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Dr. Nicolas OttDr. Nicolas Ott

Dr. Nicolas Ott

Dr. Ott advises companies in transactions in the fields of public and private M&A as well as in complex structural measures, in particular concerning cross-border cases. Further focal points of his work include company law/M&A-oriented forensics as well as consultation in matters of corporate governance, compliance and liability. Dr. Ott is a lecturer at Heidelberg University, a regular speaker at stock corporations law seminars and the author of numerous publications on corporate and capital markets law.

FIELDS OF COMPETENCE

Education

University of Konstanz
University of Osnabrück (Dr. jur.)

ADDRESS

SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz Rechtsanwalts AG

Otto-Beck-Straße 11

D-68165 Mannheim

PHONE
+49 621 4257 205
FAX
+49 621 4257 296
E-MAIL
Nicolas.Ott(at)sza.de

MANDATES

  • Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG in connection with merger with New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
  • BayernLB in connection with damages claims against former supervisory board members
  • Daimler AG in matters and proceedings regarding insider regulations
  • Continental AG in corporate governance issues
  • Deutsche Bahn in corporate governance/compliance issues in relation to the data affair
  • Südzucker AG in various capital markets transactions (issuance of a convertible bond, bond issuance)
  • Verbundnetz Gas AG (VNG) in corporate governance issues
  • DaimlerChrysler AG in the investment reduction in EADS of 7.5% via an indirect investment from a consortium of finance and insurance companies
  • DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG in the transformation into a "GmbH & Co. KG" (limited partnership with a limited liability company as general partner)
  • CropEnergies AG in the foundation and restructuring as well as in the initial public offering in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
  • MVV Energie AG in the context of a subscription right capital increase
  • Renolit AG concerning diverse acquisitions, inter alia the purchase of Solyay S.A.’s division "Industrial Foils"
  • MLP AG in purchasing the majority stake of the asset management company Feri Finance & Research AG
  • Various companies (including Renolit, RKW, Gebr. Pfeiffer, Huber) in conversion into SE

PUBLICATIONS

  • "Ein Anwalt im Aufsichtsrat schützt nicht vor Haftung", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 29 March 2012, p. 21 (with Michaela Balke)
  • "Investorenvereinbarung mit der Zielgesellschaft - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Einflussnahme auf Gesellschaftsorgane", Festschrift für Wulf Goette, Munich 2011, p. 397 et sqq. (together with Prof. Dr. Jochem Reichert)
  • "Invesorenvereinbarungen mit der Zielgesellschaft", Festschrift für Wulf Goette, 2011
  • "Arbeitshandbuch für die Hauptversammlung", Semler/Volhard (Hrsg.), 3rd Ed., 2011 (co-author)
  • "Arbeitshandbuch für Aufsichtsratsmitglieder", Semler/v.Schenck (Hrsg.), 4rd Ed., (in preparation, co-author)
  • Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung (VGR), Gesellschaftsrecht in der Diskussion 2010, Diskussionsbericht zum Referat Prof. Hüffer
  • "Unternehmensplanung und Insiderrecht", Festschrift für Klaus J. Hopt, 2010 (with Jochem Reichert)
  • "Die Regulierung der Finanzmärkte - Reformbedarf und Regelungsansätze des deutschen Gesetzgebers", NZG 2010, 841-846 (with Thomas Liebscher)
  • "Non Compliance in der AG - Vorstandspflichten im Zusammenhang mit der Vermeidung, Aufklärung und Sanktionierung von Rechtsverstößen", ZIP 2009, 2173 et seq. (with Jochem Reichert)
  • "Der Übernahmerechtliche Squeeze-out gemäß §§ 39a f. WpÜG", WM 2008, 384 - 391
  • "Der Rückzug von der Börse - Gesellschafts- und kapitalmarktrechtliche Fragen des Delisting unter Berücksichtigung der Macrotron-Entscheidung des BGH", Frankfurt 2005

MISCELLANEOUS

 

  • Member of the Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung (VGR)
  • Instructor at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
  • Lecturer for seminars and conferences regarding corporate law/corporate governance

LANGUAGES

  • German
  • English

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LOCATIONS

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6

MANNHEIM

7

FRANKFURT

COMPETENCES

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CORPORATE & GROUP LAW

9

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

2

TAX

12

COMPLIANCE

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CAPITAL MARKETS

14

ANTITRUST

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LITIGATION & ARBITRATION

3

LABOUR LAW

10

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY / IT

16

PRIVATE CLIENTS

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PUBLIC & ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

18

REAL ESTATE

19

RESTRUCTURING

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BANKING & FINANCE