Dr. Benedikt Schewe

Overview

Benedikt specializes in advising on national and international corporate tax law, in particular in connection with corporate restructurings and M&A transactions.

Work highlights

• HSBC: Advising on the transfer of the business of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt GmbH to a newly established German branch of HSBC Continental Europe and on the sale of its German private banking business to BNP Paribas
• Silgan Holdings, Inc.: Advising on the acquisition of Weener Packaging with a transaction volume of 838 million USD
• Porsche AG: Advising on the gradual increase to the shareholding in the IT consultancy MHP to 100 percent
• Cummins: Advising on the acquisition of parts of Faurecia´s exhaust aftertreatment business in Europe and the US
• TRATON: Advising on the transfer of MAN's and Volkswagen Truck & Bus's financial services from Volkswagen Financial Services.
• thyssenkrupp: Advising on the sale of the Elevator Technology business for EUR 17.2 billion to a consortium consisting of Advent, Cinven and the RAG Foundation, the internal restructuring to separate the business and the planned (but abandoned) IPO of the Elevator Technology business.
• Uniper: advising on the sale of the majority stake in the Schkopau lignite-fired power plant
• FUNKE Mediengruppe: Advice on group restructuring
• Aperam: Advising on the acquisition of the stainless steel recycling company ELG from Franz Haniel & Cie.
• Family-owned real estate company: Advising on the demerger of the company for the purpose of separating groups of shareholders by way of real division
• Family-owned media company: Advising on group restructuring with the aim of preparing company succession and increasing investment activity