Mergers & Acquisitions

• Advised Volkswagen on the takeover of Europcar.
• Guided Vonovia through its business combination with Deutsche Wohnen and takeovers of Conwert, Buwog, Victoria Park, and Hembla.
• Assisted BorgWarner in the takeover of Akasol.
• Supported TRATON in its takeover of Navistar.
• Counseled BASF on the business combination of Wintershall and DEA.
• Advised Deutsche Bank on the proposed business combination with Commerzbank, disposal of BHF Bank, and acquisition of Sal. Oppenheim.
• Guided RWE on the disposal of Innogy and swap with E.ON business divisions.
• Assisted Midea with the takeover offer for KUKA.
• Advised London Stock Exchange on the proposed business combination with Deutsche Börse.
• Supported Gagfah SA in the business combination with Deutsche Annington.
• Guided Deutsche Post on its sale of Postbank to Deutsche Bank.
• Assisted UniCredito Italiano in its takeover of HypoVereinsbank.
• Advised PPR on acquiring a strategic stake in Puma.
• Supported Taylor Nelson Sofres in its intended takeover of GfK.

Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)

• Advised on IPOs/proposed IPOs for companies including AMAG, Befesa, Brenntag, Constantia Packaging, Douglas, DWS, European Clean Tech I SE, Evonik, FACC, Grohe, Hapag-Lloyd, Hensoldt, HHLA, Helikos SE, ista, instone, Interhyp, Kabel Deutschland, KION, MTU Aero Engines, Petrotec, Siltronic, Suse, Tank & Rast, TeamViewer, TLG Immobilien, TRATON, Wacker Chemie, and Q-Cells.

Rights Offerings

• Advised on multiple rights offerings for Bilfinger Berger, Colonia Real Estate, Deutsche Lufthansa, Deutsche Wohnen, EnBW, Fresenius, Gagfah, KION, Immoeast, Infineon, K+S, ProSiebenSat.1, SGL Carbon, TUI, and Vonovia.

Accelerated Equity Placements

• Guided accelerated equity placements for BASF/K+S, Bayer, BC Partners/Brenntag, CVC/Evonik, Delivery Hero, Deutsche Lufthansa/Amadeus, EnBW/Verbund, Fresenius, GAGFAH, KfW/Deutsche Telekom, KION, KKR/Permira/Pro7, Linde, Oaktree/Deutsche Wohnen, Permira/Freenet, Permira/Hugo Boss, Permira/TeamViewer, Providence/KDG, RWE, Salzgitter/Vallourec, Siemens/Infineon, Siemens Energy, Triton/Befesa, and Vonovia.

Bond Transactions

• Advised on (secured) and equity-linked bond transactions for BASF, Delivery Hero, Deutsche Lufthansa, Deutsche Post, HeidelbergCement, EnBW, Fresenius, Jenoptik, K+S, KlöCo, Kabel Deutschland, KUKA, Linde, Merck, MTU Aero Engines, Phoenix Pharmahandel, SAP, SGL Carbon, Siemens, Siemens Energy, TUI, and Zalando.