We advise our clients on all legal and taxation aspects of national and international company acquisitions and mergers. We support our clients with questions of structuring during the preliminary stages of the transaction, with carrying out the due diligence review and the ensuing contract negotiations. In cases of cross-border transactions, our close contacts with international law firms help us to include experienced colleagues from the countries involved. We regard ourselves as your competent contact partner in all questions that arise during the preliminary stages of a transaction, in the transaction phase itself and in the subsequent integration phase.

Our Professional Focus:

• Support in the preliminary stages of a transaction, confidentiality and exclusivity agreements, letters of intent (LoI), and memoranda of understanding (MoU)
• Structuring and project management of the transaction, especially of classical share deals and asset deals, restructuring, joint ventures and cross-border mergers
• Review of the target company from the legal and taxation points of view (due diligence)
• Preparation, negotiation and implementation of the transaction documentation
• Contract management at signing and closing and support at any appointments with a notary (for authentication of documents)
• Procurement of approvals by governmental authorities (merger control procedures, among others)
• Purchase and sales of companies and assets from the insolvency administrator (distressed M&A)
• Post-merger integration
• Conduct of litigation before state courts and arbitration courts in cases of disputes after transactions