Dr. Stefan Weinheimer

Partner

Düsseldorf

Dr. Stefan Weinheimer, a partner in Orrick's Düsseldorf office, is a member of the European Corporate Group. Stefan's practice focuses on advice in respect of M&A, Corporate and Private Equity.

Stefan has been part of Orrick since 2004. Before that he was a partner with a German and with a major London law firm.

Engagements
Over the years, Stefan has advised clients such as:
- Alliance Boots
- Axel Springer
- Bankhaus Hermann Lampe
- Burda
- Candover
- Capcellence Mittelstandspartner
- Cary Group
- CraneCo
- Definiens
- Deutsche Post
- Deutsche Postbank
- Donaldson Company
- Enzon
- Eurosteel
- Gallaher
- German Pellets
- Görlitz
- Hüttenes-Albertus
- IKB Equity Capital Fund
- IKB Private Equity
- Klausner Group
- KNM Group
- Lattice Group (National Grid)
- Lumberg
- Nammo Germany
- PHW-Group
- Ringier
- Roland Berger
- Schlumberger
- SIG
- Süddeutscher Verlag
- Thales
- The Walt Disney Company
- Virtek Vision
- VNU
- Vodafone

News

D: +49 211 3678 7230
E:[email protected]

Address:

Heinrich-Heine-Allee 12
Düsseldorf, 40213
Germany

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Practices

Admitted In
- Germany
Education
- University of Heidelberg, Dr. jur.
- University of Munich, Dr. jur.
Honors
- Honored by German Business Service Handelsblatt - "Best Lawyers 2013" - in the practice area of Corporate
- "highly recommended for Private Equity + Venture Capital Transactions" (Juve Handbook 2009/2010)
- "among the 80 best lawyers for Corporate Law in Germany" (Handelsblatt, Legal Success, Best Lawyers, 2009)
- "one of the leading lawyers in Düsseldorf for mid-cap deals" (Juve Handbook, 2009/2010)
- "among the 80 best lawyers for Corporate Law in Germany (Handelsblatt, Legal Success, Best Lawyers, 2011)
- Honored by German Business Service Handelsblatt, Legal Success "Best Lawyers 2012" in the practice area of Corporate
- Honored by German Business Service Handelsblatt - "Best Lawyers 2014" - in the practice area of Corporate and Private Equity
- "recommended for Corporate and M&A" (The European Legal 500, US Special Edition 2012/Law Firms in Europe)
- "Recommended for Corporate and M&A" (Legal 500, 2014)
- "recommended for M&A work" (Legal 500, 2010)
- Honored by Handelsblatt as one of Germany's Best Lawyers in 2019 in the practice areas of Corporate Law, International Arbitration, M&A and Private Equity
- Honored by Handelsblatt as one of Germany's Best Lawyers in 2017 in the practice areas of Corporate and Private Equity
- Honored by Handelsblatt as one of Germany's Best Lawyers in 2020 in the practice areas of Corporate Law, International Arbitration, M&A and Private Equity
- Honored by Handelsblatt as one of Germany's Best Lawyers in 2021 in the practice areas of Corporate Law, International Arbitration, M&A and Private Equity
- Honored by German Business Service Handelsblatt - "Best Lawyers 2016" - in the practice areas of Corporate and Private Equity
- Honored by German Business Service Handelsblatt - "Best Lawyers 2015" - in the practice areas of M&A and Private Equity
- Honored by Handelsblatt as one of Germany's Best Lawyers in 2018 in the practice areas of Corporate Law, International Arbitration and Private Equity
Languages
- German
- English
Speeches
- Public Private Partnership: How to Utilize Efficiency Reserves? (Public Private Partnership: Effizienzreserven richtig nutzen!), October 2004, 3rd European Health Congress
- Public-to-Private-Transactions (Public-to-Private-Transaktionen), October 2000, Euroforum
- Public-to-Private-Transactions (Public-to-Private-Transaktionen), February 2000, Euroforum
Publications
- Due Diligence Light, in Going Public Magazin, Sonderbeilage M&A, 2012
- Private Equity in Hölters, Handbuch Unternehmenskauf, Köln, Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt, 2010
- Germany, Corporate UK, August 2007, p. 32 - 36
- Handbook Going Private (Handbuch Going Private), with Dr. Jörg Richard (Editor), Heidelberg, Verlag Recht und Wirtschaft, 2002

Dr. Stefan Weinheimer

Dr. Stefan Weinheimer, a partner in Orrick's Düsseldorf office, is a member of the European Corporate Group. Stefan's practice focuses on advice in respect of M&A, Corporate and Private Equity.

Engagements

News

Crane Company Acquires Baum Lined Piping GmbH

Awards from WirtschaftsWoche and Handelsblatt