The present invention relates to a process for the racemoselective preparation of ansa-metallocene complexes of the formula (I) which comprises reacting a ligand starting compound of the formula (II) with a transition metal compound of the formula (III) (LB)yM1(NR3R4)x-1   (III) where R1, R1′ are identical or different and are each hydrogen or an organic radical having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, R2, R2′ are identical or different and are each hydrogen or an organic radical having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, R3 is an organic radical having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, R4 is hydrogen or an organic radical having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, T, T′ are identical or different and are each a divalent organic group which has from 1 to 40 carbon atoms and together with the cyclopentadienyl ring forms at least one further saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted ring system which has a ring size of from 5 to 12 atoms, where T and T′ may contain the heteroatoms Si, Ge, N, P, As, Sb, O, S, Se or Te within the ring system fused to the cyclopentadienyl ring, A is a bridge consisting of a divalent atom or a divalent group, M1 is an element of group 3, 4, 5 or 6 of the Periodic Table of the Elements or the lanthanides, the radicals X are identical or different and are each an organic or inorganic radical which can be substituted by a cyclopentadienyl anion, x is a natural number from 3 to 6, M2 is an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or a magnesium monohalide fragment, p is 1 in the case of doubly positively charged metal ions or is 2 in the case of singly positively charged metal ions or metal ion fragments, LB is an uncharged Lewis-base ligand and y is a natural number from 0 to 6, and also a further process for the racemoselective preparation of ansa-metallocene complexes of the formula (IV) starting from the metallocene complexes of the formula (I) prepared by the first process, the use of transition metal compounds of the formula (III) for preparing metallocenes and also specific transition metal compounds of the formula (III).