Dirk Horcher
Corporate Partner, Munich
“I have been involved in many groundbreaking public M&A deals in Germany over the last decade. I aim to provide clients with deep knowledge of the market, commitment and good commercial judgment, as well as an ability to explain complex technical issues simply and clearly.”
Overview
Professional experience
Education and qualifications
Overview
Dirk advises on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions and corporate law, with a particular focus on public takeovers, both in Germany and internationally. He counsels clients on corporate advisory issues, including integration and re-organisation measures, shareholders’ meetings, complex governance matters and the Market Abuse Regulation.
In addition, Dirk has advised a number of financial institutions and corporates in the context of administrative fine proceedings initiated by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) in connection with violations of capital markets law.
Dirk has previously worked in the firm’s offices in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, and London.
Work highlights
Dirk has advised on many significant M&A deals in Germany. These include:- First State Investments: advising on the acquisition of a 45.1% stake in MVV Energie AG and subsequent public offer
- Hyundai Capital Bank Europe: advising on the public takeover of Sixt Leasing SE
- ams AG: advising on the (competing) public takeover of OSRAM Licht AG
- E.ON SE: advising on the public takeover of innogy SE and subsequent merger squeeze-out
- Prof. Ferdinand Piëch: advising on the sale of his shareholding in Porsche Automobil Holding SE
- Deutsche Börse AG: advising on its (planned but aborted) merger with the London Stock Exchange Group
- Funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management: advising on the acquisition of a majority stake in Saint-Gobain Oberland AG
- ThyssenKrupp: advising on the sale of its steel plant in the U.S.
Professional experience
Dirk regularly contributes to legal publications, and his articles include:
Chapter on insider law, Beck’sches Handbook on Stock Corporations, 2018
Chapter on capital market aspects of transformations and on the takeover law squeeze-out, Munich Handbook on Corporate Law, Vol. 8, 2018
Chapter on disputes regarding shareholders‘ meetings, Munich Handbook on Corporate Law, Vol. 7, 2016 (with Cornelius Wilk)
Legal developments in Takeover Law 2018, Der Betrieb 2018 (with Stephan Oppenhoff)
Legal developments in Stock Corporation Law 2017, Der Betrieb 2017 (with Tim Johannsen-Roth and Arne Kiessling)
Legal developments in Takeover Law 2016, Der Betrieb 2016 (with Stephan Oppenhoff)
Education and qualifications
Dirk studied law and economics at the University of Bayreuth and holds a master’s in commercial and corporate law from Queen Mary University of London.