White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Dr. Volker H. Land

Practice Experience

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 delistings. Furthermore, he advises numerous (publicly listed) companies and board members on capital markets and corporate law questions.

Mr. Land is listed as leading lawyer for ECM-transactions by IFLR as highly recommended lawyer for IPOs and listings by PLC ECM-Cross-Border Handbook (2006/2007; 2007/2008) and by JUVE (2005/2006; 2006/2007) as well as for corporate law by JUVE (2003/2004; 2004/2005; 2005/2006; 2006/2007; 2007/2008; 2008/2009) and for M&A by JUVE (2002/2003; 2003/2004; 2004/2005.

Mr. 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, Mr. Land was a teaching assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute in Hamburg for two and a half years.

Mr. Land’s most recent transactions include:

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 3i in connection with the acquisition of shares in Mioco 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
First State Exam, University of Hamburg, 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships
German-American Lawyers Association

Publications
Co-author, "EU Takeover Directive (EU-Übernahmerichtlinie)", Going Public, No. 7, Page 84 et seqq., 2006 (with Boris Kläsener)
Co-author, "Pricing methods in IPOs under the Securities Prospectus Act (Preisbildungsverfahren in der Praxis von Börsengängen nach dem WpPG)", Going Public, No. 5, Pages 50-51, 2006 (with Boris Kläsener)
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, "Practicalities of a Delisting (Die praktische Durchführung eines Delisting nach der Macrotron-Entscheidung des BGH)", Der Betrieb, Pages 2531-2535, 2003 (with Thorsten Behnke)
"Litigation and Adequate Cash Compensation in connection with Corporate Squeeze-outs (Anfechtungsklagen und angemessene Abfindung beim Squeeze-out)", Going Public, No. 10, Pages 43-45, 2003
"The New German Takeover Code – First Practical Experiences (Das neue Übernahmegesetz)", JUVE Handbuch, Pages 209-211, 2002/2003
"The German Government’s Draft of a New German Takeover Law (Regierungsentwurf des neuen deutschen Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmerechts)", Der Betrieb, Pages 1747-1755, 2001
Co-author, "The New German Takeover Code (Das neue Übernahmegesetz)", Der Betrieb, Pages 1707-1713, 2000 (with Kai Hasselbach)
Co-author, " ‘Going Private’ and ‘Squeeze Out’ According to Stock Corporation Act, Stock Exchange Regulations and Takeover Law („Going Private" und „Squeeze Out" nach deutschem Aktien-, Börsen- und Übernahmerecht)", Der Betrieb, Pages 557-562, 2000 (with Kai Hasselbach)
Co-author, "The Procedure for the Acquisition of a Private Company (Ablauf eines Unternehmenskaufs)", Handelsblattbroschüre Mergers & Acquisitions, 1999 (withGerhard Picot)
Co-author, "Going Public", Handelsblattbroschüre Mergers & Acquisitions, 1999 (with Gerhard Picot)
Co-author, "Going Public – Typical legal Questions in connection with IPOs in Germany (Going Public – Typische Rechtsfragen des Börsengangs in Deutschland)", Der Betrieb, Pages 570-575, 1999 (with Gerhard Picot)
Co-author, "The Cross-Border Acquisition of Companies (Der Internationale Unternehmenskauf)", Der Betrieb, Pages 1601-1607, 1998 (with Gerhard Picot)
Co-author, "Management Buy-Outs in Germany (Management Buy-Outs in Deutschland)", International Business Lawyer, Pages 278-281, 1998 (with Gerhard Picot)
Land, Volker: "The Responsibility of Auditors Towards Third Parties in Germany, England and France". Dissertation, Frankfurt am Main, 1996

Languages
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Citizenship
Germany