Freshfields Advises Ottobock on Successful IPO at Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP advised Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA and the Näder family on their initial public offering (IPO) and related refinancing matters. The IPO saw Ottobock shares listed and traded for the first time on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, with an offer price set at €66 per share, resulting in a market capitalization of approximately €4.2 billion euros. The placement volume totaled around €807.6 million, with an expected free float of up to 19.1%. Following the IPO, Näder Holding GmbH & Co. KG, controlled by Prof. Hans Georg Näder and his family, will retain at least 80.9% of the share capital of Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA. The Freshfields team for the IPO included the following lawyers: - Daniel von Bülow (Partner, Capital Markets, Frankfurt) - Lead - Christoph Gleske (Partner, Capital Markets, Frankfurt) - Christoph H. Seibt (Partner, Corporate, Hamburg) - Simone Bono (Partner, Capital Markets, London) - Judith Römer (Partner, Employment, Hamburg) - John Haviland (Principal Associate, Capital Markets, Frankfurt) - Linus Cathomas (Principal Associate, Capital Markets, Frankfurt) - Jean Mohamed (Principal Associate, Corporate, Hamburg) - Felix Schüßler (Principal Associate, Corporate, Hamburg) - Laura Schaumann (Principal Associate, Employment, Düsseldorf) - Katharina Reinhardt (Principal Associate, Regulatory, Berlin) - Vinzent Will (Principal Associate, Regulatory, Berlin) For the refinancing advice to Näder Holding GmbH & Co. KG, the team included: - Mario Hüther (Partner, Finance, Frankfurt) - Lead - Alexander Pospisil (Counsel, Finance, Frankfurt) - Lucas Lengersdorf (Principal Associate, Finance, Frankfurt) - Christoph H. Seibt (Partner, Corporate, Hamburg) - Andreas Thümmler (Principal Associate, Finance, Frankfurt) - Beatrice Zobel (Principal Associate, Finance, Frankfurt) - Thilo Köhler (Principal Associate, Finance, Frankfurt) The legal work was coordinated in-house by Regina Thums, General Counsel.

Freshfields Advises Ottobock on Successful IPO at Frankfurt Stock Exchange

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