The fourteen-year alliance between Gleiss Lutz, Chiomenti, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira and Gide Loyrette Nouel has been quietly dissolved, marking what some observers suggest could signal a broader retreat from preferential network arrangements. Whilst the
Mayer Brown continues to expand its banking & finance advisory capabilities: Burkhard Jäkel (PICTURED) joined the Frankfurt office as a partner on January 1, 2026. Jäkel comes from Gleiss Lutz, where he practiced for almost
Gleiss Lutz has announced the appointment of nine new partners and four counsel effective 1 January 2026. The new partners are: – Katharina Bein (Düsseldorf) advises national and international clients on all matters of
Gleiss Lutz has advised European alternative asset management platform Hayfin Capital Management on the acquisition of shopping centre Gropius Passagen in Berlin from Nuveen and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. With around 95,000 sqm of lettable retail space, more than 150
A consortium of six major law firms is providing counsel on Rumble‘s proposed stock-swap acquisition of Northern Data Group, a Germany-based artificial intelligence company with a comprehensive technology stack, in a deal that places
A Gleiss Lutz team is advising DMK Group, Germany’s largest dairy cooperative consisting of Deutsches Milchkontor eG (DMK) and the Dutch Drents Overijsselse Coöperatie Kaas U.A. (DOC), on its cross-border merger with
Gleiss Lutz has advised the ad hoc group of lenders to the OQ Chemicals Group, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oxo chemicals, on the German-law aspects of the Group’s holistic recapitalisation,
In its ruling of 10 April 2025, the Federal Administrative Court dismissed the appeals filed by the State of Baden-Württemberg and a hospital operator on the fundamental issue of whether a hospital should be reimbursed for
A Gleiss Lutz team has advised Five Arrows and funds advised by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG on the refinancing of Solvares Group, following the announcement of the acquisition of a material equity stake in the business
Gleiss Lutz, with a team led by Frank Schlobach (partner) and Dr. Katja Lehr (counsel, both Banking & Finance, both Frankfurt), has advised United Internet AG on its new syndicated financing facility of EUR 1.5 billion.
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