Linklaters has advised Unicreditbank AG’s with its HypoVereinsbank brand on the sale of its 7.09 million shares in Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG. The divestment was implemented by the Berenberg Bank as sole global coordinator in an international placement with institutional investors by means of an accelerated bookbuilding process. Due to the strong demand the entire share block could be successfully placed.

Linklaters’ team was led by Dr Herbert Harrer (Capital Markets, Frankfurt). The team also included Dr Marco Carbonare, Dr Monir Taik, David Santoro and Dr Alexander Fritzsche (all Capital Markets, Frankfurt).