Oliver Seiler

Partner, Frankfurt

Biography

Overview

Oliver Seiler is a partner in White & Case's Global Capital Markets Practice.

Oliver is one of Germany's highest ranked equity capital markets lawyers. He offers clients the benefit of his extensive knowledge and experience representing issuers, private equity sponsors and underwriters in a broad range of German and international equity capital markets transactions.

Oliver is an innovative lawyer with an ability to lead pioneering transactions on behalf of his clients. His work includes many of the German market's landmark IPOs, spin-offs and capital raisings in recent years.

Oliver also helps corporate clients navigate life as a public company after a listing, including advising clients on German stock corporate and capital markets law, as well as takeover law matters.

Before joining White & Case, Oliver practiced at other leading international law firms in Frankfurt.

Bars and Courts
Rechtsanwalt
Education
Dr iur
University of Mainz
LLM
Cornell University
Second State Exam
Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt
First State Exam
University of Mainz
Languages
German
English

Experience

Representative transactions:

TUI AG
Advised a bank syndicate, led by joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners BofA Securities Europe SA, HSBC Continental Europe S.A., Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, COMMERZBANK Aktiengesellschaft and UniCredit Bank GmbH, on TUI's issuance of senior unsecured convertible bonds, 2024. *

Douglas
Advised the underwriting banks on the €850 million IPO and listing of Douglas AG on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2024. *

RENK Group
Advised RENK Group and its shareholder Triton, on the €500 million private placement of shares and the initial listing of Renk Group AG on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2024. *

RENK Group
Advised on the €250 million private placement of shares in RENK Group AG by way of Triton an accelerated bookbuilding, 2024. *

Birkenstock
Advised the underwriting banks on the $1.48 billion IPO and listing of Birkenstock Holding plc on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), 2023. *

MorphoSys
Advised the underwriting banks on the €103 million capital increase with exclusion of subscription rights of MorphoSys AG, 2023. *

thyssenkrupp nucera
Advised the syndicate of banks on the €526 million IPO and listing of thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2023. *

TUI
Advised the syndicate of banks on three rights issues of TUI AG with proceeds of €500 million, €1.1 billion and €1.8 billion as well as a €425 million capital increase without subscription rights and two convertible bond issuances with total proceeds of €500 million, all in connection with comprehensive refinancing measures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021-2023. *

Cheplapharm
Advised Cheplapharm SE on its proposed IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as well as on a structured investment by global investment firms Atlantic Park and GIC with a total volume of €550 million, 2022. *

Synlab
Advised the underwriting banks on the €772 million IPO and listing of Synlab AG on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2021. *

Majorel
Advised the underwriting banks on the €660 million IPO and listing of Majorel Group Luxembourg S.A. on the Euronext Amsterdam, 2021. *

Vitesco Technologies
Advised the financial advisors on the spin-off of the Vitesco business from Continental AG and the subsequent listing of Vitesco Technologies Group AG on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2021. *

Mytheresa
Advised the underwriting banks on the $344 million IPO and listing of MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (Mytheresa) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), 2021. *

SUSE
Advised the underwriting banks on the €1.1 billion IPO and listing of SUSE S.A. on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2021. *

Novem  
Advised Novem Group S.A. on its IPO and listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2021. *

MeinAuto
Advised MeinAuto Group AG on its proposed IPO and listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2021. *

Evotec
Advised the underwriting banks led by Bank of America and Morgan Stanley on Evotec's USD 500 million NASDAQ IPO, 2021. *

BioNTech
Advised Temasek on its PIPE investment in BioNTech SE by way of a private placement of shares and mandatory convertible bonds, 2021. *

Siemens Energy
Advised the financial advisors on the spin-off of the Siemens Energy business from Siemens AG and the subsequent listing of Siemens Energy AG on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2020. *

Nagarro
Advised Allgeier and Nagarro on the spin-off of the Nagarro business from Allgeier SE and the subsequent listing of Nagarro SE on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2020. *

Jumia Technologies
Advised the underwriting banks on the €216 million IPO and listing of Jumia Technologies AG on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), 2019. *

Siemens Healthineers
Advised Siemens Healthineers AG on its  €4.2 billion IPO as well as two subsequent capital increases without subscription rights with combined proceeds of €5bn to finance the acquisition of Varian, Inc., 2018/2021. *

Westwing
Advised the underwriting banks on the €122 million IPO and listing of Westwing Group AG on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2018. *

home24
Advised the underwriting banks on the €150 million IPO and listing of home24 SE on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2018. *

HelloFresh
Advised the underwriting banks on the €277 million IPO and listing of HelloFresh SE on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2017. *

Evotec
Advised Novo A/S on its anchor investment in Evotec AG through a capital increase with exclusion of subscription rights (PIPE), 2017. *

Uniper
Advised the financial advisors on the spin-off of the Uniper business from E. ON SE and the subsequent listing of Uniper SE on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2016. *

Hapag-Lloyd
Advised Hapag-Lloyd AG on its IPO and listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2015. *

Rocket Internet
Advised the underwriting banks on the €1.4 billion IPO and listing of Rocket Internet SE on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, 2014. *

*Matters prior to working for White & Case.

Awards and Recognition

Band 1 – Capital Markets Equity
Chambers Europe Germany 2024

Capital Markets Lawyer of the year 
The Legal 500 Germany Awards 2024

Legal All Star – Capital Markets
Wirtschaftswoche/ Handelsblatt 2024 and 2023

Germany’s Best Lawyers – Capital Markets Handelsblatt 2023 and 2022