With 5 offices the largest European economy, we are a leading law firm advising on high-end transactions, complex financings and projects and the largest contentious matters. We find solutions for the leading corporates and financial institutions, in Germany and globally.
Key Contacts
Staffan Illert,
Astrid Altmann Forbes,
Marco Carbonare,
Christian Storck,
Julia Grothaus,
Oliver Rosenberg
Expertise:
Corporate and M&A: We advise on high-end transactions, public takeovers, restructurings and complex stock corporate law issues.
Private equity: Our dedicated team advises investors, banks and PE financed enterprises at all stages of investment.
Finance: Our teams work on complex financings and investments - on German, UK and U.S. law. We have market-leading practices for equity and debt capital markets, banking and energy & infrastructure, regulatory, true sale and synthetic securitisations, derivatives and other structured financings as well as investment funds.
Tax: Our specialist teams find solutions for complex challenges from financial structures and transactional work to the areas of transfer pricing and tax litigation.
Antitrust & foreign investment: Our experts advise on merger control, abuse of dominance or state-aid. They represent their clients before the European Commission, the Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) and the European and German courts. In the field of FDI, our particular strength lies in advising on M&A transactions with investment control implications. We coordinate proceedings globally in all relevant jurisdictions.
Restructuring & insolvency: The group advises on reorganisation measures, security interests, the restructuring of financing schemes or the distressed M&A area. Crisis affected companies, creditors, shareholders and investors rely on our cross-border expertise.
Real estate: Our team acts for investors, developers and banks on all aspects of transactions, tax-optimised financing and project development. We offer a comprehensive notarial service.
Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations: Our specialists have an excellent reputation for complex corporate and capital markets cases. The team has extensive experience in settling disputes of all kinds, including mediation.
Crisis Management and Compliance: We advise on compliance issues and business-critical matters across all departments – ranging from preventive measures to the forensic investigation of compliance violations.
ESG: With a global and cross-departmental team, we navigate our clients through the rapidly changing political and regulatory landscape and advise comprehensively in all situations.
Employment: Our team advises on individual and collective employment law, particularly focused on M&A, restructurings, pensions and employee incentives.
Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT): Our team advises on challenging outsourcing transactions in all sectors, such as IT, telecommunication, financial service, logistic or personnel management as well as on data protection.
Public commercial law: We are a market leader in public-private-partnerships and procurement law, as a part of the firm’s regulated markets group, which advises private and public enterprises and investors on corporate transactions, privatisations and project financing.
Sectors: We have profound know-how in various sectors such as healthcare, energy and infrastructure, financial investors and technology.