The City giant is advising Deutsche Bahn on the partial privatisation of what is
If successful, the placing would be the first IPO to be completed in
The Freshfields team is being led Frankfurt-based corporate partner Thomas Buecker and finance partners Andreas Koenig and Christoph Gleske.
Other partners involved include Mark Strauch (capital markets); Angela Hildebrand (intellectual property); Jochen Lessmann (employment); and Gerhard Wiedemann (competition).
Freshfields has advised Deutsche Bahn, which has annual revenues of around €31bn, numerous times in the past. The elite City firm acted on its 2002 acquisition of logistics company Stinnes/Schenker in a deal that was valued at €2.5bn (£2bn) and on its later sale of chemical distributor Brenntag, valued at €1.4bn (£1.1bn), to private equity firm Bain Capital.
Magic circle rival Clifford Chance (CC) has also bagged a role on the latest deal and is advising the German finance ministry, with banking partner Markus Pfueller, corporate finance partner partner Thomas Gasteyer and restructuring partner Heinz-Guenther Gondert all involved.
Independent German firm Hoelters & Elsing is acting on behalf of the Ministry of Transport.
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