About

At UBS Investmentbank, Holger Hirschberg is in charge of the bank’s corporate finance business, particularly providing legal advice in IPOs, capital increases, mergers and take overs. His role continuously exposes him to large scale transactions, many of which receive significant media attention. Recent career highlights were advising (on behalf of UBS) on the public takeover of GSW Immobilien by Deutsche Wohnen in 2013, the largest German takeover of a real estate company, as well as on Telefónica’s IPO in 2012 with an issue volume of €1.45bn. He particularly values variety in his work: ‘No two IPOs bring up the same questions as the constellation of issuer, shareholders, issue volume and the respective jurisdictions is never the same’. He believes that a vital part of his success is to ‘understand the IPO candidate’s business and to closely coordinate with the auditors’. Law firms should have incredible project management: ‘particularly during complex transactions, a law firm can score points here’.