Linklaters advises Trip.com on e-hoi stake buy
Linklaters advised Trip.com Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in e-hoi GmbH, a Frankfurt-based cruise online travel agency and tour operator. The transaction closed on 4 September 2026, with the parties agreeing not to disclose the financial terms.
Following completion of the transaction, e-hoi group will continue to operate independently within Trip.com Group.
Advisory Team
The Linklaters team was led by partner Richard Gu (corporate/M&A, Shanghai), partner Martina Farkas (corporate/M&A, Munich), managing associate Sophie Yang (corporate/M&A, Shanghai), managing associate Maximilian Mann (corporate/M&A, Hamburg) and managing associate Yixin Yang (corporate/M&A, Frankfurt).
Other team members included partners Christian Hundeshagen (tax, Frankfurt), Michael Leicht (TMT, Frankfurt), Matthew Devey (employment, Frankfurt), Atif Wolfgang Bhatti (IP, Frankfurt), Lars Harzmeier (litigation, arbitration & investigations, Frankfurt) and Jana Hager (public law/regulated markets, Berlin); counsel Anne Katharina Rosenow (tax, Frankfurt); managing associates Johannes Gottwald (banking, Hamburg) and Marius Ludwig (tax, Munich); and associates Jamie-Lee van der Meer (corporate/M&A, Amsterdam), Anna Tamara Castaner Coll (corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Lena Mühleisen (corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Eleanor Cheng (corporate/M&A, Shanghai), Colin Laws (employment, Frankfurt), Antonia Mertens (TMT, Frankfurt), Jonas Baumann (TMT, Frankfurt), Thalea Dreke (IP, Frankfurt) and Florian Kopp (public law, Berlin).
