Ulrich Weidemann

Corporate / M&A

• Advising Lufthansa Technik AG (and other companies within the Lufthansa Group) on various transactions (acquisitions, joint ventures, and others).
• Advising a large company in the defense industry on a planned investment in a German company in the field of cybersecurity and software.
• Advising Saab (defense) on its strategic partnership with, and various investments in, Helsing GmbH, a defense company specializing in AI-based software technologies.
• Advised shareholders of a German medium-sized IT company on the planned sale of a major stake to new investors (bid process).
• Advised H.C. Starck GmbH (and its shareholder, the Vietnamese industrial group Masan) on the acquisition of Chemitas GmbH.
• Advised Senwes Ltd, a John Deere agricultural machinery dealer in South Africa, on the acquisition of four agricultural machinery dealers in the new federal states of Germany.
• Advised automotive supplier Magna International Inc. on the acquisition of Veoneer's Active Safety Business by SSW Partners.
• Advised Fluidra, a leading global provider of swimming pool and wellness equipment and related solutions, on the acquisition of the Meranus Group in Germany.
• Advised IFRS Foundation Delaware (and its subsidiaries) in connection with the establishment of a German non-profit foundation to lead EMEA activities for the development of ESG disclosure standards.
• Advised the listed company Media & Games Invest SE on the successful transfer of its registered office and head office from Malta to Sweden (while maintaining its current listings in Germany and Sweden).
• Advised Swiss construction chemicals group Sika AG on the acquisition of the MBCC Group (Master Builders Construction Chemicals), the former construction chemicals division of BASF, from Lone Star Funds.
• Advising an Asian chemical group on the planned sale of a minority stake in its German business to a Japanese industrial group.
• Advised a German family office on the planned acquisition of a German bathroom fittings supplier.
• Advised Swiss construction chemicals group Sika AG and its subsidiaries on the sale of the industrial coatings business of Sika Deutschland GmbH to US company Sherwin-Williams.
• Advised an Asian chemical company on the planned acquisition of the German synthetic rubber business of the US group Trinseo.
• Advised US company Bandwidth Inc. on the acquisition of Voxbone (communications platform and IP voice networks), including from private equity firm Vitruvian Partners.
• Advised French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide on the sale of the German Schülke Group to EQT (bidding process).
• Advised Japanese company Toppan Printing Co., Ltd, one of the world's leading companies in the printing industry, on the acquisition of the German Interprint Group from Wrede Industrieholding.
• Advised Vietnamese industrial group Masan on the acquisition of German chemical group H.C. Starck from private equity firms Advent/Carlyle.
• Advised a major European automotive supplier in connection with the (planned) sale of parts of its business to a German industrial group.
• Advised Vitruvian Partners LLP and Linimed Gruppe GmbH in connection with the sale of Linimed Gruppe GmbH to GHO Capital Partners LLP.
• Advised Summit Partners and its subsidiary (zahneins Gruppe) in connection with the acquisition of dental practices in Germany.
• Advised Heimomed Heinze GmbH & Co. KG (and its shareholders) on the sale to Atos Medical GmbH.
• Advised Crosslantic Capital Management in connection with the acquisition of a German medium-sized company.
• Advised a French media group on the acquisition of a YouTube channel in Germany.

Capital Markets

• Advising Berenberg and M.M. Warburg on the capital increase of adesso SE.
• Advising Berenberg and ABN AMRO on the IPO of MotorK plc.
• Advising Mytheresa Netherlands on its IPO on the NYSE.
• Advising 4SC AG on two rights offerings with prospectus.
• Advised investment banks in connection with the planned listing of Klöckner Pentaplast on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
• Advised Adidas, AXA, Crédit Agricole, Michelin, Orange, Peugeot, and Sanofi, among others, on the implementation of employee participation programs.
• Advised Hypo Real Estate Holding on the reprivatization and IPO of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank.
• Advised Commerzbank, J.P. Morgan, Société Générale, and UniCredit Bank AG on the IPO of Stabilus S.A. on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
• Advised Deutsche Bank, Raiffeisen Centrobank, and UBS on a rights issue by Raiffeisen Bank International AG.
• Advising Gabriel Acquisitions GmbH on the private placement (M&A) and (subsequent) admission to trading of shares in Evonik Industries AG
• Advised Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and KKR Capital Markets on the IPO of Kion Group AG.
• Advised J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, and Berenberg, among others, on the IPO of Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE.
• Advised Deutsche Bank, Berenberg, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, Barclays, and HSBC, among others, on the IPO of Talanx Aktiengesellschaft.
• Advised Prime Office AG on its IPO as a G-REIT.
• Advised GSW Immobilien AG on its IPO.
• Advised Ströer Out-of-Home Media AG on its IPO.
• Advised Brenntag AG on its IPO.
• Advised K+S Aktiengesellschaft on its capital increase.
• Advising Deutsche Wohnen AG on its capital increase.
• Advising Deutsche Bahn AG on its planned partial privatization (planned IPO of DB Mobility Logistics AG).
• Advised SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG on its initial public offering.
• Advised Gagfah S.A. and its owner Fortress Investment Group on its IPO.
• Advised Linde Aktiengesellschaft on its capital increase with subscription rights.
• Advised PATRIZIA Immobilien AG on its IPO.
• Advised Fresenius AG on its rights issue.
• Advising Citigroup and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein on the IPO of Q-Cells AG.
• Advising MTU Aero Engines Holding AG on its initial public offering.

* working for previous law firms.