Overview
Simon Weiß focuses his practice on capital markets transactions and has a wealth of experience across IPOs, capital increases, equity-linked transactions and investment grade and high-yield bond offerings. He regularly advises issuers, underwriters and other key market players in a wide range of complex domestic and cross-border transactions.
Simon is also adept in regulatory advice relating to capital markets transactions, M&A and corporate matters. He has a strong background in leading firms in both Germany and the US.
Results
- Advised Joint Bookrunners on Capital Increase of The Social Chain AG
- Advised Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG in connection with the uplisting of The Social Chain AG, Berlin, from the unregulated market (Open Market) of the Dusseldorf Stock Exchange to the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with simultaneous admission to the sub-segment of the regulated market with additional post-admission obligations (Prime Standard).
- Advised Jefferies GmbH and Hauck & Aufhäuser Privatbankiers Aktiengesellschaft as Underwriter Counsel in the EUR 100 million rights offering of the Mutares SE & Co. KGaA with a listing of shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with a Rule 144A offering in the United States
- Advised Joh. Berenberg Gossler & Co. KG as Underwriter Counsel in the EUR 85 million rights offering of the German football club, Borussia Dortmund, with a listing of shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with a Rule 144A offering in the United States
- Advised PE sponsor Genui Partners on its successful exit from computer products manufacturer Cherry AG generating sales proceeds of approximately EUR 100 million via an accelerated bookbuilt offering with a Rule 144A offering in the United States
- Advised SIGNA Development Selection AG on its successful debut issuance of senior unsecured bonds with an aggregate principal amount of €300 million, a 5-year maturity and a 5.5% p.a. coupon by way of an international private placement, including in the US with qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the US Securities Act
- Advised as transaction counsel the issuer APONTIS PHARMA AG, its main shareholder, the investment company Paragon Partners, as well as the joint bookrunners Hauck & Aufhäuser and M.M.Warburg on the IPO at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- Advised DZ Bank AG on the issue of a mandatory convertible bond by Schaltbau Holding AG
- Advised Friedrich Vorwerk Group SE on its IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- Advised Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG as sole global coordinator and sole bookrunner on the €250 million sale by Themis Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft of its shareholdings in Dermapharm Holding SE
- Advised Joh. Berenberg Gossler & Co. KG as Sole Global Coordinator on a capital increase of CORESTATE Capital Holding S.A. in the amount of €75 million
- Advised MainFirst Bank AG as sole bookrunner on a capital increase of SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE with gross proceeds totaling approximately €28 million
- Advised the Joint Bookrunners in the successful share placement of CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA with gross proceeds of approximately EUR 341 million
- Advised Bantleon Group on the sale of its shares in the SDAX-listed LPKF Laser & Electronics AG via an accelerated bookbuild process to institutional investors
- Advised Mastercard Europe SA on its investment in ThinxNet GmbH, a German FinTech company, in connection with a Series C financing
- Advised Constantin Medien AG as target company in the delisting tender offer of Highlight Communications AG and the revocation of the admission of the shares of Constantin Medien AG to trading on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- Advised Joh. Berenberg Gossler & Co. KG (Berenberg) as Sole Global Coordinator and Sole Bookrunner on a capital increase of VARTA AG from authorized capital in the amount of €104 million
- Advising MBB SE on the share repurchase 2019 by way of a public tender offer
- Advised NFON AG on the issuance of a bond with warrant (Optionsanleihe) in a private placement; the number of shares underlying the issuance amount to 10% of NFON AG’s share capital
- Advised Mastercard Europe SA on its €50 million cornerstone IPO investment in connection with the IPO of Jumia Technologies AG on NASDAQ
- Advised the Underwriters Hauck & Aufhäuser and MainFirst on the IPO of STS Group AG in the regulated market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- Advised Constantin Medien AG on the refinancing of a €65 million corporate bond through the sale of shares in Highlight Communications AG
- Advised the bank consortium consisting of Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG and equinet Bank AG in relation with a €61 million capital increase of ProCredit Holding AG & Co KGaA
- Advised MBB SE on a private placement of Aumann AG shares with a volume of €103.9 million
- Advised Ignition Investment B.V. in connection with a €150 million bond offering
- Advised Medigene AG as US counsel on a capital increase without subscription rights by way of an accelerated book-building procedure in the amount of €30 million
- Advised the Management Board and Supervisory Board of Constantin Medien AG on the public takeover by Highlight Communications AG and Studhalter Investment AG
- Advised S&T AG and the Underwriters as Transaction Counsel in connection with a capital increase in an accelerated bookbuilding procedure with a placement volume of €88 million
- Advised Baader Bank as Global Coordinator and Sole Bookrunner in connection with a capital measure of Heidelberg Pharma AG which generated approximately €34.4 million in gross issue proceeds. The transaction consisted of the issuance of new shares stemming from a so-called mixed capital increase of cash and contributions in kind (gemischte Kapitalerhöhung gegen Bar- und Sacheinlage) and included the placement of new shares and convertible bonds
Recognitions
- Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers™ 2022 Germany: Leading Lawyer for Capital Markets Law
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2020
