Mergers & Acquisitions

Following the economic downturn brought on by the financial crisis, corporate deal activity saw an inevitable slowdown. However, with the economy slowly stabilising, a revival of M&A activity is envisaged, bringing with it a number of opportunities for businesses across all sectors.

The acquisition of companies is one of the ways to further the expansion of a business. By selling a company, business leaders may try to achieve various objectives, such as the chance to strengthen the capital position through the sale of non-core assets or consolidation.

Whichever direction your business is heading - our skills and expertise in M&A transactions can help you achieve the desired outcome.

We advise domestic and international clients across a wide variety of sectors on the full range of corporate transactions. This includes advice on a possible acquisition finance.

With our expertise and experience ranging from large and complex cross-border transactions through to smaller domestic private company acquisitions and disposals, our approach is pro-active and commercial.

Before we begin a transaction, we seek to understand the background and commercial imperatives. Throughout the transaction process, from advising on optimum deal structures through the due diligence process and negotiation to post-completion integration, we believe in keeping legal issues in perspective and focusing on your commercial objectives. A focused approach combined with our sector knowledge, technical expertise and transactional experience helps our clients complete their transactions on the best possible terms.

Transaction management is adjusted to your requirements and we provide a flexible, adaptable service. Our transaction teams are tailored in terms of size, sector-focus and geographic focus to ensure the most cost-effective solutions. Where necessary, our lawyers draw on support from specialist practice groups within the firm such as banking and finance, tax, employment, real estate, intellectual property and technology, regulatory, competition and anti-trust.

Our experience:

• Advising a Ukrainian media holding on the acquisition of an international TV and film company
  
  
• Advising the administrators of an English financial institution on the sale of its majority shareholding in a Bremen based private bank to a group of English investors
  
  
• Advising a manufacturer of optical instruments on all mergers & acquisitions in Europe
  
  
• Advising a US-based iron steel group on the sale of its Belgium production facility to a German buyer
  
  
• Advising an English finance investor on the acquisition of an insolvent Eastern European furniture manufacturer
  
  
• Advising a private bank on the acquisition of an international coal trading company
  
  
• Advising a Hamburg based company on the acquisition of an international provider of coal mining technology
   
• Advising a manufacturer of medical devices on the acquisition of a German producer of HF-ablation devices
  
• Advising a German publishing house on its investment in a venture capital vehicle for young media enterprises
  
  
• Advising the shareholders of a German company on the sale of their shares to a pharmaceutical group
  

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