Henrik Nikolai Möllring, LL.M.

Attorney | certified lawyer for commercial and corporate law

Person

Henrik Nikolai Möllring is an attorney and a certified specialist in commercial and corporate law. He advises medium-sized companies and their shareholders on corporate law matters, as well as on specific legal issues related to day-to-day business operations. He has more than ten years of professional experience in this field.

He laid the foundation for his specialization in corporate law during his studies at Georg-August University of Göttingen, where he focused on corporate and commercial law. He further deepened his expertise in the Mergers & Acquisitions master’s program at JurGrad, University of Münster. As part of this LL.M. program, he dealt extensively with all phases of the transaction process—from preparation and structuring through due diligence and the drafting and negotiation of contracts to signing and closing.

Since December 2023, Mr. Möllring has held the title of Certified Specialist in Commercial and Corporate Law. He continuously expands his expertise, including through regular continuing education and participation in relevant professional events.

In addition, Henrik Nikolai Möllring regularly publishes in renowned legal journals, including the NJW, the NZI, and the MDR, and delivers expert presentations at select events.

 

Languages

  • German
  • English

 

Memberships

  • JurGrad Alumni e.V.
  • M&A Alumni Deutschland e.V.
  • Rotary Club
  • Hanse Lounge

 

Reference mandates (selection)

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Advising on an investment by a leading company in the filtration sector
  • Advising on the sale of a company in the medical supplies trade
  • Advising on the sale of a company in the renewable energy sector
  • Advising on the sale of a toolmaking company
  • Advising on the sale of interests in three car dealerships
  • Advising on the sale of a freight forwarding company in financial distress
  • Advising on the sale of an interest in an Austrian prefabricated house construction company
  • Advising on the sale of a company in the valve manufacturing sector
  • Advising on the sale of a company in the office communications and IT sector
  • Advising on the sale of a food industry company to a US-based global leader in food ingredients
  • Advising the shareholder group on a management buy-out (MBO)
  • Advising on the acquisition of several skilled-trade businesses in the building services sector
  • Advising on the sale of a pharmaceutical manufacturer
  • Advising on the sale of a company in the unexploded ordnance clearance sector by way of a management buy-in (MBI)
  • Advising on the sale of a company in the wholesale food trade
  • Advising on the sale of a company in the residential care sector
  • Advising on the sale of several companies in the insurance and underwriting agency sector
  • Advising on the sale of an interior fit-out company by way of a management buy-in (MBI)
  • Advising on the acquisition of a photovoltaic company
  • Advising on the sale of a property management company

Corporate law

  • Structuring a holding structure comprising individual corporations with different shareholder structures
  • Implementing several successive capital increases at a stock corporation
  • Various mergers of companies within a group
  • Conversion of a GbR into a GmbH & Co. KG
  • Redemption of shares in the context of a shareholder dispute
  • Strategic advice to a shareholder of a logistics company on dealing with the misappropriation of company assets by a fellow shareholder
  • Structuring various trust arrangements relating to interests in corporations
  • Advising management board members and managing directors on the preparation of individual management board and managing director service agreements
  • Various company formations in different legal forms and sectors
  • Various structures for virtual equity participation plans (VSOP) for key personnel
  • Regular advice to shareholders in shareholder disputes
  • Regular out-of-court and court representation of company sellers against purchasers
  • Regular out-of-court and court representation of company purchasers against sellers

Commercial law

  • Drafting various commercial agency agreements
  • Drafting distribution and sales agreements
  • Enforcing repayment of an advance commission payment against a commercial agent in court
  • Defending a company against a high five-figure commission claim brought by a commercial agent
  • Various court proceedings to enforce commercial agency commissions
  • Asserting a commercial right of retention over construction materials

Insolvency law and restructuring

  • Advising an SME on a debt haircut involving six creditors and securing the arrangement through a contingent recovery instrument
  • Enforcing a claim for remuneration for the dismantling of construction scaffolding after the opening of insolvency proceedings
  • Defending in court against an insolvency administrator’s claim for the restoration of a limited partnership contribution
  • Asserting a seven-figure claim against a Norwegian debtor in Norwegian restructuring proceedings

Construction law

  • Securing a construction company’s claims against a property developer by interim injunction for the registration of a priority notice securing a construction contractor’s mortgage
  • Representing a construction company in independent evidentiary proceedings concerning the condition of a large-scale industrial floor covering
  • Representing a company in independent evidentiary proceedings involving five parties concerning the cause of settlement cracks in an adjacent building
  • Drafting various construction-specific agreements
  • Successfully defending against an action seeking security for construction claims in the six-figure euro range
  • Enforcing termination compensation in court following termination for convenience by the principal
  • Advising a construction company on the temporary suspension of construction work and preservation of claims following the client’s cessation of payments
  • Successfully defending against a claim for termination compensation following termination for convenience by the principal

Litigation

  • Representing a leading global engineering services provider in the aviation industry in court proceedings to enforce a six-figure claim against a US mechanical engineering group
  • Defending a large company against a seven-figure asset-freezing order at two levels of jurisdiction
  • Defending a company against a high six-figure damages claim before a court in Norway (Oslo), working with local correspondent counsel
  • Enforcing replacement transport costs exceeding € 20,000.00 against a German airline
  • Representing a leading shipyard scaffolding company in court proceedings to enforce a six-figure claim for work remuneration against an insolvency administrator at two levels of jurisdiction
  • Enforcing a six-figure claim for work remuneration against a project developer in court
  • Defending against a high six-figure claim brought by the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Representing a private individual in court proceedings to recover the cost of replacement transport by private jet from an airline
  • Regular representation in independent evidentiary proceedings

 

Publications (selection)

  1. Der Streit um die Aussonderungskosten beim Ab- und Ausbau des Aussonderungsgutes, Neue Zeitschrift für Insolvenzrecht (NZI), Heft 19 2025, Seite 769-773.
  1. Anmerkung zu LG Köln, Urteil vom 13.04.2022 – 4 O 440/20; Recht der Transportwirtschaft (RdTW), Heft 10 2022, Seite 413-415.
  1. Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urteil vom 26.03.2020 – C-215/18; Transportrecht (TranspR), Heft 6 2020, Seite 312-319.
  1. Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urteil vom 12.03.2020 – C-832/18; Zeitschrift für Luft- und Weltraumrecht (ZLW), Heft 2 2020, Seite 359-367.
  1. Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urteil vom 11.7.2019 – C-502/18 (Comment on ECJ, Judgment of 11.7.2019 – C-502/18), Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW), issue 36 2019, page 2595-2597.
  1. Der Einfluss von technischen Defekten auf Fluggastrechte (The influence of technical defects on passenger rights), Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht (MDR), issue 14 2019, page 833-837.
  1. Die Bedeutung von Anschlussflugverbindungen für Fluggastrechte (The relevance of connecting flights for passenger rights), Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (NJW), issue 1-2 2019, page 6-9.

 

Contact

henrik.moellring@weltrecht.de