Dorothee Fischer-Appelt is a U.S. and English qualified partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Ms. Fischer-Appelt's practice focuses on international equity and debt capital markets transactions and cross-border mergers and acquisitions work.  She has significant experience in a broad range of corporate and finance transactions, representing both issuers and underwriters in SEC-registered and unregistered debt and equity financings, including initial public offerings, rights offerings, convertible offerings and block trades, as well as mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures.

Ms. Fischer-Appelt has authored several articles for a variety of journals and books, including on the EU prospectus and transparency directives.  In addition she has spoken at conferences of the International Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.  She has also lectured at Zurich University and the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.  She is the Vice-Chair of Public Company Practice of the International Bar Association's Securities Law Committee and serves as a Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association's International Securities and Capital Markets Committee.

Prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Ms. Fischer-Appelt practiced at Sullivan and Cromwell's New York office from 1997 to 2003, and at Allen & Overy's office  in London from 2003 to 2006.

Education

Ms. Fischer-Appelt graduated from The University of Chicago Law School in 1996 and received a PhD in law (summa cum laude) from the University of Hamburg in 1998.

Publications

Transparenzrichtlinie - Auswirkungen auf Schweizer Emittenten und Umsetzung im Vereinigten Königreich", in: Kapitalmarkttransaktionen II, Europa Institut der Universität Zürich, edited by Thomas Reutter/Thomas Werlen, Schulthess May 2007, pp. 73 - 99.

"Implementation of the Transparency Directive--room for variations across the EEA", Capital Markets Law Journal 2007 2(2):133-154; doi: 10.1093/cmlj/kmm009, April 2007.

"U.S. Securities Laws und Kapitalmarkttransaktionen Schweizer Emittenten", in: Kapitalmarkttransaktionen, Europa Institut der Universität Zürich, edited by Thomas Reutter/Rolf Watter/Thomas Werlen, Schulthess Nov. 2006 (together with Petra Ginter), pp. 177 - 234.

"Does the EU need a single European securities regulator?", in: EU Administrative Governance, edited by Herwig C.H. Hofmann, Alexander H. Tuerk and Edward Elgar. Published March 2006, pp. 244 - 286.

"Anwendungsbereich der EU-Prospektrichtlinie unter vergleichender Berücksichtigung des US-amerikanischen Kapitalmarktrechts", in: Der Schweizer Treuhänder 1-2, 2006, pp. 49 - 55 (together with Olivier Favre).

"The EU Prospectus and Transparency Directives - Towards a Unified European Capital Markets Regime", in: Practising Law Institute's Fourth Annual Institute on Securities Regulation in Europe: A Contrast of EU & US Provisions, Edward Greene/Patrick Kenadjian/Charles Nathan (co-chairs), December 2004, pp. 19-40 (together with Jeffrey Golden).

"The EU Prospectus Directive - An Overview of the Unified European Prospectus Regime", in Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, Part 1, November 2004 and Part 2, December 2004 (together with Thomas Werlen).

"The EU Prospectus Directive - Content of the Unified European Prospectus Regime and Comparison with the U.S. Securities Laws " EUREDIA - European Banking & Financial Law Journal, December 2004 (together with Thomas Werlen).

"Agenturen der Europäischen Gemeinschaf - Eine Studie zu Rechtsproblemen, Legitimation und Kontrolle europäischer Agenturen mit interdisziplinären und rechtsvergleichenden Bezügen", Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999.