About
Daniel focuses on the full spectrum of capital markets transactions across Europe.
Based in Frankfurt, Daniel counsels corporations, financial sponsors, and investment banks on major equity and debt capital markets transactions across Europe. He specializes in high-profile domestic and cross-border equity capital markets transactions, alongside public M&A matters and capital markets compliance.
Daniel has been recognized as “Rising Star” by JUVE (2025), and as one of the most renowned capital markets lawyers in the WirtschaftsWoche ranking (2022). He has also consecutively been named as "One to Watch" / "Lawyer of the Future" in the Best Lawyers ranking for categories capital markets, M&A as well as corporate law (2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021). In 2024, Daniel held a lectureship for Public M&A at EBS Law School.
Daniel was seconded to our Silicon Valley office in 2023. Prior to joining Freshfields, Daniel practised as an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell in Frankfurt.
ECM / DCM
- Advising SpaceX in relation to the European offering of its global IPO (2026)
- Advising Advent and Cinven in relation to the potential IPO of TK Elevator (2026)
- Advising Ottobock in relation to its IPO (2025)
- Advising Bain Capital and Cinven in relation to the potential IPO of STADA (2025)
- Advising Fressnapf in relation to its debut HY bond financing transaction in connection with its acquisition of Arcaplanet and Cinven’s minority investment in Fressnapf (2024)
- Advising Geely in relation to share placement in Volvo Truck (2024)
- Advising Geely in relation to share placement in Volvo Cars (2023)
- Advising RWE in its issuance of a mandatory convertible bond to the Qatar Investment Authority (2022)
- Advising Nordex in relation to its private placement and subsequent capital increase against cash and subscription offer (2022)
- Advising Nordex in relation to its capital increase against cash/in kind contribution and subscription offer (2021)
- Advising the underwriters on the initial public offering of AUTO1 (2021)
- Advising Vossloh in its issuance of an ESG-linked hybrid bond (2021)
- Advising MTU Aero Engines in its issuance of an unsubordinated and unsecured fixed rate bond (2020)
- Advising Springer Nature in its initial public offering (2016, abandoned)*
Public M&A
- Advising Huadong on its strategic partnership with Heidelberg Pharma by way of capital increase (2022)
- Advising Hellman & Friedman in its public takeover offer to the shareholders of zooplus (cash offer) (2021)
- Advising TE Connectivity in its public takeover offer to the shareholders of First Sensor (cash offer) (2018), and on the subsequent conclusion of a domination and profit and loss transfer agreement with First Sensor (2019)
- Advising consortium of Hellman & Friedman/Blackstone in their public takeover offer to the shareholders of Scout24 (cash offer) (2018)
- Advising Praxair in its business combination with Linde and its public takeover offer to the shareholders of Linde (exchange offer) (2017)*
- Advising Standard Industries in its public takeover offer to the shareholders of Braas Monier Building Group (cash offer) (2016)*
* Matter handled prior to joining Freshfields
Daniel von Bülow
Große Gallusstraße 14
Frankfurt am Main 60315