Dr. Andreas C. Lohner heads the Firm’s German Corporate Compliance Practice Group in the Munich office and serves as member of the Europe Compliance Steering Committee. Dr. Lohner is a regular speaker in various conferences and seminars, and has authored and co-authored various articles and publications, including Die Börsennotierte AG and Die kleine AG im Aktiengesellschaftsrecht. He was a lecturer at the University of Augsburg, and is an examiner for the Second Legal State Examination.

Practice Focus

Dr. Lohner is experienced in public takeovers and stock corporation law. He handles initial public offerings — including dual track exits — public offers, as well as other corporate and capital market transactions of listed companies. He advises issuers and market participants on all capital markets and corporate law issues, such as compliance, corporate governance and corporate structuring.

Representative Legal Matters

• Advised several capital increases of listed companies (Leica AG, Winter AG).
• Advised BHF-Bank regarding the listing of shares in Leica Camera AG resulting from the capital increase.
• Advice to bidders and target companies in public tender offer transactions and other forms of business combinations involving publicly listed companies (e.g. Trüb AG / Winter AG, Adecco S.A./ Jobpilot AG, Paperspace Inc. / HIT International Trading AG, Barilla / Kamps AG).
• Review of compliance-sensitive issues for DAX 30 Company.
• Advised on several global compliance audits for DAX 30 Company.

Admission

Germany (1999)

Education

University of Regensburg  (Dr. jur.) (2001)
 (Assessor Exam) (1998)
Oxford University  (Magister Iuris) (1996)
University of Regensburg  (Referendar Exam) (1994)