Dr. Carsten E. Beisheim | LUTHER Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Carsten Beisheim mainly provides corporate and M&A advice. He specialises in group restructurings as well as domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. He also advises on certain aspects of energy law, in particular the unbundling of energy network operators, and on complex public sector outsourcing and procurement projects. He focusses above all on the energy sector and the public sector.

Corporate/M&A

Carsten Beisheim studied law at the German universities of Würzburg and Freiburg/Br. (1986 - 1992). Afterwards he worked as a research assistant at the University of Freiburg/Br., where he was awarded his doctorate in 1994. After his legal traineeship at the Regional Court of Appeal in Berlin (1993 - 95) he was admitted to the bar. In 2000 he joined Luther.

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 2025: Recommendation in "Energy Law" (first recommendation in 2021) and "Mergers and Acquisitions Law"
Law Firms in Germany (2014): Listed in "Corporate/M&A"

German based energy group - advising regarding the unbundling structure
Energy companies - advising on the restructuring of each affiliated group to optimise the unbundling regime (establishment of a holding structure)
Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia - advising on re-purchasing of shares in public utility companies (Stadtwerke) from different German energy companies
Federal State of Berlin (Land Berlin): advising on re-purchasing an indirect share in Berliner Wasserbetriebe from RWE AG
Remondis AG & Co. KG: -advice, including due diligence, on the purchase of all shares in ThyssenKrupp Xervon GmbH and previously, on the proposed purchase of shares in Evonik Steag GmbH within bid auctions
Numerous regional energy service companies: continuing advice on concession procedures
Numerous energy service companies: continuing advice on a (new) concept for and implementing of the unbundling of the energy business
Cities of Hilden, Ahlen, Cottbus, Ingolstadt, Solingen (sellers): legal advice on the partial privatisation of their municipal utility or waste management companies within bid auctions
City of Salzgitter: legal advice regarding the merger of the municipal gas and water supply company WEVG (Stadtwerk) with the local electricity supply business of E.ON Avacon AG
SWK Stadtwerke Krefeld AG (purchaser): legal advice, including due diligence, on the acquisition of RWE Umwelt West GmbH from RWE AG within a bid auction
Stadtwerke AG: legal advice regarding the concept design and bidding procedure for the participation of a strategic