Dr Laura Paulssen

Associate | Lawyer since 2023

Contact
Phone: +49 211 20052-430
Fax: +49 211 20052-100
Email: l.paulssen(at)glademichelwirtz.com

Assistant
Nina Rötters / Sandra Menta

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Short Profile

Laura Paulssen is an Associate at GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ and works in the CORPORATE practice. She advises on all aspects of corporate law.

Laura Paulssen studied law at the University of Bonn and spent a semester abroad in Budapest. She passed her First State Exam in 2018. During her studies, she worked as a research assistant in the corporate / M&A practice of a leading international law firm in Dusseldorf.

After her First State Exam, she worked as a research assistant at GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ and obtained her doctoral degree at the University of Dusseldorf on a topic related to German stock corporation law. 

During her legal clerkship, Laura Paulssen worked for a leading law boutique in the area of environment, planning and regulatory and in the legal department of an international company in the area of corporate law. She passed the Second State Exam in 2022.

Besides her native language German, Laura Paulssen is fluent in English. In her leisure time she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, doing sports and travelling.

 

Experience and Matters

Examples of Laura Paulssen's recent experience include:

  • Deutsche Wohnen SE in connection with the conclusion of a domination and profit loss transfer agreement with Vonovia SE
  • Deutsche Rückversicherung AG Düsseldorf: Advice in connection with strategic investments and reinsurance contracts
  • MEDICLIN Aktiengesellschaft: Ongoing advice on corporate law
  • RHÖN-KLINIKUM Aktiengesellschaft: Ongoing advice on corporate law
  • RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG: Advice and representation in connection with contestations suits filed by minority shareholders in relation to resolutions passed on the AGM 2024

Publications

  • Merkner/Schulenburg/Paulssen, Die Governance-Darstellung in den Geschäftsberichten 2024 der DAX-40-Unternehmen vor dem Hintergrund der erstmaligen freiwilligen Berücksichtigung der ESRS, AG 2025, 762
  • Merkner/Schulenburg/Paulssen, Dasselbe – aber in Grün: die Qualifikationsmatrix im Jahr 2024, KPMG Audit Quarterly IV/2024, S. 108
  • Merkner/Schulenburg/Paulssen, Die Berichterstattung zur Umsetzung des Kompetenzprofils für den Aufsichtsrat in den Geschäftsberichten 2023 der DAX-40-Unternehmen – Eine empirische Auswertung der Qualifikationsmatrices im Jahr Zwei, AG 2024, 612
  • Merkner/Schulenburg/Paulssen, Quo vadis, Qualifikationsmatrix? Eine empirische Untersuchung der Darstellung der Kompetenzen der Aufsichtsratsmitglieder in den Geschäftsberichten 2022 der DAX-40-Unternehmen, AG 2023, 526
  • Paulssen, Vorstandshandeln aufgrund anfechtbarer oder bereits angefochtener Hauptversammlungsbeschlüsse – Eine Untersuchung der Ausführungspflicht während der Schwebezeit, Dissertation, 2021