Philip M. Schmoll
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Associated Partner
Dr Philip M. Schmoll is Associated Partner and member of the pratice groups Capital Markets, Corporate as well as Internal Investigations & Compliance. He specialises in advising listed companies. A particular focus is on advising on ECM & public M&A transactions as well as ongoing corporate and capital markets law advice. He also advises on complex regulatory and internal investigations relating to corporate and capital markets law as well as compliance cases, in particular in the area of board responsibility and liability issues. He regularly publishes on capital markets and corporate law topics. Dr Philip M. Schmoll is Co-founder of the professional network "German Capital Markets Lawyers" (see https://www.azur-online.de/beruf-karriere/es-ist-nie-zu-frueh-fuers-netzwerk/).
Projects
- IPOs: Babbel, Bike24, Compleo Charging Solutions, DFV Deutsche Familienversicherung, EV Digital Invest, fashionette, Formycon (Uplisting), Frequentis, Gateway Real Estate, Global Fashion Group, home24, Intilion, Instone Real Estate, Mister Spex, Mutares (Uplisting), Steyr Motors, STS Group, Veganz, Westwing
- Capital Increases: CECONOMY, Compleo Charging Solutions, Deutsche Industrie REIT, DFV Deutsche Familienversicherung, Formycon, Hertha BSC, H&K, Hypoport, Meta Wolf, Mutares (including uplisting to Regulated Market), The Social Chain
- Public (takeover) offers: CTP/ Deutsche Industrie REIT, COMMERZANK/comdirect, Fosun/TOM TAILOR, KOSTAL/Compleo Charging Solutions, Optima Group/InTiCa Systems, Schneider Electric/RIB Software, TAG Immobilien/LEG Immobilien, Weng Fine Art/artnet
- Conversions: Deutsche Industrie REIT on its cross-border merger into Dutch CTP, Fresenius Medical Care on its deconsolidation from Fresenius Group and its conversion from a KGaA into an AG, Mutares on its conversion from an AG into a SE & Co. KGaA
Distinctions
- “Philip Schmoll is another member of the core team and a central point of contact for issues at the interface with corporate law and compliance.”, in: Legal 500 Germany 2024
- "Very prudent and service-oriented", client, in: Legal 500 Germany 2024
- Recommended Lawyer for Equity Capital Markets, The Legal 500 (2023 und 2024)
- Recommended as lawyer of the future for capital markets law, Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers in Germany (2022, 2023 and 2024)
- Recommended as lawyer of the future for corporate law, Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers in Germany (2022, 2023 and 2024)
- Recommended Lawyer for Compliance, The Legal 500 (2021; 2022; 2023)
Insights
Career
Interim General Counsel of a listed SE (Prime Standard)
Secondment at a investment bank in Frankfurt am Main
Legal studies at the University of Heidelberg and at the Université de Lausanne (Switzerland)
Doctoral studies in the field of Public M&A at the University of Heidelberg
Legal traineeship at an international law firm in Frankfurt am Main
Legal traineeship at the Berlin chamber court
With Noerr since 2017
Admitted to the Frankfurt am Main Chamber of Lawyers
Memberships
- German Capital Markets Lawyers (Co-founder)
- VGR Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung
- Deutsch-Schweizerische Juristenvereinigung e.V. (DSJV)
- Verein zur Förderung des Deutschen, Europäischen und Vergleichenden Wirtschaftsrechts
Lectures
- Lecture in specialisation area 7 (corporate and tax law) at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg on the topic of "IPO", 08.07.2024
Publications
- Regulatory tailwind for public exchange offers (together with Dr Julian Schulze De la Cruz), Börsen-Zeitung from 20/09/2024
- Future Financing Act II - Expected, anticipated and surprising, NZG 2024, 1197 (Editorial)
- Public exchange offers following the implementation of the EU Listing Act (together with Dr. Julian Schulze De la Cruz), BKR 2024, 756 et seq.
- Practice of public offers under the WpÜG - The reasoned statements pursuant to Section 27 WpÜG in 2023 (together with Benedikt Dreinhöfer), WM 2024, 824 et seq.
- EU Listing Act ante portas, (with Dr. Julian Schulze De la Cruz), Börsen-Zeitung from 19.04.2024
- Unrestricted participation of retail investors in small issues of tradable shares - A proposal to amend sections 6 WpPG, 65a WpHG, WM 2024, 631 et seqq.
- New prospectus requirements for sustainability-related information (with Dr. Julian Schulze De la Cruz), Börsen-Zeitung from 16.09.2023
- The takeover procedure is digitized, but remains German-language (with Dr. Julian Schulze De la Cruz), Börsen-Zeitung from 21.07.2023
- The Exemption Document for Public Exchange Offers pursuant to the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act under the new Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/528 (with Dr. Julian Schulze De la Cruz and Thomas Thies), WM 2022, 1817 et seq.
- EU Listing Act - Ambitious Goals of the Commission (with Dr. Julian Schulze De la Cruz), Börsen-Zeitung from 16.12.2022
- Share for Share (with Dr. Laurenz Wieneke), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from 24.03.2021
- The publication date of reasoned statements pursuant to Section 27 WpÜG (with Philipp Roese), NZG 2022, 1138
- Neutral opinions pursuant to Section 27 of the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (with Dr. Volker Land), NZG 2021, 185 et seq.
- EU simplifies raising of equity capital (with Dr. Julian Schulze De la Cruz), Börsen-Zeitung from 28.11.2020
- The Statement of the Target Company and the Consideration in Takeovers, Dissertation, in: Series of Publications "German, European and Comparative Business Law", Nomos
- Exchange offers according to WpÜG in light of the new prospectus regulation (with Dr. Julian Schulze De la Cruz), WM 2020, 630 et seq.
- Not the big shot (with Dr. Julian Schulze De la Cruz), Börsen-Zeitung from 15.02.2020