Dr. Ralph Drouven
Ralph Drouven is known as one of the most reputable advisors in corporate law in Germany and has been for many years. He is particularly engaged for dispute resolution among shareholders and when fundamental strategic decisions have to be made. In close cooperation with tax advisors, he also assists his clients in structuring company succession.
He advises management and supervisory bodies of companies, inter alia, in connection with measures to strengthen capital, on corporate governance issues and on restructuring.
Ralph Drouven has several decades of experience in litigation. He is regularly appointed in complex corporate disputes and in connection with directors' and officers' liability disputes.
Since the 1990s, Ralph Drouven has advised companies and their shareholders as well as private equity and venture capital investors, family offices and international institutional investors on transactions in Germany and abroad. The spectrum of his advisory work ranges from the acquisition and sale of shareholdings to restructuring and the establishment of joint ventures.
Ralph Drouven has worked as an attorney-at-law (Rechtsanwalt) since 1987. He was partner of CMS Hasche Sigle from 1991 to 2023.
From 1999 to 2022, Ralph Drouven was Chairman of the Supervisory Board (Aufsichtsrat) of the listed company Splendid Medien AG. He is Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bastei Lübbe AG since 2023.
