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    Sophie A. Moeder

    European Counsel

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    Frankfurt

    +49-69-4272-5200

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    moeders@sullcrom.com

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    Sophie Moeder is a member of Sullivan & Cromwell’s General Practice Group in the Firm’s Frankfurt office. She has been practicing U.S. securities law at S&C since she joined the Firm’s London office in 2001, focusing mainly on debt and equity capital markets transactions by non-U.S. issuers and ongoing U.S. securities law advice for non-U.S. SEC registrants.

    Sophie’s capital markets work includes advising sovereign issuers, corporate clients and underwriters on SEC-registered, Rule 144A and offshore offerings of debt securities as well as in connection with the establishment of U.S. commercial paper programs. Sophie’s debt capital markets experience has a particular focus on sovereign government-backed and multi-lateral issuers in connection with their respective U.S. debt shelf registrations under Schedule B of the U.S. Securities Act.

    Sophie has been involved in numerous equity offerings, spin-offs and stock exchange listings by German and other non-U.S. companies in a variety of industries representing both issuers and underwriters and has advised a number of German and other non-U.S. SEC registrants in connection with their SEC reporting and compliance obligations.

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    Experience

    Recent Debt Capital Markets (DCM) transactions

    Since 2021, Sophie has advised, inter alia:

    • Numerous sovereign issuers, including Council of Europe Development Bank, FMS Wertmanagement, KfW and Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank, in connection with their SEC-registered debt shelf programs, including the issuance of green and social inclusion bonds
    • Bayer on its $5.75 billion multi-tranche 144A/Reg S senior bond offering (2023)
    • The initial purchasers on numerous billion-dollar multi-tranche 144A/Reg S debt offerings by Daimler Truck Group (2021 to date) 

    Recent Equity Capital Markets (ECM) transactions

    Since 2021, Sophie has advised:

    • Springer Nature on its IPO and listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, valuing the equity of the company at €4.5 billion (2024)
    • KfW on its €2.17 billion secondary placement of Deutsche Post shares and its €2.43 billion secondary placement of Deutsche Telekom shares (2024)
    • Porsche Automobil Holding (Porsche SE) on ECM matters related to the Porsche IPO, in connection with Porsche SE’s €10.1 billion acquisition of 25% of the ordinary voting shares of Porsche AG from Volkswagen AG (2022)
    • the listing agents/financial advisers in connection with Daimler Truck Group’s spin-off from Daimler AG and the listing of Daimler Truck Holding AG on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, valuing Daimler Truck at around €23 billion (2021)
    • medmix, a subsidiary of Sulzer AG, on the spin-off of Sulzer’s Applicator Systems division and the CHF 315 million Swiss IPO of the new entity (2021)
    • the bank involved in the rights offerings by Tele Columbus (2021, 2022)

    Further Key DCM transactions

    In addition, Sophie has represented: 

    • Bayer on the debt refinancing of the Monsanto acquisition (2016-2018), which included (i) its $15 billion multi-tranche 144A senior bond offering, (ii) its €5 billion multi-tranche euro bond offering, (iii) its $6.9 billion exchange offers and consent solicitations relating to Monsanto notes and (iv) a €4 billion Rule 144A/Reg S offering of mandatory convertible bonds, as well as on its $7 billion multi-tranche 144A senior bond offering to refinance the Merck consumer care business acquisition (2014)
    • Council of Europe Development Bank (since 2010 and ongoing), FMS Wertmanagement (2012-2019), KfW (2003-2024) and Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank (since 2003) on numerous SEC-registered bond offerings
    • Deutsche Annington/Vonovia on its inaugural €1.3 billion unsecured senior bond issuance (Reg S)(2013)
    • Deutsche Wohnen on the establishment of its Luxembourg EMTN program and issuances, including green bonds, thereunder (2020/2021)
    • The underwriters on numerous Rule 144A/Reg S debt offerings by Deutsche Telekom (2016-2020)
    • Deutsche Telekom on its tender offer for two series of $ denominated fixed rate notes (2020)

    In addition, Sophie has advised on the following high-profile ECM transactions since 2010: 

    • Bayer’s €6 billion rights offering and its €3 billion private placement of new shares to Temasek in connection with the refinancing of the Monsanto acquisition (2018) 
    • The IPOs/listings of Covestro (2015), Deutsche Annington/Vonovia (2013), Landis + Gyr (2017), Orion Engineered Carbons (2014) and TeleColumbus (2014)
    • Deutsche Annington/Vonovia in connection with its €2.3 billion rights offering (2015), its listings of shares in connection with the takeover of GAGFAH and various capital increases (2014)
    • Novaled on its planned SEC-registered IPO/U.S. listing (2011)
    • Paion in connection with its rights offering and various PIPE transactions (2014)
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    News

    News

    • S&C Advises Springer Nature in IPO Valuing Company’s Equity at €4.5 Billion

      October 7, 2024
    • S&C Advises Porsche SE in Record €10.1 billion Investment in Porsche AG

      September 29, 2022
    • S&C Advises Banks in Daimler Truck Listing and $6 Billion Yankee Bond Offering

      December 10, 2021
    • Bayer AG Completes Capital Increase Subscribed by Temasek for Total Gross Proceeds of €3 Billion

      April 23, 2018
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    Credentials

    Credentials

    Education

    • University of Vienna Law School, Dr. iur., 2002
    • Columbia Law School, LL.M., 2001
    • University of Vienna Law School, Mag.iur., 1996

    Bar Admissions

    • New York

    Languages

    • English
    • German
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