Wolfgang Krauel is new co-head of the global Insurance practice at Linklaters
16 April 2008
With immediate effect, Dr Wolfgang Krauel is the new head of the Insurance practice in Germany and new co-head of the global Insurance practice at Linklaters. 45-year-old partner Wolfgang Krauel has specialised experience in stock corporation law and M&A transactions. In recent years, he mainly advised on financial and insurance industry issues and has developed a specific expertise in this market segment.
Linklaters combines its sector-specific competences in 20 global sector groups, such as automotive, energy and utilities or healthcare. Lawyers with expertise in various fields of law co-operate in teams and provide advice based on their comprehensive industry-related know-how to the relevant clients.
The German Insurance core team provides comprehensive advice to market participants on complex civil and tax law issues, particularly regarding M&A/corporate, regulatory law, law on insurance contracts and capital market products. The team is led by Wolfgang Krauel as well as by Andreas Steck (regulatory law) and Dr Gunbritt Kammerer-Galahn (M&A transactions and German and European insurance law).
In Germany, Linklaters most recently advised inter alia AXA on the take-over of the legal protection insurance portfolio of DBV Winterthur by ROLAND and Zurich Group on the acquisition of Real Garant Versicherung AG.
