People
Dr. Knut Sauer
Biography
Knut is Head of Germany ECM.
He has more than 20 years of experience in a broad range of capital markets transactions of listed companies, in particular IPOs, capital increases and rights issues, block trades and private placements, convertible and exchangeable bonds, bonds with warrants, high-yield and investment grade bonds as well as takeover offers and take-private transactions. His practice also includes capital markets compliance and corporate governance matters. Knut works with major investment banks, blue chip and growth companies on their most complex German and international capital markets transactions.
Practice areas
- Capital markets
- Equity capital markets
- Debt capital markets
- M and A JVs and corporate reorganizations
- Corporate and M&A
Sectors
- Banks
- Technology
Selected experience
- The underwriting banks in connection with the IPO of PFISTERER Holding SE on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, which was the first IPO in Germany in 2025.
- Sartorius group on equity raisings with a total volume of EUR 1.4bn.
- A leisure, travel and tourism company on the successful refinancing of Corona-related staid aid measures by way of rights issues, non-preemptive capital increases and convertible bond issuances in the total amount of around EUR 4.5bn.
- A sovereign wealth fund on a EUR750m cornerstone investment in the EUR 9.4bn. IPO of Porsche AG.
- Uniper on a mandatory convertible instrument in the amount of up to EUR 7.7 bn issued to the Federal Government as part of its stabilisation package.
- The underwriters on the EUR 1.4bn. IPO of Rocket Internet on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
- Hapap-Lloyd on its IPO on the regulated market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the regulated market of the Hamburg Stock Exchange.
Education
- Dr iur, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2004
- LL.M., University of Chicago Law School, USA
- First German Law Degree
Admissions
- Admitted to the bar, State of New York, USA, 2004
- Admitted as German Rechtsanwalt, 2003
- Assessor, Germany, 2000 Referendar, Germany, 1997
Languages
- English
- German