Company & Corporate Law / M&A

We have particular experience in the following types of transactions:

• Acquisitions & spin-offs
• Auctions
• Succession planning
• Mergers and demergers
• Reorganisations/restructuring
• Private equity and venture capital
• Joint ventures and partnerships
• Cross-border transactions

Our advisory services include, amongst other things:

• The incorporation of companies and the establishment of branches
• Structuring, financing, restructuring and refinancing of companies and businesses
• Shareholder agreements, transfer agreements
• Establishment of organisational structures, including organisational regulations, committee charters, (global) guidelines on management transactions, insider trading, rules on powers and signing authority, data protection, anti-corruption, etc.
• Governance issues, in particular matters relating to corporate governance and corporate (social) responsibility (including the drafting and review of annual reports and corporate governance reports)
• General meetings of listed and private companies: invitations, scripts, scenario guides, coordination with the share register, minute-taking, independent proxy voting
• Duties and liability of board members and management
• Employment contracts for senior executives; termination agreements
• Succession planning
• Support for start-ups