Dr. Ulrike Friese-Dormann

Primary Focus & Experience

Ulrike Friese-Dormann has significant experience in corporate and capital markets law with a focus on listed stock corporations and corporate litigation. As her main field of business, she advises executive boards and supervisory boards in all respects and is an acknowledged expert for board liability matters. She also advises on corporate reorganisations as well as on governance and compliance related issues, including ESG. Furthermore, she represents numerous listed companies and financial sponsors on public M&A transactions including takeovers.

Selected Project Samples

• Tech scale-ups on group reorganizations and listing preparations.
• Various board members of listed companies on liability matters.
• Allianz X on integration of finanzen Group into CLARK and Allianz X’s related investment in CLARK.
• About You on the change of the legal form into a SE prior to the IPO.
• Otto Group on partnership with Advent for Hermes Germany and Hermes UK.
• AUTO1 regarding its change of legal form into a European Stock Corporation (SE).
• Advising KAEFER Isoliertechnik on corporate law and co-determination issues of the group structure.
• Mylan in litigation against Merck following imposition of antitrust fine by the European Commission.
• PartnerFonds AG on shareholder litigation as well as its dissolution and capital decreases.
• Various clients on compliance due diligences and the set-up of compliance systems.
• ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG on a share class merger and subsequent listing of shares.
• NYSE Euronext on the proposed combination with Deutsche Boerse.
• Apax Partners, Gentherm Inc. and RHI on appraisal proceedings following squeeze-outs of minority shareholders and/or conclusion of a domination and profit and loss transfer agreement.
• Various take privates including Didier-Werke for RHI, W.E.T. Automotive for Gentherm and Edscha for The Carlyle Group.
• ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG on the takeover of ProSiebenSat.1 by KKR/Permira and on the intended takeover of ProSiebenSat.1 by the German publishing house Axel Springer.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Ulrike Friese-Dormann is recommended for corporate law and corporate litigation by the German directory JUVE Commercial Law Firms and by Handelsblatt Best Lawyers. She had been ranked as “Upcoming star” by JUVE for corporate law in Germany and has been named as top lawyer for capital markets law by the “Wirtschaftswoche”.

Ulrike co-chairs the Forum of Listed Companies in Munich hosted by the German Share Institute and Milbank which addresses current topics for general counsel and heads of investor relations of listed companies based in Bavaria. Since 2011, she is a member of the female network Generation CEO.

Ulrike Friese-Dormann was admitted to the German bar in 2000 and speaks German and English.