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Maurizio Delfino
Maurizio Delfino
Maurizio Delfino is a Senior Counsel in the Corporate and Financial Services Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, the founding partner of Delfino e Associati Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (“D-WFG”), and the Chairman of D-WFG Executive Committee. Maurizio’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions of listed or unlisted companies, including distressed, joint ventures and public/private partnerships, corporate governance and general corporate and securities law matters. Maurizio has been the lead corporate lawyer in a number of high profile transactions, including hostile takeover bids and buy outs on behalf of Italian or international clients of the firm. He has represented government owned corporations, public and private companies and financial investors in a wide range of Italian and cross border transactions. He has also assisted the Italian Treasury on a number of privatizations. In addition, Maurizio has advised board of directors and board committees on a variety of corporate governance issues. The industries where Maurizio has acted for either strategic or financial investors in Italy are diverse and include banking and insurance, various infrastructure, steel, oil and gas, chemical and pharmaceutical, automotive, aerospace and defense, food, design. He has also assisted on various Italian SPAC projects. Maurizio has written monographs and published articles in law reviews and is a frequent lecturer in the fields of ESG compliance, corporate finance and the protection of minority shareholders.
Simon Osborn-King
Simon Osborn-King
Simon Osborn-King is a partner in Willkie's Litigation and Investigations & Enforcement Practice Groups in London. Simon has a broad-ranging domestic and cross-border contentious practice specialising in civil, criminal and regulatory investigations and disputes involving allegations of fraud, bribery, money laundering, sanctions violations, data breaches and other misconduct. Simon has particular experience in advising on compliance and governance issues, including the design and implementation of compliance programmes. Simon also frequently handles complex contractual disputes and contentious business restructuring and reorganisation matters in London. Simon’s experience covers a wide spectrum of industry sectors, including financial services, professional services, information technology and energy resources & industrials.
Joseph Marx
Joseph Marx
Joe Marx is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and a member of the Capital Markets Practice Group. He has over 20 years of experience in international capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, rights issuances, accelerated primary and secondary offerings, Rule 144A transactions, US registered offerings, private placements and debt offerings, as well as cross-border mergers and acquisitions, dual track processes and other corporate transactions. Joe advises clients across a broad range of industries, including chemicals, life science, real estate and the automotive industry.
Miriam Steets
Miriam Steets
Miriam Steets is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department, focusing on private equity/venture capital investments as well as cross-border and national mergers and acquisitions. Miriam represents both, private equity/venture capital investors and corporate clients in connection with growth oriented investments as well as transaction situations and general corporate matters. In addition, she advises clients on capital market related matters. Prior to joining Willkie, Miriam was a senior consultant at a Big Four accounting firm.
Maurizio Delfino
Maurizio Delfino
Maurizio Delfino is a Senior Counsel in the Corporate and Financial Services Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, the founding partner of Delfino e Associati Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (“D-WFG”), and the Chairman of D-WFG Executive Committee. Maurizio’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions of listed or unlisted companies, including distressed, joint ventures and public/private partnerships, corporate governance and general corporate and securities law matters. Maurizio has been the lead corporate lawyer in a number of high profile transactions, including hostile takeover bids and buy outs on behalf of Italian or international clients of the firm. He has represented government owned corporations, public and private companies and financial investors in a wide range of Italian and cross border transactions. He has also assisted the Italian Treasury on a number of privatizations. In addition, Maurizio has advised board of directors and board committees on a variety of corporate governance issues. The industries where Maurizio has acted for either strategic or financial investors in Italy are diverse and include banking and insurance, various infrastructure, steel, oil and gas, chemical and pharmaceutical, automotive, aerospace and defense, food, design. He has also assisted on various Italian SPAC projects. Maurizio has written monographs and published articles in law reviews and is a frequent lecturer in the fields of ESG compliance, corporate finance and the protection of minority shareholders.
Tim Baumgartner
Tim Baumgartner
Tim Baumgartner is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and a member of Willkie’s Insurance Transactional and Regulatory Practice Group. Tim has extensive experience advising on a wide range of corporate transactions, including international and domestic M&A (including competitive auction processes on the buy and sell side), joint ventures and long-term strategic partnerships, intra-group restructurings and general corporate advisory work. In additional to general corporate transactions, Tim has a particular focus in the insurance sector, advising on the full spectrum of corporate insurance transactions, which in addition to the above includes transactions within the Lloyd’s market, portfolio transfers and complex reinsurance transactions for both life and non-life businesses.
Maximilian Schwab
Maximilian Schwab
Maximilian Schwab is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department, advising financial investors/Private Equity Houses and corporate clients on cross border and national mergers and acquisitions, including carve-out transactions as well as international joint ventures and investment projects. Maximilian has a strong track record on advising on transactions in regulated industries such as infrastructure, health care and energy. He holds an Executive Master of Business (EMBA) of University of Münster.
Patrick Meiisel
Patrick Meiisel
Patrick Meiisel is a partner and heads Willkie's German tax practice. Patrick focuses on providing tax advice for corporate clients, private equity funds and financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions, corporate tax matters, reorganizations, domestic and international tax planning, double tax treaty matters and EU law. He also counsels clients on capital markets and debt finance transactions. Patrick's writings are regularly published in various tax law publications and he is a frequent speaker at seminars and universities. He holds the position of a teacher (Lehrbeauftragter) for tax law at the Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen.
Moritz Vettermann
Moritz Vettermann
Dr. Moritz S. Vettermann is counsel in the German Real Estate Department. His focus is on national and international real estate transactions, private equity related real estate invest-ments, portfolio deals and structurings as well as real estate joint ventures. He has worked for clients such as Arax Properties, Tristan Capital Partners, Brookfield, UBS Real Estate, Patri-zia, Blantyre Capital, Greystar, CVC, Lonestar, Groß & Partner, Cheyne Capital, Hudson’s Bay Company, Deutsche Landentwicklung AG, CR Investment Management, Domicil, Ston-eVest AG, Samsung, Colony Capital as well as for various US hedge funds.
Wulf Kring
Wulf Kring
Wulf Kring is counsel in the Tax Department. He focuses on advising private equity firms, VC funds and corporate clients on M&A transactions and tax-oriented restructurings as well as fund-related tax aspects (including the structuring of investment funds and carried-interest structures). Wulf also has significant experience in capital markets transactions, as well as in advising multinational corporations in connection with (cross-border) tax audits and the conclusion of bi- and multilateral advance pricing agreements (APA).
Michael Ilter
Michael Ilter
Michael Ilter is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department, advising on private equity and M&A transactions as well as on corporate law, reorganizations and capital markets law. His practice focuses on representing international clients in complex national and cross-border mid and large cap private equity and M&A transactions. Further, he specializes in advising on growth investments, carve-out transactions, joint ventures, consortia and club deals. Michael has handled numerous private equity, growth and M&A deals including also public, infrastructure, real estate, venture capital and distressed transactions. He has particular experience in the sectors automotive, aviation, financial services, healthcare, industrials, medical technology, software and technology.
David Jansen
David Jansen
David Jansen is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services and Asset Management Departments. He focuses his practice on advising clients on financial services regulatory and asset management matters as well as on M&A transactions in the financial sector. David provides counsel on banking and insurance regulatory matters, and also advises asset management companies on the structuring and launch of investment funds. He also advises institutional investors, family offices and high-net-worth individuals on their investment management matters. In addition, he regularly represents clients in proceedings before European and German regulatory authorities.
Anne Kleffmann
Anne Kleffmann
Anne Kleffmann is a partner in the Litigation Department and Labor & Employment Practice. She advises companies, private equity firms and financial institutions doing business in Germany on all aspects of individual and collective labor law, as well as transactional labor law. Drawing on her broad experience in the field, Anne helps German and multinational clients navigate complex and business-critical employment law matters, advising on both standalone labor issues and the labor aspects of sophisticated transactions.
Jens-Olrik Murach
Jens-Olrik Murach
Dr. Jens-Olrik Murach is a partner in the Antitrust & Competition Practice Group. With more than 20 years of experience practicing antitrust law in Brussels and Germany, Jens’ practice covers the complete range of EU and German antitrust issues across a wide spectrum of industry sectors. Jens has also significant experience in handling Foreign Direct Investment Screening matters, particularly before the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Jens also advises on EU Foreign Subsidies and EU state aid matters.
Richard Roeder
Richard Roeder
Dr. Richard Roeder is a partner in Willkie’s German practice. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department and Willkie’s Global Trade & Investment, Compliance, Investigations & Enforcement and Environmental, Social & Governance practice groups. Richard focuses on international trade, compliance and white collar investigations, as well as transactional regulatory risk assessments. He advises clients from various industries in the areas of sanctions, export control, supply chain, anti-money-laundering and anti-corruption compliance. His clients include in particular financial services and insurance companies as well as companies from the automotive, mining, oil and gas, healthcare and information technology sectors.
Matthias Schrader
Matthias Schrader
Matthias Schrader is a partner and heads Willkie’s Litigation Practice Group in Germany. In addition to domestic and international litigation and arbitration matters, his practice focuses on compliance and regulatory matters across a broad spectrum of industries. As a litigator, Matthias acts as counsel to both claimants and respondents in a wide variety of commercial litigations and arbitrations before various courts and arbitral tribunals under the auspices of the world’s leading arbitral institutions (ICC, LCIA, SIAC, DIS, etc.). He has successfully negotiated out-of-court settlements of complex disputes for a variety of commercial and private clients. Furthermore, he has represented sovereigns in litigations as well as international investment arbitrations. Matthias also acts as arbitrator in high-stakes commercial arbitrations. Matthias regularly advises clients on matters of European and German anti-money-laundering and anti-terrorism-financing regulations, sanctions, financial markets compliance, including allegations of insider trading and market manipulation, antitrust and State-aid law and day-to-day compliance issues. He represents a diverse client base including health care, chemicals, natural resources, energy and mining, consumer goods and retail, high-tech, automotive, real estate and financial institutions. In addition to in-court representation, Matthias has acted for clients towards state prosecutors, regulatory authorities and public consumer associations on matters of proper business conduct and fair competition.
Simon Weiss
Simon Weiss
Simon Weiss is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department and a member of the Firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group. He focuses on equity and debt capital markets transactions and has a wealth of experience across IPOs, capital increases, equity-linked transactions and investment grade and high-yield bond offerings. Simon regularly advises issuers, underwriters and other key market players in a wide range of complex domestic and cross-border transactions. Simon also advises on regulatory issues relating to capital markets transactions, M&A and corporate matters.