Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin confirmed on Monday 7 April that their partnerships have voted overwhelmingly to combine, creating a fully-integrated global law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. Rebecca Maslen-Stannage (PICTURED), Chair and Senior Partner
Baker McKenzie, with a team led by Jakub Lorys (pictured), Private Equity /M&A Partner in Munich, has advised AURELIUS on the acquisition of Teijin Automotive Technologies North America (“TAT-NA”), provider of advanced composite
As of 26 March 2025, MFE-MEDIAFOREUROPE announced its intention to issue a voluntary public takeover offer to increase its stake in the major entertainment player in the German-speaking region, ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE with the aim to gain
DLA Piper – with a team led by Counsel Dr. Isaschar Nicolaysen and Partner Dr. Benjamin Parameswaran (BOTH PICTURED, left to right), with Senior Associate Jan Schlaak as a core team member and the Associate Dr.
Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Florian Schmidt-Bogatzky (PICTURED) as a partner in its Intellectual Property (IP) practice based in the firm’s Disputes group in Düsseldorf. Schmidt-Bogatzky is a German and Unified Patent Court (
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Foundation released “The 2025 State of Cybersecurity Report: An In-house Perspective” showing that, globally, CLOs are quickly becoming integral leaders in cybersecurity strategy, holding leadership positions, and frequently reporting cybersecurity
The commercial law firm Gütt Olk Feldhaus (GOF) – with a team led by Dr Heiner Feldhaus (PICTURED LEFT) – has advised Maxburg Beteiligungen on the sale of GfS Gesellschaft für Sicherheitstechnik to ASSA ABLOY
Greenberg Traurig – with a team led by Dr. Kati Beckmann (PICTURED) and composed of Claudia Stremel, Peter Zingel, and Florian Deitel – advised FAP Group on the structuring and launch of a new real estate debt
A Noerr team led by Michael Brellochs, Florian Becker and Thomas Heitzer (ALL PICTURED, LEFT TO RIGHT) has advised the Generali Group as part of a consortium on the acquisition of the Viridium Group. Viridium
A CMS team led by partner Dr Malte Bruhns (PICTURED) played a leading role in providing legal and tax advice to the UX Group shareholders on the sale of the company to the Steliau Technology
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