A comprehensive survey from Thomson Reuters has uncovered significant challenges facing in-house legal departments, with mounting financial pressures driving strategic transformations across corporate legal teams. The 2024 State of the Corporate Law Department report indicates that
The German legal system stands on the brink of a significant overhaul, proposing groundbreaking reforms to create a more inclusive environment for international law firms. The Federal Ministry of Justice has unveiled a comprehensive proposal
DLA Piper has advised TOMRA Systems on a majority investment in c-trace and its subsidiaries in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and Poland. The acquisition is in line with TOMRA’s strategy of developing adjacent
Global law firm Clifford Chance is further expanding its global Restructuring & Insolvency law practice with the hire of another leading and highly experienced partner in Germany: Kolja von Bismarck (PICTURED) joined the partnership with
With its ruling of 28 August 2024, Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court overturned a decision by the Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) of 31 May 2022 in which the latter had found that a non-compete covenant agreed by STIHL with
The publicly listed Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) is investing in the internationally established consulting firm UNITY AG – Aktiengesellschaft für Unternehmensführung und Informationstechnologie. A fund advised by DBAG has acquired a controlling interest in
Portolano Cavallo, a full-service Italian law firm in the Digital-Media-Tech and Life Sciences-Healthcare sectors, announced the appointment of Daniela Amhof (PICTURED) as new counsel responsible for the German Desk, specialized in legal assistance to clients
Latham & Watkins has advised Mainova AG on the sale of 50.1% of its shares in Mainova WebHouse a fund managed by BlackRock‘s Diversified Infrastructure Team. The sale of the shares is the result of
International law firm Ernst & Young Law has advised a fund advised by European private equity firm IK Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Schwingshandl automation technology GmbH. IK acquires a majority
Global law firm Clifford Chance is expanding its global Restructuring & Insolvency law practice with the hiring of two market leading and highly experienced partners in Germany: Patrick Schulz (pictured, left) and Andreas Steiger (pictured,
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