Ulli Janssen | Lawyers

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With over 20 years’ experience, Ulli advises on corporate and equity capital markets deals, including, on the corporate side, mergers and acquisitions, disposals, corporate restructurings and joint ventures and, in equity capital markets work, IPOs, rights issues, delistings, share buybacks and capital markets compliance. Much of Ulli’s expertise centres on cross-border transactions in Europe.

Work highlights

Deutsche Börse on its failed mergers with the London Stock Exchange and with NYSE Euronext
E.ON on the successful spin-off and listing of its conventional power generation arm, Uniper, on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
the investment banks on the successful spin-off and listing of METRO’s consumer and retail business
Actividades de Construcción y Servicios (ACS) on its hostile acquisition of Hochtief, a test case for German takeover law
Steinhoff, a leading manufacturer and retailer of furniture, on its listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
the underwriting investment banks on the IPO of GSW Immobilien, a private residential property company in Berlin, on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
the investment banks on Daimler’s €2.2bn disposal of its interest in the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (now the Airbus Group)

Beyond the Office

Ulli writes on corporate law issues, and his publications include:

Heidel, Aktienrecht, 3^rd edition, published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2011, a commentary on the law of German share company (as co-author)

Beck’sches Handbuch des Aktienrechts, 2^nd edition, published by C.H. Beck, 2009, a handbook on the German share company (as co-author)

Education and Qualifications

Ulli studied business economics and law and obtained a master’s in law from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt.

He speaks German and English.

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