Dr. Timo Lockemann

Dr. Timo Lockemann

Local Partner, Frankfurt
Dr. Timo Lockemann
Dr. Timo Lockemann

Dr. Timo Lockemann

Local Partner, Frankfurt
Dr. Timo Lockemann

Biography

Timo is a local partner in the Firm's Global Capital Markets Practice in Frankfurt.

He advises issuers and underwriters on equity and debt offerings, including initial public offerings (IPOs), rights offerings, as well as equity-linked and corporate bond offerings.

He also focuses on all aspects of corporate law and public M&A transactions, such as takeover offers, delistings, squeeze-outs, and the execution of shareholders' meetings.

Timo regularly advises listed companies and their management and supervisory board members on corporate governance and capital markets compliance matters.

Prior to joining the Firm, Timo practiced at another international law firm in its Frankfurt office.

Experience

ECM:

  • Advised JOST Werke SE on its €93 million capital increase (2026).
  • Advised Eintracht Frankfurt on its capital increase (2025).
  • Advised the underwriters on the €218 million IPO of innoscripta (2025).
  • Advised the underwriters on the €1.2 billion capital increase of Sartorius Stedim Biotech and the €200 million placement of treasury preference shares by Sartorius (2024).
  • Advised Delivery Hero on Uber’s US$300 million equity investment in Delivery Hero (2024).
  • Advised the underwriters on the €1.3 billion capital increase of Siemens Energy (2023).
  • Advised Deutsche Bank on the €316 million capital increase with subscription rights of Deutsche EuroShop (2023).
  • Advised the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) on the €9.1 billion IPO of Porsche (2022).
  • Advised TUI AG on its €500 million capital increase with subscription rights (2022)*.
  • Advised Bundesrepublik Deutschland – Finanzagentur on the €2.1 billion capital increase of Deutsche Lufthansa AG (2021)*.
  • Advised Jefferies and UniCredit Bank on the €105 million capital increase with subscription rights of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (2021)*.
  • Advised Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG on the €72m capital increase of Medios AG (2021)*.
  • Advised Delticom AG on its capital increase with subscription rights (2021)*.
  • Advised Hauck & Aufhäuser Privatbankiers and ABN AMRO Bank on the €173 million IPO of hGears AG (2021)*.
  • Advised Katjesgreenfood GmbH AG on the €47 million IPO of Veganz AG (2021)*.
  • Advised Indus Holding AG on its €85m capital increase (2021)*.
  • Advised Jefferies on the €232 million IPO of Knaus Tabbert AG (2020)*.
  • Advised BNP PARIBAS and Deutsche Bank on the €76m capital increase of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA (2020)*.
  • Advised Shop Apotheke Europe N.V. on its €65m capital increase (2020)*.

Equity-linked/DCM:

  • Advised MAHLE GmbH on the tap issuance of €200 million senior notes and concurrent tender offer (2026).
  • Advised Deutsche Lufthansa AG on its placement of €600 million convertible bonds (2025).
  • Advised MAHLE GmbH on its placement of €300 million senior notes and concurrent tender offer (2025).
  • Advised Adler Group S.A. on its €700 million and €300 million notes refinancings (2025).
  • Advised Deutsche Beteiligungs AG on its placement of €100 million convertible bonds (2024).
  • Advised Adler Group S.A. on its €1.2 billion notes refinancing (2024).
  • Advised Adler Group S.A. on its €191 million notes refinancing (2023).
  • Advised Shop Apotheke Europe on the placement of €225 million convertible bonds of HelloFresh SE (2021)*.
  • Advised BNP Paribas and J.P. Morgan on the placement of €175 million convertible bonds of HelloFresh SE (2020)*.
  • Advised va-Q-tec AG on the placement of senior notes (2020)*.
  • Advised Salzgitter AG on the repurchase of convertible bonds (2020)*.

(Public) M&A:

  • Advised HUGO BOSS on the €2.3 billion takeover by Frasers Group (2026).
  • Advised Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG on BioNTech SE’s €1.25 billion exchange offer for CureVac (2025).
  • Advised ABOUT YOU on the €1.1 billion takeover by Zalando (2024).
  • Advised Delivery Hero SE on the US$950 million sale of Taiwanese foodpanda business to Uber (2024).
  • Advised AKASOL AG on the €720 million takeover offer by BorgWarner Inc. (2021)*.
  • Advised HORNBACH Baumarkt AG on the delisting offer of HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA (2022)*.
  • Advised Bankhaus Lampe on the €6.8 billion takeover offer of Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA by Faurecia S.E. (2021)*.
  • Advised Jennewein Biotechnologie on the takeover by Chr. Hansen Holding (2020)*.

Other/Restructuring:

  • Advised Nagarro SE on short-seller allegations (2026).
  • Advised
    • ABOUT YOU on merger squeeze-out by Zalando (2025);
    • ADLER Real Estate AG on squeeze-out by Adler Group (2023);
    • Consus Real Estate AG on squeeze-out by Adler Group (2023);
    • AKASOL AG on merger squeeze-out by BorgWarner Inc. (2022)*.
  • Advised Adler Group S.A. on
    • an agreement with a steering committee of bondholders supporting a comprehensive recapitalization (2024);
    • a new secured debt financing of up to €937.5 million and a restructuring of bonds with an aggregate nominal amount of €3.2 billion (2022/23).
  • Advised Delivery Hero on
    • US$1.4 billion syndicated loan financing (2026);
    • €2.3 billion equivalent syndicated loan financing (2024);
    • €1.4 billion-equivalent term loan B and new revolving credit facility (2022).
  • Advised Bundesrepublik Deutschland – Finanzagentur GmbH in connection with stabilization measures of
    • Deutsche Lufthansa AG*;
    • GALERIA Karstadt Kaufhof GmbH*;
    • NOVUM Hospitality GmbH*;
    • Schlote Holding GmbH*;
    • Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH*;
    • Ludwig Görtz GmbH*
    • Deutsche Pfandbriefbank*.

*Prior to joining White & Case.

Rechtsanwalt, Germany
Second State Exam
Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt
Dr jur
University of Marburg
First State Exam
University of Goettingen
German
English

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