Clemens Vedder

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Clemens Johannes Vedder (* 1947 ) is a German investor and mediator .

Professional career

After graduating from school, Vedder completed vocational training as a retail salesman with the Hertie group. There, at the age of 19, he became the Group's youngest buyer. From 1973 he worked as a self-employed businessman. In Cologne he founded the company Graf von Wolkenstein-Trostburg Vermögensverwaltungs- und Grundstücksverwertungsgesellschaft mbH. represented by the Cologne lawyer Martin Fervers.

In the 1970s to 1980s Vedder was treasurer of the Cologne ice hockey club KEC .

investor

From 1987 he and his business partner Klaus-Peter Schneidewind focused on investments in the private equity sector. In the course of his career, Vedder helped shape numerous company sales in Germany. Among other things, he was involved in the restructuring of the companies Asko Deutsche Kaufhaus AG , Metro AG , Deutsche SB-Kauf AG , AVA AG , SPAR Handels AG , Horten AG , Norddeutsche Steingut AG , IVG Immobilien AG , BUS Umweltservice GmbH and others. The takeover of the retail chain SPAR , initiated with Klaus-Peter Schneidewind , deserves special mention . In 1995, a group of investors raised a purchase price of around 200 million euros. After almost two years, the stake in Intermarché in France was sold at a substantial profit. A European trading alliance (ITM and SPAR) with a total turnover of approx. 62 billion euros was successfully established. Between 1990 and 2007, Vedder was the lead manager of various transactions with a financial volume of around 7.5 billion euros. In addition, Vedder structured numerous cooperations and white knight deals in various financial, commercial and industrial segments. Vedder holds shares in various listed companies in Germany and international companies. This includes the Berlin photo gallery Camera Work AG, of which he is chairman of the supervisory board.

In 2000 he tried with Klaus-Peter Schneidewind and other investors and with the help of the Cologne investment company CoBra Beteiligungs GmbH , which belongs to the Dutch financial holding Rebon BV , to restructure Commerzbank and to merge it with Dresdner Bank . Vedder managed a timely exit with a profit.

Mediator

Vedder also acts as a mediator or arbitrator . His involvement as a mediator or arbitrator in the following proceedings is publicly known:

  • 2008: Award proceedings for the transfer of shares in Vattenfall Europe AG , Berlin, to Vattenfall AB, Stockholm, (ended by settlement)
  • 2011–2014: Dispute between the Ergo Insurance Group and former employees (claims over 100 million euros). Due to his involvement as a mediator of the Ergo Insurance Group, Vedder was charged with attempted fraud and other crimes. The public prosecutor's office in Düsseldorf discontinued the proceedings because there was no sufficient suspicion. Vedder then forced a claim for damages of one billion euros against Munich Re (Ergo's parent company). After an apology from Nikolaus von Bomhard , then Chairman of the Ergo Supervisory Board, the conflict was resolved.
  • 2012: Legal dispute between Deutsche Bank and the Kirch heirs
  • 2014: Legal dispute between HypoVereinsbank and the heir Joram Roth in the course of cum-ex deals
  • 2015: Arbitration proceedings in the Bayer Schering case (largest comparison in the history of arbitration proceedings)
  • 2015/16 in the legal dispute between Madeleine Schickedanz and Bank Sal. Oppenheim . The litigation was ended by settlement. Accordingly, the Schickedanz property portfolio with an estimated total value of half a billion euros will be sold by Vedder within two years. Schickedanz receives around a fifth from the sales proceeds, the majority of the proceeds go to Deutsche Bank and Sal. Oppenheim. In addition to the proceeds from the property sales, Schickedanz has also been promised additional assets of around 70 million euros (including two privately used houses) in the settlement.
  • 2016: Appraisal proceedings in the course of the takeover of Austrian Airlines AG by Lufthansa AG
  • 2016: Vedder was proposed by Convergenta Invest, the holding company of the Kellerhals family, as a mediator in the dispute between the shareholders of Media-Saturn-Holding GmbH (Convergenta and Metro AG). According to a report by Manager-Magazin, Metro accepted this proposal and Vedder agreed with both sides to take over the mediation mandate. However, the attempt at arbitration was unsuccessful. According to a report by Manager-Magazin, Vedder had proposed to both sides that Metro Kellerhals should buy its MSH shares for around 2.6 billion euros. Kellerhals agreed to this arbitration proposal, but this proposal was rejected by Metro (according to the media report, as Kellerhals demanded too high a purchase price).

capital

The wealth of the Vedder family was given by the German manager magazine on the list of the 500 richest Germans in 2015 at around 650 million euros.

Others

The Vedder family lives in Switzerland. His company Goldsmith Capital Partners AG is also based in Switzerland. Goldsmith Capital Partners AG is advised by the Zug- based company Goldsmith Advisors AG.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From ex-Hertie apprentice to company hunter . In: Handelsblatt online. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  2. ^ Graf von Wolkenstein-Trostburg Asset Management and Property Exploitation Company mbH
  3. ^ Cologne ice hockey club "Die Haie" - founding and promotion accessed on September 4th, 2011.
  4. ↑ Clemens Vedder targets Dax companies . In: Handelsblatt online. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  5. ↑ Imprint of Camera Work AG
  6. ↑ Invisible Power: The list of the 30 most powerful investors. Retrieved September 5, 2016 .
  7. ↑ The Revenant. ( Memento from October 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) In: FTD online. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  8. ↑ Snakes do not like reporting requirements . In: FAZ online. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  9. ↑ Suddenly the Cobra was tame . In: Welt online. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  10. ↑ tagesschau.de: Schickedanz process is about to reach an agreement. In: tagesschau.de. Retrieved September 5, 2016 .
  11. ↑ SpruchZ: Spruchverfahren Law & Practice: Vattenfall Europe AG: Settlement in the case of avoidance and nullity actions. In: spruchverfahren.blogspot.ch. Retrieved September 5, 2016 .
  12. ↑ From the sex scandal to the billions claim. June 8, 2012, accessed June 15, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Leo Müller: Insured, betrayed, sold: How insurance companies handle our money. Econ, 2015, ISBN 978-3-430-20176-6 .
  14. ↑ Real estate investor: HVB and Roth heirs find a solution to the dividend dispute. Retrieved September 5, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Addendum for Schering takeover: Shareholders get over 200 million euros. In: Focus online. Retrieved September 5, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Wolfgang Gehrmann: Go in peace . In: zeit.de . ISSN  0174-4917 ( zeit.de [accessed on March 8, 2017]).
  17. ↑ Sören Jensen: Madeleine Schickedanz much richer than known. January 20, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2017 .
  18. ↑ SpruchZ: Spruchverfahren Law & Practice: Former AUA shareholders will receive a settlement of EUR 3.30. In: spruchverfahren.blogspot.ch. Retrieved September 5, 2016 .
  19. ↑ Clemens J. Vedder proposed as mediator by Convergenta Invest. November 4, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2017 .
  20. ^ Sören Jensen: Disagreed Media-Saturn owners find mediators. November 23, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2017 .
  21. ↑ Sören Jensen, Manager Magazine August 2017, p. 18ff.
  22. ↑ The mediator. Retrieved October 1, 2017 .
  23. ↑ Uwe Ritzer: Billion process: Quelle heiress Schickedanz can hope again in court . In: sueddeutsche.de . ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on September 5, 2016]).
  24. ↑ Contact: Information of GOLDSMITH Group. Retrieved March 24, 2017 .
  25. ^ Homepage of the Goldsmith Group , accessed on March 9, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Vedder, Clemens
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vedder, Clemens Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German private equity entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 1947