Hogan Lovells International LLP impresses with its close cooperation between capital markets and corporate practices and also has particular expertise in scrip dividend transactions. Acting on both the bank and issuer side, the team covers matters such as capital increases and IPOs and assists clients with the implementation of stock dividends. Practice head Michael Schlitt is experienced across numerous facets of capital markets law, including block trade transactions and hybrid bonds.
Testimonials
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'Broad team with extensive experience in advising both issuers and banks.'
'Michael Schlitt: Very experienced and well connected. Sebastian Biller: Excellent team expansion with public M&A expertise.'
'Very good team, very pleasant to work with, pragmatic and technically very good.'
'Michael Schlitt and Susanne Ries are a very well-coordinated team, with very good client orientation. Solution-oriented work, very pleasant to work with.'
'One of the leading law firms in all capital markets matters.'
'Team with great legal expertise and transaction experience in the ECM capital markets business, which has an excellent track record of high-profile ECM deals.'
'Michael Schlitt is an outstanding lawyer with excellent legal knowledge and a wealth of experience. He impresses not only with his high level of professional competence, but also with his solution-oriented approach, high personal commitment and availability at all times. He has built an excellent team that is always able to support large transactions.'
- 'Sebastian Biller looks for creative, reliable solutions.'
Key clients
- AKASOL AG
- Barclays Bank Ireland PLC
- Baader Bank AG
- BayWa AG
- Bundesrepublik Deutschland – Finanzagentur GmbH (Finanzagentur)
- Commerzbank AG
- DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG
- Deutsche Bank AG
- DIC Asset AG
- Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
- Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG
- Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG
- SHOP APOTHEKE EUROPE N.V.
- S&T AG
- va-Q-tec
- voxeljet AG
Work highlights
- Advising Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG and Deutsche Bank AG on the capital increase of SFC Energy AG.
- Advising the Federal Republic of Germany – Finanzagentur GmbH on concluding a repatriation agreement with TUI AG.
- Advising Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA on the implementation of its first stock dividend.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Michael Schlitt