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Simon Wickel

Lawyer │ Associate

Dusseldorf

+49 211 5660 26950

simon.wickel@luther-lawfirm.com

Areas of practice

Corporate/M&A

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Energy

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Real Estate & Infrastructure

Simon Wickel advises national and international companies on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and restructurings, as well as on general corporate law issues. As a member of Luther’s Italian Desk, he has special expertise in German-Italian legal relations, in particular, cross border transactions and corporate governance of Italian group companies in Germany.

Vita

Simon Wickel studied law in Freiburg (Germany) and Pisa (Italy). He already worked for Luther during his legal training in the District of the Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf, also spending part of his legal training working for a leading Italian M&A law firm in Milan.

Clients

VNG AG – Advised on the sale of a minority stake in BALANCE Erneuerbare Energien GmbH to an investment company of DIF Infrastructure VII Coöperatief U.A. and on the conclusion of a shareholders’ agreement on future cooperation
Fronteris – Advised on a strategic partnership with Stadtwerke Krefeld
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) – Advised on the sale of the Control Room Infrastructure business unit as part of an asset deal
Douglas – Advised on the sale of the “Disapo” online pharmacy
Haus Cramer Group (“Warsteiner”) – Advised on, among other things, the acquisition by the Thielemann Group of a stake in BOXX Intermodal Logistics GmbH & Co. KG, the logistics subsidiary of the Haus Cramer Group

Memberships

Mercurio – German-Italian Business Association
German-Italian Lawyers' Association (DIJV)

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