Lawyers

Dr. Stefan Weinheimer

Partner

M&A and Private Equity

Litigation General

Düsseldorf

+49 211 3678 7-230
sweinheimer@orrick.com

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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

Publications

  • "Private Equity" in Hölters, Handbuch Unternehmenskauf, Köln, Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt, 2010
  • "Germany", Corporate UK, August 2007, p. 32 - 36
  • "Handbook Going Private (Handbuch Going Private)", with Dr. Jörg Richard (Editor), Heidelberg, Verlag Recht und Wirtschaft, 2002

Speeches & Programs

  • Public Private Partnership: How to Utilize Efficiency Reserves? (Public Private Partnership: Effizienzreserven richtig nutzen!), October 2004, 3rd European Health Congress
  • Public-to-Private-Transactions (Public-to-Private-Transaktionen), October 2000, Euroforum
  • Public-to-Private-Transactions (Public-to-Private-Transaktionen), February 2000, Euroforum

Admitted In

  • Germany

Honors

  • Honored by U.S.-American business service "Best Lawyers 2012" in the practice area of Corporate.
  • "among the 80 best lawyers for Corporate Law in Germany (Handelsblatt, Legal Success, Best Lawyers, 2011)
  • "recommended for M&A work" (Legal 500, 2010)
  • "one of the leading lawyers in Düsseldorf for mid-cap deals" (Juve Handbook, 2009/2010)
  • "highly recommended for Private Equity + Venture Capital Transactions" (Juve Handbook 2009/2010)
  • "among the 80 best lawyers for Corporate Law in Germany" (Handelsblatt, Legal Success, Best Lawyers, 2009)

Languages

  • German
  • English