Company law / Merger & Acquisitions
- Restructuring/demerger with partial disposal of several government-owned companies with several hundred employees in each case under contract to a large federal authority; transaction volume to the extent of an amount in the tens of millions.
- Advising the shareholder of a German mobile communications software company on the acquisition of a sectoral company together with an American private equity fund with a transaction volume of US$ 50,000,000.00.
- Conversion of a German-American joint venture into a German public limited company and advising the company management and a main shareholder on the preparation and implementation of the stock market flotation on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange with a transaction volume of approximately EUR 80,000,000.00.
- Advising a Swiss private equity group on the structuring and acquisition of company shareholdings in Germany, France, Spain, Croatia and Switzerland.
- Structuring of a group of companies with articles of incorporation, partnership agreements and project contracts for the realisation of an energy project from the renewable energy sector with an investment volume of approximately EUR 340,000,000.00.
- Restructuring of a medium-sized group of companies for preparation of a stock market flotation. Advice on the execution of the stock market flotation and production of the corresponding articles of incorporation, partnership agreements and management contracts as well as procedural rules for the Managing Board and Supervisory Board with a transaction volume of approximately EUR 20,000,000.00.
- Advising a German public limited company on the acquisition of an English-German group of companies with a focus of activity on "geothermal energy generation". Carrying out the legal due diligence, configuration and negotiation of purchase and partnership agreements as well as the articles of incorporation with a transaction volume of approximately EUR 20,000,000.00.
- Cross-border merger of an English limited company with a German GmbH company with preparation of a contract and implementation up to the final register entries in England and Germany with a transaction volume of EUR 30,000,000.00.
- Advising a German electricity producer on the divestment of a Swiss energy utility, configuration and negotiation of the partnership agreements, articles of incorporation and project contracts with a transaction/investment volume of approximately EUR 65,000,000.00.
- Advising the sole shareholder and the management on a management buy-out in the context of a corporate succession in the metal-processing industry.
- Restructuring of a group of companies from the area of the stone industry for preparation and implementation of a succession process. Arrangements for succession with appropriate contractual support of partnership agreements and articles of incorporation.
- Advising medium-sized enterprises on the foundation and establishment of foreign subsidiary companies in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic and Austria for corporate expansion.
- Advising numerous medium-sized enterprises on the sale/bestowal of shareholdings within the framework of succession processes from different sectors of industry and commerce.
- Merger of former competitors in the stone industry into a medium-sized cartel with considerable synergy effects from the amalgamation with a transaction volume of EUR 10,000,000.00.
- Advising a Finnish stock exchange-listed manufacturer of high-tech medical equipment and distributor of medical products on the buying and restructuring of a German competitor. Advising the German and Austrian subsidiary companies on the buying and integration of additional competitors into the Group. Ongoing guidance under company law of the parent company and subsidiary companies.
- Advising a German sports car manufacturer on the acquisition of a strategic investor for expansion financing. Drafting, negotiation and implementation of the partnership agreements and restructuring of the articles of incorporation.
- Advising the shareholders of a large medium-sized enterprise on the sale of their shares to the world-wide operating Hörmann-Group. Structuring and coordination of the sales process (bidding process), preparation and structuring of due diligence documents in the electronic data room, drafting, negotiating and executing the necessary sales contracts with a transaction volume of about EUR 25,000,000.00.
- Advising an international operating Holding and Investment Company on the purchase of shares in a power plant company from energy supply companies. Execution of the legal and tax due diligence, structuring of the purchase process, drafting, negotiating and executing the share purchase agreements. Transaction volume: EUR 10,000,000.00.
- Advising a Swiss Industrial Holding Company on the sale of foreign investments in Croatia and France. Structuring of the transfer processes, drafting, negotiating and executing the necessary transfer agreements. Transaction volume: EUR 12,000,000.00.
- Guidance of companies threatened with insolvency. Restructuring, agreements with creditors and banks for continuation of the companies.
Advice on the acquisition of strategic investors.
Configuration and negotiation of the necessary contracts. - Break-up of Group organisations and optimisation of shareholding relationships under company law for the improvement of synergy effects and optimisation of the internal financing capability.