Düsseldorf
+49 211 600 55-299 +49 211 600 55-570 t.piller@heuking.de
Languages
German, English
Practice groups/Expertise
Consulting focuses
- Corporate / M&A
- Stock Corporation Law
- Company acquisitions and public takeovers
- Capital Markets
- Shareholder Activism
- Private Equity
- Joint Ventures
- Delisting
- Directors' and Officers' Liability
Vita
- Admitted to the bar since 2016
- Education and former activities
- Attorney at law at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Düsseldorf 2016-2024
- Research assistant / trainee lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Düsseldorf and New York 2012-2016
- Doctorate at the University of Düsseldorf 2012-2015
- Law studies at the University of Heidelberg 2007-2012
Qualifications/current topics
Timo Piller has many years of experience in the area of corporate law/M&A with particular expertise in stock corporation and SE law, in M&A with a focus on public M&A and joint ventures as well as in capital market law issues (transactions and compliance). He also regularly advises listed companies on general meetings and capital measures (in particular scrip dividends).
He was recognized by Best Lawyers (Handelsblatt) in the category "Ones to Watch" / "Anwälte der Zukunft" for Capital Markets Law (2023 and 2024) as well as Corporate Law (2024) and M&A (2024).
Before joining HEUKING, Timo Piller worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, most recently as counsel.
Affiliations
- International Bar Association (IBA)
Publications
2024
Hauptversammlungen in Deutschland – Sind deutsche Hauptversammlungen attraktiv genug für die Zukunft?
Deutsches Aktieninstitut in cooperation with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, co-author, September 2024
Die Bewertungsrüge gegen die Aktienabfindung im Beherrschungsvertrag („The valuation objection against a compensation in shares under a domination agreement“)
ZIP, Issue 30, pp. 1701-1707, July 26, 2024
Lectures
2024
Capital Market Law Compliance
18th Summer School on European Business Law, July 17, 2024, Düsseldorf
Public M&A / Group of companies / Delisting / Squeeze-Out
Training Event of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, April 17, 2024, Camp de Mar
2023
Public M&A / Group of companies / Delisting / Squeeze-Out
Training Event of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, April 26, 2023, Camp de Mar