s Corporate Department, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins as an associate in 2018, he worked as a legal trainee in the firm’s Corporate Department in Düsseldorf and Paris.

In 2015, Alexander obtained his LLM degree from Columbia University in the City of New York and, in 2016, his doctorate degree (Dr. iur.) from Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf.

Alexander's experience includes advising:

  • ADAC e.V. on association and corporate law issues
  • adesso on the sale of e-Spirit to CrownPeak Technology
  • Ardian/Swissbit on the acquisition of Hyperstone
  • A S-Dax-listed company on an internal compliance investigation and subsequent legal dispute with a member of the management board regarding the extraordinary termination of the management board contract
  • An equity financier in the assertion of claims in and out of court
  • Bregal on the acquisition of legal software business STP from Hg
  • EG Group on the acquisition of OMV’s petrol station business in Germany
  • GIP and KKR on the strategic partnership with Vodafone to invest in Vantage Towers
  • Hyundai on the acquisition of Sixt SE’s entire shareholding in Sixt Leasing SE, and the voluntary public takeover bid for all remaining shares in Sixt Leasing SE
  • IFM Investors on its joint venture with Deutsche Telekom
  • RWE, PreussenElektra, EnBW, and Vattenfall on the transfer of 12 interim storage facilities for radioactive waste to BGZ Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung mbH, a company for temporary storage facilities
  • RWE, E.ON, EnBW, and Vattenfall in connection with the carve-out of their decentralized interim storage facilities for highly radioactive nuclear waste and the subsequent transfer to the German government
  • RWE, E.ON, EnBW, and Vattenfall in connection with the carve-out of their decentralized interim storage facilities for medium and low radioactive nuclear waste and the subsequent transfer to the German government
  • RWE in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of coal power plants in the Netherlands and Germany (aborted)
  • RWE, E.ON, EnBW, and Vattenfall on the sale of its stake in Kerntechnische Hilfsdienst GmbH, a company used for emergency response in the event of incidents and accidents in nuclear facilities
  • RWE on the sale of a 76.8% stake in innogy to E.ON and on the acquisition of the renewable energy activities of E.ON and innogy, a stake of 16.67% in E.ON and certain other assets
  • RWE on the acquisition of 4.2-gigawatt UK offshore wind development portfolio from Vattenfall
  • Scout24 on the sale of its AutoScout24 platform to financial investor Hellman & Friedman
  • SPIE on:
    • The acquisition of Otto LSE
    • The acquisition of a majority stake in ICG Group
    • The acquisition of the ROBUR Industry Service Group
  • Swiss Life Asset Management AG and Gelsenwasser AG on the acquisition of Infrareal
  • VNG AG on:
    • The sale of Gas-Union Transport GmbH to terranets bw GmbH
    • The sale of Gas Union’s storage activities to MET
    • The acquisition of Gas-Union GmbH
  • Wintershall Dea on the sale of its stake in WIGA

Bar Qualification

  • New York
  • Rechtsanwalt (Germany)

Education

  • Second German State Exam, Higher Regional Court, Düsseldorf, 2018
  • Dr. jur., University of Düsseldorf, 2016
  • LL.M., Columbia University, 2015
  • First German State Exam, University of Düsseldorf, 2012

Languages Spoken

  • English