Volker Land has extensive experience in equity capital markets and M&A transactions as well as corporate restructurings in particular (public) takeovers, IPOs, secondary offerings and (bank) restructurings. Furthermore, he advises numerous (publicly listed) companies, investors and board members on capital markets and corporate law questions.

Volker Land has been listed as leading lawyer for Corporate/M&A-transactions by Chambers and for ECM-transactions by IFLR. Moreover he has been highly recommended as lawyer for IPOs and listings by PLC ECM-Cross-Border Handbook and by JUVE  as well as for corporate law by JUVE and for M&A by JUVE.

Volker Land joined the Hamburg office of White & Case in 2000. Prior to joining White & Case, he worked for several years for another leading international law firm in its offices in Cologne, Frankfurt, and Paris. Furthermore, Volker Land was a teaching assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute in Hamburg for two and a half years.

Volker Land's most recent transactions include: 

• Representation of Villacero S.A. in connection with its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Coutinho & Ferrostaal GmbH & Co. KG
• Representation of Lars Hinrichs as founder and majority shareholder in Xing AG in connection with the sale of his shares to Burda Media
• Representation of the States of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein in connection with the EUR 13 billion restructuring of HSH Nordbank
• Representation of Drägerwerk AG in connection with its convertion into a KGaA and listing on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 
• Representation of XING AG in connection with its IPO on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 
• Representation of HCI SICAR AG in connection with the sale of its shares in HCI Capital AG 
• Representation of asknet AG in connection with its IPO on the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 
• Representation of ADECCO S.A. in connection with its public takeover of DIS AG 
• Representation of Reinecke + Pohl Sun Energy AG in connection with the acquisition of a listed shell company, the excemption from the obligation to launch a public take over bid and the listing of new shares on the Düsseldorf and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 
• Representation of Camberwell Associated S.A. in connection with its acquisition of shares as well as the increase and conversion into shares of a silent partnership in Thielert AG and the IPO of Thielert AG on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 
• Representation of Tipp24 AG in connection with its IPO on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 
• Representation of mobilcom AG in connection with a share repurchase program 
• Representation of mobilcom AG and West LB in connection with the listing of 18,600,000 equity shares on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 
• Representation of Körber AG in connection with its public takeover of Winkler + Dünnebier AG 
• Representation of H.O. Financial Ltd. in connection with its delisting from the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 
• Representation of Otto-Versand-Gruppe in connection with the sale of Actebis International Distribution GmbH 
• Representation of Gelsenwasser AG regarding the tender offer by Gas und Wasser Westfalen GmbH 
• Representation of Trelleborg AB regarding the acquisition of Metzeler Automotive GmbH 
• Representation of Prada N.V. and Jil Sander AG in connection with the return of Mrs. Jil Sander in management function and as shareholder of Jil Sander AG 
• Representation of Barry Callebaut AG in connection with the sqeeze-out of minority shareholders of Stollwerk AG 
• Representation of UBS AG and BNP Paribas S.A. in connection with the Management Buy Out of Zellweger Uster 
• Representation of Premiere Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG in connection with the sale of all shares in Kirch Services GmbH 
• Representation of Hapag Lloyd AG in connection with the sqeeze-out of the minority shareholders of VTG Lehnkering AG 
• Representation of Hapag Lloyd AG in connection with its public takeover of VTG Lehnkering AG 
• Representation of Hero AG in connection with the acquisition of the majority of shares in Schwartau KGaA 
• Representation of Scholz & Friends AG in connection with its merger with and the delisting of United Visions Entertainment AG as well as the listing of new shares on the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 
• Representation of Advanced Photonics AG in connection with the acquisition of Eltosch GmbH 
• Representation of Rothschild GmbH in connection with the public takeover of Systematics AG 
• Representation of Otto-Versand-Gruppe in connection with the acquisition of the Universal Versand GmbH 
• Representation of Cryo S.A. in connection with the acquisition of Modern Games GmbH 
• Representation of Daimler Chrysler AG in connection with the sale of Debis AG 
• Representation of Siemens AG in connection with its joint venture with Fujitsu 
• Representation of Goldman Sachs in connection with the spin-off of TAKKT AG from GEHE AG and the listing of the shares in TAKKT AG on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 
• Representation of Goldman Sachs in connection with the acquisition of all assets of Frankfurter Kredit- und Leasingbank from ABN AMRO

Bars and Courts
Rechtsanwalt, 1996

Education
Dr jur, University of Hamburg, 1996
Second State Exam, Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, 1996
First State Exam, University of Hamburg, 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships
German-American Lawyers Association

Awards and Recognition
Highly Recommended Lawyer:
Corporate Law, JUVE 2011/2012
Leading Individual:
Equity Capital Markets, PLC Which lawyer? 2011, Germany
Corporate/M&A, Chambers Europe 2010, Germany

Publications
Co-author, "Confidential information of public authorities by supervisory board members in a German stock corporation according to section 394, 395 (Weitergabe von vertraulichen Informationen durch auf Veranlassung von Gebietskörperschaften gewählte Mitglieder des Aufsichtsrats gem. §§ 394, 395 AktG)", Die Aktiengesellschaft, Pages 114-121, 2011 (with Jessica Hallermayer)
"Going Public as a funding opportunity (Going Public als Finanzierungschance)", Going Public. Ed. Gerrit Volk. 4th ed., Stuttgart, Page 99 et seqq., 2009
"Insider trading law and the acquisition of shareholdings (Insiderrecht beim Beteiligungserwerb)", Kapitalbeteiligungsgesetz. Ed. Andreas Striegel, Michael R. Wiesbrock and Thomas A. Jesch. Stuttgart, 2009
Co-author, "Review of Adequate Compensation in connection with Mergers, Spin-offs, Domination and Profit Transfer Agreements etc. (Aktuelle Probleme von Spruchverfahren nach gesellschaftsrechtlichen Strukturmaßnahmen)", Die Aktiengesellschaft, No. 10, Pages 380-387, 2005 (with Frank Hennings)
Co-author, "The New German Takeover Code (Das neue Übernahmegesetz)", Der Betrieb, Pages 1707-1713, 2000 (with Kai Hasselbach)

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Languages
German
English
French

Citizenship
Germany