Sichelschmidt, Jana

Jana Sichelschmidt-Fringer

Associate

jana.sichelschmidt@lw.com
    Sichelschmidt, Jana

    Jana Sichelschmidt-Fringer

    Associate

    jana.sichelschmidt@lw.com

    Profile

    Jana Sichelschmidt-Fringer is a member of the corporate finance team focusing on debt and equity capital market transactions.

    Ms. Sichelschmidt-Fringer advises corporate (in various industries), sponsor, and investment banking clients on a variety of debt and equity capital markets transactions, with a particular focus on issuer clients in the DACH region, including: 

    • Complex high yield bond transactions (both under US and German law), including related liability management transactions 
    • Investment grade debt offerings
    • IPOs
    • Capital increases
    • Equity-linked transactions
    • Private placements

    Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Ms. Sichelschmidt-Fringer worked for leading law firms in London, Frankfurt, and Munich for several years.

    Experience

    Ms. Sichelschmidt-Fringer's experience includes advising:

    Corporates (DACH/international)

    • Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH (several bond offerings with a total issue volume of €1.5 billion; issuer’s counsel)
    • Progroup AG (€150 million bond offering; banks’ counsel)
    • IHO Holding (€2.1 billion bond offering; banks’ counsel)
    • BayWa AG (€500 million green bond offering; issuer’s counsel)
    • Kongsberg Automotive ASA (€275 million bond offering, including RCF financing; issuer’s counsel)

    Sponsors (incl. P2P/restructuring)

    • Triton/RENK Group (€320 million bond offering; sponsor and issuer’s counsel)
    • Permira/Schustermann & Borenstein Group (€260 million bond offering; issuer’s counsel)

    Real Estate (DACH)

    • Peach Property Group (several bond offerings with total offering volume of €550 million; issuer’s counsel)

    Equity and Equity-linked Financings

    • home24 SE (IPO and listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange; banks’ counsel)
    • Siemens Healthineers AG (IPO and listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange; issuer’s counsel)
    • BayWa AG (€200 million hybrid bond offering; issuer’s counsel)

    *Matter handled prior to joining Latham

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • England and Wales (Solicitor)
    • Rechtsanwältin (Germany)

    Education

    • Bar Exam (Germany), Higher Regional Court, Düsseldorf, 2011
    • MSc, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2011
    • Legal Practice Course, College of Law, London, 2007
    • LL.B, University of Birmingham, 2006

    Languages Spoken

    • English
    • German

    Practices