Capital Markets Law

In the field of capital markets law, we have many years of experience in advising listed companies of all sizes, their board members and domestic as well as foreign strategic and institutional investors. We advise our clients on all legal issues arising from the admission of financial instruments to trading on the stock exchange in Germany or in connection with their termination. In addition to corporate governance issues, this particularly concerns the areas of securities trading and market abuse law.

Our field of advice includes in particular

Ongoing advice on the Market Abuse Regulation (in particular insider trading law, market manipulation, ad hoc publicity, managers’ transactions, market testing and share buyback programmes)
Transparency of shareholdings/notification of voting rights in accordance with the German Securities Trading Act
Fine proceedings of the BaFin
Declarations of Compliance with the German Corporate Governance Code
Litigation in the area of capital market liability
Support for initial public offerings (IPOs)
Delisting and downlisting