Dr. Felix Biedermann

Local Partner, Frankfurt

Biography

Overview

Felix Biedermann advises national and international companies and banks on all aspects of capital markets and corporate law. Clients rely on Felix's expertise in matters related to sustainability linked bonds and crypto assets.

Additionally, Felix has many years of experience in banking regulatory law. He advises credit institutions and financial services companies on the establishment of branches or in connection with M&A transactions. Felix also advises issuers and banks on the establishment and update of debt issuance, commercial paper and structured note programmes.

Before joining White & Case, Felix worked for several years in the capital markets department of another leading law firm in Frankfurt.

Bars and Courts
Rechtsanwalt
Education
Dr iur
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Second State Exam
Higher Regional Court of Celle
First State Exam
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Languages
German
English

Experience

BMW
Advised a consortium of banks on a EUR 2.5 billion triple tranche bond issue by BMW International Investment B.V.

Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Advising Bundesrepublik Deutschland Finanzagentur in relation to the issuance of the first green bond by the Federal Republic of Germany. *

Bosch
Advising the banks in relation to a EUR 4.5 billion bond by Bosch GmbH. *

City of Munich
Advising the banks in relation to the issuance of the first social bond by a major European city (Munich). *

Covestro 
Advising the banks in relation to the establishment of an ECP programme for Covestro AG. *

Republic of North Macedonia
Advising the Republic of North Macedonia in relation to its inaugural issuance of a registered note governed by German law. *

Talanx
Advising the banks in relation to the inaugural issuance of a Green Bond by Talanx AG. *

Advising the investor in relation to the largest collateralized bond for the financing of a renewables project in Europe in 2021. *

Advising the banks in relation to the first securitization of credit card claims in Germany. *

*Matters prior to working for White & Case.

Publications

Berrar/Meyer/Schnorbus/Singhof/Wolf (publisher), EU-ProspektVO (EU Prospectus Regulation) 2017 and WpPG (German Securities Prospectus Act), 3. Auflage 2024 (3rd edition 2024)

Biedermann/Pichler, Der EU Green Bond Standard (The EU Green Bond Standard), ESGZ, 2024, p. 48

Biedermann/Pichler, Der EU Green Bond Standard: Überblick und praxisorientierte Einordnung in den generellen Kontext grüner Anleihen (The EU Green Bond Standard: Overview and practice-oriented categorisation in the general context of green bonds), Der Betrieb, 2023, p. 2676

Biedermann, BGH: Anforderungen an und Beurteilung von Prognosen in (Vermögensanlage-)Prospekten (Requirements for and assessment of forecasts in (investment) prospectuses), RdF 2024, p. 145

Awards and Recognition

Leading Partner, Legal 500, 2024

Chambers Global and Europe, Band 4, 2024

Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers, 2024

Often recommended, JUVE, 2024