Ute Mueller

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Duane Morris
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Acted as interim General Counsel for a UK headquartered emerging growth company in the technology sector.
  Advised an S/EIS emerging growth company on two seed investment rounds involving several fund investors.
  Acted for the founders of a fintech start-up company in connection with the set-up of their UK
  international operations.
  Represented SEACOR Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CKH), a marine services public company, in connection with its subsidiary's acquisition of two companies based in London
  two companies based in Singapore, all of which are engaged in vessel response, crisis communication,
  public relations services for the global maritime industry.
  Represented growth capital investor Lone Pine Capital in its $292 million secondary fundraising for the UK-based cross-border money transfer service TransferWise Ltd., reaching a $3.5 billion market cap
  making TransferWise Europe's most valuable FinTech start-up.
  Representing a specialist international hedge fund in relation to various mine finance transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa
  Asia, each in excess of USD 100m.
  Advising a UK headquartered international group in the professional services sector in connection with a GBP 45m investment by a US private equity house
  related senior bank finance.
  Advising a leading German metals group in connection with the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of a UK specialist alloys producer.
  Representing an international cornerstone investor in the commodities sector in connection with its USD 80m equity investment in a European mining group.
  Advising an international fund investor in relation to a subscription for loan notes issued by a Kazakh copper producer.
  Advising the board of directors of an international holding company in connection with the contemplated sale of a UK 5 star hotel portfolio.
  Acting for the sellers in relation to the contemplated sale of a London 4-star hotel.
  Advising a UK listed metals group in connection with the sale of its biofuels business to a German acquirer.
  Acting for an international metals group in connection with the sale of its metals trading business to a UK listed buyer.
  Acting for an Australian listed mining group in connection with the management buy-out of its European metal smelter subsidiaries.
  Advising an international family office in relation to the proposed acquisition of an international share portfolio by one of the principals.
  Advising several London metal trading houses in relation to their general terms
  conditions as well as individual long-term as well as spot purchase
  sale agreements.