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Capital Markets: Equity

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The capital markets lawyers at CMS possess extensive specialist knowledge and are able to provide focused advice on a wide range of capital market transactions. Our clients benefit in particular from our wealth of experience. Over the past 20 years, we have advised on numerous IPOs and other transactions involving capital markets law – as advisers to the issuer, to the underwriting banks or the (existing) shareholders. A large part of our work is cross-border, so we regularly draw on capital markets lawyers from across the international CMS network.

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Capital Markets: Equity - Germany

Band 4

What the Team is Known For

CMS is noted for its expertise in ECM transactions, assisting with rights offering and IPOs as well as scrip dividend issues. Additionally, clients mandate the law firm due to its expertise in private placements and Pfandbrief transactions. The team around Philipp Melzer typically acts for German mid-market companies and underwriting banks, while also advising board members of large corporations on their high-profile IPOs. Its vast pan-European network facilitates the handling of cross-border mandates.

Wofür das Team bekannt ist

CMS ist bekannt für ihre Expertise im Bereich ECM-Transaktionen und unterstützt Mandanten bei Bezugsrechtsemissionen, Börsengängen und Aktiendividenden. Darüber hinaus wird die Kanzlei aufgrund ihrer Expertise in Privatplatzierungen und Pfandbrief-Transaktionen von Mandanten beauftragt. Das Team um Philipp Melzer berät typischerweise deutsche mittelständische Unternehmen und Emissionsbanken und unterstützt gleichzeitig Vorstände großer Konzerne bei ihren bedeutenden Börsengängen. Das weitreichende europaweite Netzwerk der Kanzlei ermöglicht die Abwicklung grenzüberschreitender Mandate.

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Work Highlights

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  • CMS advised majority stakeholder Holtzbrinck Publishing Group on the legal aspects of Springer Nature's IPO.

  • CMS beriet den Mehrheitsgesellschafter Holtzbrinck Publishing Group in den rechtlichen Aspekten des Börsengangs von Springer Nature.

Strengths

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  • CMS have broad experience in the ECM sector.

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  • CMS are hands-on and very client-focused.

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  • CMS-Mitarbeiter sind praxisorientiert und sehr kundenfokussiert.

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  • CMS verfügt über umfassende Erfahrung im ECM-Sektor.
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Notable Practitioners

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  • Philipp Melzer
    Philipp Melzer

    Philipp Melzer

    Underwriters and issuers mandate Philipp Melzer for his expertise in IPOs, private placements and base prospectus updates.

    Konsortialbanken und Emittenten beauftragen Philipp Melzer aufgrund seiner Expertise in den Bereichen Börsengänge, Privatplatzierungen und Aktualisierung von Basisprospekten.

    • Philipp Melzer is always calm, even in difficult situations, and strives for pragmatic solutions.

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    • Philipp Melzer is a very reliable, knowledgeable and experienced capital markets lawyer.

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    • Philipp Melzer ist ein sehr zuverlässiger, sachkundiger und erfahrener Kapitalmarktanwalt.
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    • Philipp Melzer bleibt auch in schwierigen Situationen stets ruhig und strebt nach pragmatischen Lösungen.
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