Dr. Nico Weis

Associate Partner

advises on all matters of corporate and capital markets law.

Dr. Nico Weis advises on all matters of corporate and capital markets law.

His practice focuses in particular on crisis-related restructuring and corporate structuring advice. He frequently assists with corporate and financial restructurings of listed companies.

Another key area of Mr. Dr. Weis’s work is litigation.

Dr. Nico Weis is an Associate Partner at Wilken Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB.

After studying law at the University of Bonn, he worked as a research associate at an international business law firm in Düsseldorf as well as at a chair for business law. He completed his legal traineeship in Cologne. During this time, he also obtained an LL.M. in Business Law from the University of Cologne.

Dr. Nico Weis earned his Ph.D. from the University of Mannheim with a dissertation on a topic related to restructuring law. He has several years of professional experience in these areas of law.

Dr. Nico Weis is fluent in German and English.

  • Requirements for the Appointment of a Common Representative under the German Bond Act (SchVG), ZIP 2024, p. 2520
  • Stock Market Price as the Minimum Valuation Threshold for Compensation in a Squeeze-Out Despite a Public Takeover Offer Within One Year Prior to the Valuation Date, ZIP 2024, pp. 737–738 (with Oliver Wilken)
  • Strategic Restructuring: The Design Limits of the Restructuring Plan as a Tool for Resolving Shareholder Disputes, Nomos, 2026
  • Exclusive Authority of the Insolvency Administrator to Bring Legal Action in Cases of Group Liability Pursuant to § 303 AktG by Analogy (BAG, Judgment of Feb. 19, 2026 – 6 AZR 102/25), ZIP 2026, 1510 (with Michael Tokarski)