Dr. Stefan Weinheimer, a partner in Orrick's Düsseldorf office, is a member of the European Corporate Group. Dr. Weinheimer's practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and corporate advice.
Dr. Weinheimer’s clients include domestic and international corporations that buy or sell companies or shares/participations in companies in Germany. He also advises clients in the formation of joint ventures.
Over the years, Dr. Weinheimer has advised clients such as Alliance Boots, Axel Springer, Bankhaus Hermann Lampe, Burda, Candover, CraneCo, Deutsche Post, Deutsche Postbank, Donaldson Company, Enzon, Eurosteel, Gallaher, German Pellets, Görlitz, Hüttenes-Albertus, Klausner Group, KNM Group, Lattice Group (National Grid), Lumberg, Nammo Germany, Ringier, Roland Berger, Schlumberger, SIG, Starbucks Coffee, Süddeutscher Verlag, Thales, The Walt Disney Company, Virtek Vision, VNU and Vodafone, among others.
More recent transactions in which Dr. Weinheimer has acted as the lead partner include the:
- sale of a minority participation in pepcom GmbH;
- sale of all stocks in visionapp AG;
- acquisition of Firestixx-Group;
- sale of all shares in Görlitz AG; and
- acquisiton of all shares in W.T. Armatur GmbH & Co. KG.
Another focus of his practice is private equity. Dr. Weinheimer regularly advises IKB Equity Capital Fund GmbH and CAPCELLENCE Mittelstandspartner GmbH.
Stefan Weinheimer