Capital Markets Law Corporate Law Debt and Equity Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Stephan Hutter
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2009 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Dr. Stephan Hutter focuses on international capital markets transactions, cross-border corporate matters and M&A transactions as well as corporate governance and compliance matters.
Dr. Hutter has a particularly broad range of experience in initial public offerings, capital increases and high-yield debt financings involving international securities offerings of German, Austrian and Swiss companies, including dual listings and private placements of shares and debt securities in the United States.
Overview
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Germany™ 2026 for work in:
- Capital Markets Law
- Corporate Law
- Debt and Equity
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Special Focus:
- International
Case History
Transactions
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- phenox and its shareholders, including health care private equity investor SHS, on the sale of phenox to Wallaby Medical for a total consideration of €500 million including milestone payments
- Medigene on its global cancer immunotherapy collaboration with BioNTech
- Armira and Boxine in Boxine’s €1 billion business combination with 468 SPAC I SE, one of the first de-SPAC transactions in the market involving a German-listed blanc cheque company
- SIGNA Sports United GmbH in connection with its US$3.3 billion de-SPAC merger with Yucaipa Acquisition Corporation. The merger also included the acquisition of WiggleCRC Group
- MorphoSys AG in its US$1.7 billion acquisition of Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its related US$2 billion financing from Royalty Pharma plc
- Capital Markets (Equity-Linked/Debt)
- Deutsche Bank, HSBC, UBS, COMMERZBANK and UniCredit in connection with the issuance of senior unsecured notes in the aggregate principal amount of €1 billion by ams OSRAM
- MorphoSys AG on the issuance of a US$300 million development funding bond
- HSBC, Morgan Stanley and UBS as joint bookrunners in connection with a convertible bond offering of ams AG
- UBS and HSBC as global coordinators in connection with the €650 million and US$400 million senior notes offering of ams AG and the subsequent tap offering of €200 million and US$50 million
- SIGNA Group in a refinancing of the landmark Postsparkasse building in Vienna, Austria. The transaction involved the issuance of a credit tenant lease-backed bond
- Capital Markets (Equity)
- HSBC, Morgan Stanley and UBS (acting as joint global coordinators for a banking syndicate) as international underwriters’ counsel in connection with the 775 million Swiss franc rights offering of ams OSRAM
- FINN, a leading car subscription platform, in its US$110 million Series B financing round led by Korelya Capital, including both new and existing investors, with an implied company value of more than US$500 million
- SIGNA Sports United GmbH in connection with its US$3.3 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange as a result of its de-SPAC merger with Yucaipa Acquisition Corporation
- Berenberg as sole global coordinator and joint bookrunner and Stifel as additional joint bookrunner in connection with a capital increase of Pacifico Renewables Yield AG
- Berenberg Capital Markets LLC and Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC as underwriters in the proposed IPO of common shares and listing on Nasdaq of Sono Group N.V.
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