Simon Wickel
Areas of practice
Simon Wickel advises national and international companies on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and restructurings, as well as on general corporate law issues.
He has particular experience in transactions within the energy and infrastructure sectors. Recently, he has advised on plant, grid infrastructure and contracting projects as well as on various projects in the renewable energy sector (including onshore and offshore wind, PV, BESS and biogas). Simon Wickel advises both developers and investors.
As a member of Luther’s Italian Desk, he also 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 Dusseldorf, before taking the bar exam there. He also spent part of his legal training in a leading Italian M&A law firm in Milan.
Since joining Luther as an attorney, Simon Wickel has advised on a variety of M&A transactions and other projects involving corporate law issues. He is acquainted with complex share- and stakeholder structures and processes. Simon Wickel is happy to assist in developing tailor-made solutions and bringing transactions to successful completion.
Clients
- Trianel Energieprojekte GmbH & Co. KG – Advising on the sale of a 70.4-MWp solar park in Brandenburg to Nuveen
- Diesse Holding S.p.A. – Advising on the acquisition of the braiding machine production division of the insolvent Mayer & Cie. GmbH & Co. KG
- BayWa AG – Advising on the sale of the contracting business to EGC
- VNG AG – Advising 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 – Advising on a strategic partnership with Stadtwerke Krefeld
- Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) – Advising on the sale of the Control Room Infrastructure business unit as part of an asset deal
- Douglas – Advising on the sale of the “Disapo” online pharmacy
Haus Cramer Group (“Warsteiner”) – Advising 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
- German-Italian Lawyers' Association (DIJV)
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Magnus Wessels
Senior Associate
Essen
Felix Werner
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Anne Caroline Wegner, LL.M. (European University Institute)
Partner
Dusseldorf