Client Services

Stock Corporation and Capital Markets Law

With a large and experienced team, we cover all areas of stock corporation and capital markets law.

Comprehensive expertise for your individual concerns

Our team benefits from comprehensive experience with transactions and has the necessary resources to process and provide assistance for complex legal questions and transactions in an efficient manner and with the highest quality.

Helping your company succeed

With a large and experienced team, we cover all areas of stock corporation and capital markets law. The particular specialisations of our practice are:

Structural measures

We support you in the conceptualisation, negotiation and implementation of capital measures, conversion measures and other structural measures. One particular focus of our activities is the financial restructuring of publicly listed companies.

Board advisory / compliance

We provide comprehensive advice regarding the corporate duties of management and members of supervisory bodies in listed and non-listed companies, particularly those with the legal forms of AG / KGaA / SE. In this context, we support sensitive decisions both before and after court and arbitration proceedings.

You can find comprehensive information regarding our advisory activities in the field of compliance and internal investigations.

Corporate structures

Another focus of our practice is the arrangement of corporate structures, particularly with a view to liability and financing (designing cash pools, profit and loss transfer agreement structures, ring fencing, group-wide approval and reporting procedures).

Other advisory specialisations include

Preparation, implementation and follow-up for general meetings, including subsequent litigation and settlement negotiations

Asserting shareholder rights in general meetings and outside of general meetings; support of investments in listed companies
Advice regarding acquisition arrangements, in particular advice for bidders and investors when submitting acquisition offers
Going private transactions

Support for IPOs and preparation of securities and sales prospectuses for public offerings and within the context of approval processes for shares and corporate bonds
General stock corporation and capital markets law, in particular insider trading law, ad-hoc publicity, support with financial reporting and other capital market information
Issuing and restructuring bonds