Benedikt Gillessen's area of practice covers the whole scope of company law, with the main focus on stock corporation law and the law of capital markets and the legal advice to companies listed on a stock exchange (including so-called G-REITs).

Since about ten years, he gives advice to domestic and foreign investment banks and issuers in the course of initial public offerings (IPOs), capital increases, other listings, public takeovers, convertible bonds, de-listings and other similar capital market transactions. He also advises with regard to all questions arising from existing listings on a stock exchange. Furthermore, Mr. Gillessen counsels also in general company law, e. g. transformation law and law on companies with limited liability.

Mr. Gillessen gave leading advice in numerous capital market transactions and has gained wide experience in the context of German and international securities prospectuses. In the recent past, he has worked on (amongst others) 

• the IPOs of WILEX AG (München), LHS AG (Frankfurt/Main), Air Berlin PLC (London/Berlin), HCI Capital AG (Hamburg), and Panalpina World Transport (Holding) Ltd. (Basel) 
• capital increases of MEDICLIN AG, DIC Asset AG (Frankfurt/Main), Drillisch AG (Maintal), Linde AG (Wiesbaden), today's Fresenius SE (Bad Homburg), Deutz AG (Cologne), Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Köln), Commerzbank AG (Frankfurt/Main), Gildemeister AG (Bielefeld) and ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG (Munich)the public takeover of LHS AG (Frankfurt/Main) by a subsidiary of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ.) (Stockholm/Sweden) and of MEDICLIN AG (Frankfurt/Main) by ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG (Cologne) 
• the issue of convertible bonds by Deutz AG (Cologne).

According to "JUVE Handbuch 2005/2006" and "JUVE Handbuch 2006/2007", Mr. Gillessen is a frequently recommended lawyer for corporate law.

Prior to joining White & Case in the beginning of 2007 he has worked in the corporate and capital markets group of another leading international law firm in Frankfurt.

Bars and Courts
Rechtsanwalt, 1998

Education
Second State Exam, Baden-Württemberg, 1998
Dr jur, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, magna cum laude, 1997
First State Exam, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, 1996

Awards and Recognition
Leading Individual:
Equity Capital Markets, Chambers Europe 2011 Germany

Publications
Co-author, "The German Federal Court of Justice's "Telekom III" ruling – Risk allocation at the intersection between stock corporation law and the law of capital markets (Das "Telekom III"-Urteil des BGH – Risikozuweisungen an der Schnittstelle von Aktien- und Kapitalmarktrecht)", CORPORATE FINANCE Law, Issue 7, Pages 328-345, 2011 (with Alexander Kiefner and Lutz Krämer)

Languages
English
German

Citizenship
Germany