Caspar Schmelzer

Since joining Skadden, Mr. Schmelzer’s experience includes advising:

• SIGNA Sports United GmbH in its merger with Yucaipa Acquisition Corporation. As a result of the merger, SIGNA will become a publicly traded company with a combined implied enterprise value of approximately US$3.2 billion. The merger also includes the acquisition of WiggleCRC Group;
• Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan as joint bookrunners in the €842 million private placement of ordinary bearer shares and listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange of ABOUT YOU Holding AG; and

• MorphoSys AG in its:
  • US$1.7 billion acquisition of Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its related US$2 billion financing from Royalty Pharma plc.; and
  • U.S. IPO and dual listing of American depositary shares on Nasdaq.

Mr. Schmelzer’s recent experience prior to joining Skadden includes advising:

• Siemens in the spin-off and listing of Siemens Energy;
• BAWAG Group in its initial public offering;
• the underwriters in the listing and offering of JOST Werke by way of a private placement;
• Schaeffler AG as issuer’s counsel in the listing and offering by way of a private placement;
• Sixt Leasing AG in its initial public offering;
• the underwriters in the initial public offering of KION Group AG;
• VTG in its €280 million rights offering;
• Adidas in its €500 million equity-neutral convertible bond;
• the underwriters in the €8 billion rights offering of Deutsche Bank;
• thyssenkrupp in its €1.4 billion capital increase;
• Diebold in its public takeover of Wincor Nixdorf AG;
• Vonovia SE in the placement of secondary and primary shares with a total volume of €500 million;
• Deutsche Wohnen in its public takeover of GSW Immobilien AG; and
• Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE (now: Vonovia) in its initial public offering.

Prior to joining Skadden, Mr. Schmelzer worked as a senior associate in the Frankfurt office of another law firm.