Ulrich Weidemann is an equity partner in HEUKING's Frankfurt office. He specialises in national and cross-border M&A transactions, including carve-out transactions, private equity, and corporate law (including foundation law). He also advises on capital market transactions (ECM, IPOs, capital increases), capital market law issues (Market Abuse Regime, securities trading, stock exchange law) and venture capital. His industry focus is on IT (cloud, software, SaaS, cybersecurity), defense, transport & logistics (aviation, land), and healthcare services.

Ulrich Weidemann was admitted to the bar in 2004. Previously, he worked, inter alia, for nine years at Freshfields in Frankfurt and New York, four years at Shearman & Sterling in Frankfurt and six years at Baker McKenzie in Frankfurt. He is a banker and was a lecturer at a banking academy.

Bar Admissions
Admitted to the bar since 2004

Education
Baker McKenzie in Frankfurt (2019-2025)
German Boutique Law-Firm in Frankfurt (2017-2018)
Shearman & Sterling in Frankfurt (2013-2017)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Frankfurt and New York (2004-2013)
Legal clerkship, inter alia, at Linklaters and State bank Hessen-Thueringen in Frankfurt (2002-2004)
Lecturer at a academy for banking in Potsdam (1998-2004)
Law studies in Jena and in Wuerzburg (1997-2001)
Training as a banker (1995-1997)

Significant Accomplishments
Lufthansa Technik AG (and other affiliates of the Lufthansa group) on several (acquisition-, joint-venture, and other) transactions
Saab (defense) on its strategic partnership with, and investments in, Helsing GmbH, a defense company specializing in AI-based software technologies
Senwes Ltd, a John Deere agricultural machinery distributor in South Africa, on the acquisition of four agricultural machinery dealers in the federal states of former East Germany
H.C. Starck GmbH (and its shareholder, Vietnamese industry group Masan) on the acquisition of Chemitas GmbH in Germany
Magna International Inc. on its acquisition of Veoneer's Active Safety Business from SSW Partners for a purchase price of $1.525 billion
Fluidra, a global leader in pool and wellness equipment and connected solutions, on its acquisition of Meranus Group, a leading distributor of swimming pool equipment in Germany.
IFRS Foundation Delaware (and its affiliates) in connection with establishment of a German not for profit Foundation, which German Foundation is to head the EMEA activities regarding development of ESG Disclosure Standards.
Media and Games Invest SE on its successful relocation of its registered office and headquarters from Malta to Sweden (by maintaining its current listings in Germany and Sweden)
Swiss construction chemicals group Sika AG on the acquisition of MBCC Group (Master Builders Construction Chemicals), the former BASF Construction Chemicals division, from Lone Star Funds
Shareholders in a German mid-cap IT company on the envisaged sale of a major stake to new investors (bidder process)
An Asian Chemicals group on the envisaged sale of a minority stake in its German business to a Japanese industry group
An Asian Chemicals group on the envisaged acquisition of the German synthetic rubber business of US group Trinseo
French supplier of industrial gases group Air Liquide on the sale of German Sch lke Group to EQT
Vietnamese industry group Masan on the acquisition of German chemical industry group H.C. Starck from PE firms Advent/Carlyle
Japanese Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., one of the global leaders in the printing industry, on the acquisition of Germany based Interprint Group from Wrede Industrieholding

Professional Associations

• American Bar Association
• International Bar Association
• International Fiscal Association
  
• Economic Council of German political party CDU

Professional Activities and Experience
Investment banks in connection with the planned listing of Kl ckner Pentaplast on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Adidas AG, AXA, Cr dit Agricole, Michelin, Orange, Peugeot, Sanofi, Soci t G n rale, and others in connection with the implementation of a worldwide employee share participation schemes
Hypo Real Estate Holding in connection with the IPO of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Commerzbank, J.P. Morgan, Soci t G n rale and UniCredit Bank AG in connection with the IPO of Stabilus S.A. on the Frankfurter Stock Exchange (FSE)
J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Berenberg, and others in connection with the IPO of Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE
Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and KKR Capital Markets in connection with the IPO of Kion Group AG
Deutsche Bank AG, Berenberg, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, Barclays, HSBC and others in connection with the IPO of Talanx Aktiengesellschaft
Str er Out-of-Home Media AG in connection with its IPO
Brenntag AG in connection with its IPO
K+S Aktiengesellschaft in connection with its capital increase
Deutsche Bahn AG in connection with the planned IPO of DB Mobility Logistics AG
Linde Aktiengesellschaft in connection with its capital increase
Fresenius AG in connection with its capital increase