What we offer

Our long-established and efficient team of specialist M&A lawyers places great value in assuring top quality and comprehensive advice and assistance in complex, time-critical transactions. We advise businesses from start-ups through to stock market flotations. Owing to their complexity, corporate transactions routinely demand interlinking with a wide range of related legal fields. We will assemble a team tailored to your individual needs in conjunction with colleagues from our other practice groups.

What we do:

• Planning and concept preparation in advance of transactions
• Legal, financial and tax due diligence
• Coordination and advice on restructuring measures and optimized contract-drafting under the terms of corporate law
• Clarification of competition law issues relating to transactions
• Drafting of statements of intent and declarations of confidentiality in preparation of transactions
• Assistance in contract negotiations relating to transactions
• Negotiation and drafting of contracts relating to the acquisition or sale of shares in capital corporations and partnerships, of the business as a whole or of the assets of the business
• Coordination of the measures necessary to execute the transaction with the parties involved
• Drafting of measures accompanying transactions, such as employee shareholding programmes, organization and remuneration of the management, and legal optimization of relationships with employees and business partners
• Support in integrating the target into the acquiring business
• Advice and representation in case of disputes, such as in the event of infringement of guarantees and adjustment of acquisition prices
• Business valuations to calculate transaction-specific acquisition prices and to determine severance payments
• Support in price negotiations