Cross-border transactions, especially those with a US connection, represent a central pillar of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP's capital markets practice, which therefore often cooperates with its US offices, but also houses separate US securities law expertise in Frankfurt. In addition to classic IPOs and secondary placements, the German team's everyday business also includes SPACs and dual track financing. Practice head Stephan Hutter handles capital markets as well as compliance- and M&A-related issues. Counsels Lukas Greilich and Caspar Schmelzer both have extensive ECM expertise and therefore regularly assist with IPOs and capital increases.
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- 'Strong team with good culture.'
- 'Stephan Hutter is one of the strongest capital market lawyers in the DACH region, who is very practice-oriented and economically aware. Someone you want to have by your side.'
Key clients
- Armira
- Celonis
- MorphoSys
- SIGNA Sports United N.V.
- ÖBAG
- SIGNA Group
- Medigene
- Razor Group
- Schletter
- Berenberg
- BNP Paribas
- Bank of America
- Citigroup
- Deutsche Bank
- Goldman Sachs
- Jefferies
- JP Morgan
- Morgan Stanley
- UBS
- ONWARD Medical N.V.
- R+V Versicherung AG
Work highlights
- Advising Armira on the €30 million anchor investment as part of a €60 million private placement of new shares in tonies SE.
- Advising Thai Central Group and Austrian real estate company SIGNA on the joint acquisition of British department store chain Selfridges from its current owners, the Weston family, for around £4 billion.
- Advising SIGNA Sports United NV on an equity commitment of €130 million concluded with SIGNA Holding GmbH.
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Stephan Hutter