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w w w . h e n g e l e r . c o m
5th CIS Local Counsel Forum
We All are Local CounselDr. Cord-Georg Hasselmann
Minsk, 24 June 2010
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We All are Local Counsel
I. Starting Points
• By nature, law is national
• Attorneys are service provider
• Economy does not stop at national boarders
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We All are Local Counsel
II. Consequences
• We have to be best on issues of domestic laws
• We have to provide our clients with the best service on issues of foreign law
• The joint service has to be “seamless”
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We All are Local Counsel
III. From Promiscuousness to Lifetime Marriage - Possible Approaches -
• Fully independent law firm
• Independent law firm will loose relationships with foreign firm / Network
• Best friends
• Alliance
• Transnational / Global Firm
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We All are Local Counsel
IV. Criteria
• Best service to the clients
• Highly motivated attorneys
• Attractiveness for young lawyers
• Satisfactory economic results
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We All are Local Counsel
V. Do All Roads Lead to Rome?
• Not all, but many
• There is no silver bullet
• Time never stops
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Hengeler Mueller
- The Firm -
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Contents
Firm Profile
9 – 13Integrated Team Concept
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Practice Profile
23 – 43Partner Profile
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Russia Desk
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Firm Profile Location Developments Lawyers
Germany
Berlin
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Office move September 2008
Düsseldorf
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Office move August 2003
Frankfurt
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Office move December 2006
Munich
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Office opening January 2006
United Kingdom
London 8(Hengeler Mueller Lawyers)
Joint office location withBonelli Erede Pappalardo
February 2007
Belgium
Brussels 6(Hengeler Mueller Lawyers)
Joint office location withBonelli Erede PappalardoBredin PratSlaughter and MayUría Menéndez
June 2007
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Firm Profile At a Glance
• Hengeler Mueller: Universally recognised to be one of Europe's pre-eminent law firms
• Dedicated to absolute quality of legal advice and the highest standards of service
• The prerequisite: a true and homogeneous partnership of professionals, entrepreneurial in thinking and handling and international in education, training and practice
• Establishment of Integrated Teams with pre-eminent firms in major jurisdictions on international transactions that are result-oriented, cost-effective and tailor-made for cross-border advice of the highest quality
• Clients: Major German, European and US entities (in recent years)
- 22 of the DAX 30
- 31 of the EuroSTOXX 50
- 14 of the Dow Jones
- leading private equity firms
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Firm Profile Practice Areas
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Joint Ventures
• Corporate
• Private Equity
• Banking & Finance
• Capital Markets
• Competition
• Restructuring/Insolvency
• Regulatory
• Tax
• Labour
• IP/IT
• Litigation/Arbitration/ADR
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Firm Profile Awards
Banking and Finance Law Firm of the Year 2008
Law Firm of the Year 2007
Insurance Law Firm of the Year 2006
Competition Law Firm of the Year 2005
M&A Law Firm of the Year 2004
Law Firm of the Year (Germany)
2005/2006/2007/2008/2009
Law Firm of the Year (Germany)
2003/2004/2005/2007/2009
Chambers GlobalLaw Firm of the Year (Germany)
2005/2006Chambers Europe
Law Firm of the Year (Germany)2008
Law Firm of the YearProfessional Training and Development 2010 Law Firm of the Year 2010 (Germany)
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Firm Profile Media Coverage
“the most prestigious and exceptional of business law firms in Germany”
“Sources praised its ‘successful model, which has ensured that it attracts the best clients and lawyers’.”
“Client: ‘It is just about the only firm that gives me reason to actually sit down and admire the perfection of its contract drafting.’”
“Clients were also keen to stress that the exceptional service offered by the group represented ‘exceptionally good value for money’.”
“remarkably versatile firm . . . helped to shape most of the techniques commonly used throughout the market . . . expertly guiding each complex deal past any number of obstacles along the path to closing. . . punctuality, precision, great business orientation and sharp analytical skills”
“Quick and solution-oriented, its lawyers always have an eye on the bigger picture and leave you feeling well looked after.”
“Another year, another tier-one placing for HengelerMueller…the firm was again unanimously referred toas a market leader by competitors, who also admirethe firm’s ability to maintain its dominance for somany years.”
“It is difficult to overstate the influence thatHengeler Mueller holds over the German market.Peers are overwhelmingly generous with their praiseof Hengeler, while clients couldn’t be happier withthe firm’s performance.”
“Clients rate Hengeler Mueller very highly, probablythe best in fact…their great strength is their breadthof quality…it’s difficult to find anyone there whodoes not meet your expectations.”
“yardstick for its competitors”
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Integrated Team Concept
Allens Arthur Robinson
Australia
Bonelli Erede Pappalardo – Italy
Bredin Prat – France
Slaughter and May – UK
Uría Menéndez – Spain
Close relationships with further leading law firms in other major European jurisdictions
Uría Menéndez
Buenos Aires
Lima
Mexico City
Santiago de Chile
Cravath Swaine & Moore
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz
USA
Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners
ALRUD
Russia
Close relationships with further leading law firms in other major jurisdictions in CIS states
Jun He
Beijing
Shanghai
Slaughter and MayDe Brauw Blackstone WestbroekUría Menéndez
Beijing
Slaughter and May
Hong Kong
Amarchand & Mangaldas
India
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• Through the Integrated Team Concept, we provide for first-class legal advice from the various market leaders in each jurisdiction:
- Flexible, efficient advice focused on both client and transaction
- Hengeler Mueller is responsible for project management and co-ordination of work of team members
- Institutionalised teamwork: common practice groups, secondments, training programmes, client workshops and IT networks
- Joint legal advice in complementary practice areas such as competition or tax
- Billing in co-ordination with client (collectively or individually by law firm)
Integrated Team Concept Profile
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Integrated Team Concept Profile
• Select transactions (co-ordination by Hengeler Mueller across numerous jurisdictions):
- Bayer AG on restructuring of diagnostics business unit as separate entity and world-wide sale to Siemens
- Eaton Corporation on acquisition of Moeller Group from Doughty Hanson
- Linde AG on restructuring of Material Handling unit as separate entity and subsequent sale
- Siemens AG on sale of Siemens VDO Automotive to Continental
- Teleperformance SA on acquisition of twenty4help from United Internet
- Eurazeo SA on acquisition of Europcar
- Funds advised by JC Flowers and Grove on public offer for Hypo Real Estate
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Announced Transactions in Europe 2009
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Rank Law Firm Value (€m)1 No. of Deals
1 Hengeler Mueller & Best Friends2 144,113.1 195
1 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 136,162.6 163
3 Linklaters 96,745.9 149
4 Clifford Chance 58,001.6 103
5 Allen & Overy 47,204.8 145
1 Source/Aggregation of figures: Thomson Reuters
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1 Hengeler Mueller & Best Friends2 1,209,505.3 1,380
1 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer 1,057,901.3 1,281
3 Linklaters 1,040,901.3 1,349
4 Clifford Chance 846,514.7 1,444
5 Allen & Overy 840,016.6 1,272
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Integrated Team ConceptSelect Transactions (Europe)
Acquisition of industrial compressor business from
ABACSale of diagnostics business
to SiemensTakeover by Linde
Acquisition Europcar from VW and APCOAfrom Investcorp
Takeover of Pergo Acquisition ofPartners in Lighting from
CVC Capital Partners
Acquisition of Moeller Group from Doughty Hanson
HEINZELMANN
Acquisition of operational business of Plus in Poland
and Portugal
Takeover of AWD
Acquisition of stake in MLP
Acquisition of consumer credit business from Royal
Bank of ScotlandAcquisition of ABX Logistics
Worldwide from 3i
Sale of several activities incl. GE Money Bank to
Santander in exchange for activities of Santander
Proposed merger GfK AG / Taylor Nelson
Sofres plc
Acquisition of twenty4help from United Internet
Acquisition of Danisco Sugar A/S and sale of German
production site toRoyal Cosun
Acquisition ofPharmaplan
Public exchange offerBB MEDTECH AG
Sale of BMGto Vivendi
Acquisition of 75% stakein GEERS Group
Carve-out and sale of Siemens VDO Automotive to
Continental
(u.a.)
Restructuring of Material Handling unit as separate
entity and subsequent sale
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Integrated Team ConceptSelect Transactions (US)
Foreign Currency Bond
Takeover offer for Scania
Takeover by Bayer
Acquisition of business unit Microelectronic Inspection
Equipment from Vistec Semiconductor GmbH
Acquisition ofLWB Refractories from
Rhone Capital
Joint venture with EQT incl. takeover of Sola International Ltd.
Carl
Advice on US Casualty Portfolio (incl. sale of
renewal rights to Berkshire Hathaway)
Takeover of webMethods IPO
Public share buy-back offer to all shareholders both in
Germany and US
Capital increase incl. rights offering and private
placement
Acquisition of stake inHypo Real Estate
by public(part) offer
IPO
Combined placement of new shares through
subscription rights capital increase and private
placement of old shares
Capital Increase / Hybrid Bond Linde
Proposed takeoverof Endesa
Acquisition of stakein Tarkett
Sale ofDynamit Nobel
to KKR
IPO
Sale of Klöckner Pentaplast to Blackstone
Financing of takeover of Millipore by Merck
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Integrated Team Concept Media Coverage
“Its integrated team approach with other leading independent and international law firms ‘works splendidly’.”
“benchmark for quality”
“professional and technically outstanding work”
“always pleasant to work with and don’t overstaff”
“a key destination for clients involved in large-scale international deals”
“Peers regard Hengeler Mueller not only as a heavy-weight domestically,but also as a potent force in the global market
through its integrated team approach with other leading international firms.”
“Being a part of a ‘best friends’ network affords it an international capabilitythat complements its tight grip on the German market…
Satisfied clients highlight the team’s understanding of international standardsas one of the greatest advantages of working with it, and underscore
‘the fantastic calibre of the personnel available at all levels – from senior partners to junior associates’.”
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Russia Desk
CIV Insurance
• Distribution cooperation with Citibank, inter alia, in Russia
JCDecaux S.A.
• Sale of VVR Decaux GmbH and Zacharias GmbH to Wall AG as well as acquisitions of Wall‘s subsidiaries in the Netherlands and Russia
Software AG
• Takeover of IDS Scheer(Merger control in Germany and Russia)
UC Rusal
• Restructuring; Integrated Team, inter alia, with Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev
Hengeler Mueller is expanding its international expertise in the Eastern European market. Hengeler Mueller’s Russia Desk regularly provides advice to German and foreign clients on their projects in Russia as well as to major Russian companies on their activities in Germany and other European countries. In doing so, the Russia Desk cooperates with leading Russian law firms which possess international credentials.
Hengeler Mueller has advised as lead counsel the JCDecaux Group on its acquisition project News Outdoor (Murdoch Group) and, in this context, co-ordinated a team of more than 15 law firms in various jurisdictions, most notably Russia and the CIS States. Furthermore, Hengeler Mueller provides ongoing advice to the Russian corporate group Basic Element and its subsidiaries, such as UC Rusal, as well as to other Russian companies, such as EuroChem, which are expanding internationally.
Hengeler Mueller also works with pre-eminent law firms - market leaders in their jurisdictions - in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and Ukraine, and it would be a pleasure for Hengeler Mueller to co-ordinate advice to you in these countries.
Russia
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Corporate Profile
• Focus of Corporate Advice
- Reorganisation of corporate structures (domination agreements, squeeze-outs, mergers, demergers, spin-offs, delistings, transformations)
- Integration measures post-takeover/merger (esp. legal issues of intra-group companies)
- Preparation of reports to be submitted by board to shareholders; counsel to board relative to rights and duties during transaction planning
- Preparation and assistance of shareholders meetings, incl. coaching of chairman and back-office
- Preparation and assistance of clearance proceedings and actions of liabilities
- Counsel on squeeze-outs, appraisal proceedings
- Service agreements with board members
- Corporate litigation, restructuring
• Corporate Governance
- Counsel to management board
- Counsel to supervisory board
- Counsel on
Compliance structures
Management board remuneration
Employment contracts
Employee participation programmes
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Corporate Select Recent Structuring Matters
Several squeeze-outs
Integration of Winterthur activities into German AXA Group
Merger DBV-Winterthur Krankenversicherung/AXA
Krankenversicherung
Bottlers
Merger with Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke AG by transfer of
18 individual companies
Corporate overhaul of Bayer by demerger of entire operative business
Spin-off of Bayer‘s chemical business onto LANXESS and subsequent stock-
market listing
Integration of Bayer Schering Pharma into Bayer Group
Integration of client service center Spezial (KNLS) into Vivento Customer Service GmbH to prepare for sale of
call center sites
Merger of Reebok Deutschland GmbH and ASL - American Sports and Leisure GmbH into adidas AG
Merger of Dresdner Bank AG into Commerzbank AG
Squeeze-out Eurohypo AG
Control agreement between Eurohypo and Commerzbank Inlandsbanken
Holding GmbH
One of the largest squeeze-outs in recent years
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Corporate Corporate Litigation
• Hengeler Mueller advises on corporate litigation and disputes, inter alia, companies such as:
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Corporate Corporate RestructuringSelect Clients
• In the difficult economic climate, our Corporate Team has been working closely with our finance team on a large number of refinancing and restructuring matters, advising companies, shareholders or lenders on issues related to the following (among others):
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M&A Profile
• Advice on all aspects of national and multi-national mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures as well as takeovers of listed companies, auctions, financed acquisitions
• Special advisory teams in place for private equity; partners with broad expertise extending beyond classic M&A, incl. financing, co-investment arrangements, management incentive programmes, restructurings, going private and all exit options
• More than half of Hengeler Mueller lawyers work in this practice area
• M&A 2009 - Germany
- Hengeler Mueller was involved in half of all major transactions (> 500 Mio. €)in Germany
• M&A 2009 - Europe
- Hengeler Mueller ranked (12th) as the top independent (non-merged) law firm
• Specialists advising on competition, restructuring/insolvency, regulatory, tax, labour, IP/IT, real estate as well as litigation/arbitration/ADR
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Private M&A Select Matters
Sale of Siemens VDOAutomotive to Continental
Sale of Adler Modemärkteto BluO
Sale of Hapag-Lloyd toHamburg consortium
Acquisition of Condor Insurance Group from Oetker
Sale of Thüga to Integra/KOM9 Sale of DSL business toUnited Internet
Acquisition of Extra High-Voltage Transmission Network from E.ON
Acquisition of 75% shareholding in GEERS Group
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Public M&A Select Matters
Takeover of AWD
Acquisition of qualifiedminority stake in MLP
Takeover of ersol Solar Energy AG
Public offer to all shareholdersof ALTANA AG
Public offer to all shareholders of STRABAG AG
Takeover of IDS Scheer
Acquisition of shareholding in Deutsche Postbank
Acquisition of 49.9% stake in Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG by Volkswagen by way of capital increase and put/call
agreement for remaining 50.1% stake in Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG with
Volkswagen
Acquisition of Essent
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Private Equity Select Matters
Sale of Gardena to Husqvarna
Sale by Arcandor of 49% stake in "Highstreet" joint venture (controlled by Whitehall) to
consortium led by RREEF and Pirelli RE
Acquisition of GBH incl. public takeover offer
Counsel on several real estate transactions together with
Eurocastle
Acquisition of Springer Science + Business Media from Candover and Cinven
Acquisition Europcar from VW and APCOA from Investcorp
Acquisition of bol.com from Georg von Holtzbrinck group and Weltbild publishing house
Acquisition and subs. sale of Hansen Transmissions to AE Rotor Suzlon Energy Limited
Sale of CBR to EQT
Acquisition of Jost
Acquisition of stake in Tarkett Acquisition and subsequent sale of Rodenstock
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Banking & Finance – Capital Markets
Profile
• Banking, Finance, Capital Markets incl. Bank Regulatory:
- Traditional focus of Frankfurt office
- approx. 15 partners in the Banking group
• Recognised innovative leader in the market (new financial products, securitisation)
• Structuring and advice to German and non-German banks, international financing syndicates and corporates, debt issuance programmes, asset-backed securities and financial derivatives, IPOs, equity block trades, equity-linked products
• Broad experience relative to “dual track” proceedings(Siemens VDO, KION, Symrise, Demag)
• Legal services also cover acquisition and project financing, investment funds as well as regulatory law for banks, exchanges, securities and insurance companies
• Regulatory practice relative to banking, securities, exchange and insurance law matters, asset management and investment funds
• Numerous regulatory application procedures with BaFin for new or existing banking licenses of non-German including non-European banks or branches of foreign banks
• Leading German securitisation practice for all asset classes
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Banking & Finance Banking/Financing Highlights
Financing of acquisition of majority shareholding of Merck in Serono
Reorganisation loan, syndicated cash and letter of credit facilities for Conergy
Counsel on trustee structure as well as on € 1.5 billion loan
Transfer by General Motors of 65% shareholding in Adam Opel GmbH to
trust company in conjunction with € 1.5 bn bridge financing by KfW et al.
Retransfer of shareholding and repayment of bridge financing
Counsel on € 50 bn rescue package for Hypo Real Estate
Financing of takeover of Business Objects by SAP
Daimler AG: € 3 bn multi-currency revolving credit facility
Financing of acquisition of shopping centre portfolio from Multi Corporation
in Germany, Spain and Portugal as well as of a development portfolio (5 assets)
in Germany
Financing of takeoverof Millipore by Merck
Issuance of € 3.2 bn bearer bonds(in three tranches) for financing of
acquisition of Millipore
Financing of acquisition of 75% shareholding in GEERS Group
Extension and adjustment of existing bank facilities
Combined import/export facility including cash and L/C facilities and
receivable purchase facilities for German, US and Canadian borrowers
Additional advice relative to restructuring of borrower (hive-down)
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Banking & Finance Loans
• Counsel to companies and arrangers on several loans/financings related to the following entities:
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Capital Markets IPOs
• Counsel to issuer or bank(s) on IPOs relative to the following entities:
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Capital Markets Capital Increases
• Counsel to issuer or bank(s) on capital increases to the following entities:
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Advice within framework ofBayernLB bond
Xetra® Gold Bond
Benchmark Bond
First issuance of state-guaranteed
bond under German Financial Market
Stabilisation Act (“FMStG”)
Capital Markets Debt Capital MarketsSelect Highlights
Overnight Bond
Inflation-Linked Bond
Foreign Currency Bond
€ 50 bn rescue package for
Hypo Real Estate
Counsel on complex structuring and
documentation of both bonds
Largest bank bond ever in Germany
Recapitalisation of Hapag-Lloyd AGIssuance of three Eurobondswith total volume of € 2.5 bn
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Competition Profile / Select Matters
• Competition, antitrust and merger control advice at three locations: Düsseldorf/Frankfurt/Brussels• 7 partners in Competition Team• Involved in numerous stand-alone competition matters across all industrial and commercial sectors• Merger control advice on major M&A transactions• Co-ordination of merger control proceedings with German Federal Cartel Office, European Commission
and foreign cartel authorities worldwide (multi-jurisdictional filings)• Advice on administrative fines and general competition-related proceedings• Counsel on sectoral investigations of European Commission• State aid proceedings before European Commission and courts• Unfair Competition / Regulatory counsel for energy, pharmaceutical and telecommunications matters• Enforcement of claims in litigation proceedings
Acquisition by Google
(EC Merger Control)
German FootballFederation
Representation against German Federal Cartel Office relative to joint
marketing, inter alia DFB Cup Competition
Representation in administrative fine proceedings of GFCO relative to
sponsoring
Representation in state aid proceedings of EC Commission relative to public rescue aid and contribution in favour of Austrian Airlines and sale to
Lufthansa
Acquisition of control of Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. S.C.A.
(EC-Merger Controll)
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Restructuring/Insolvency Profile / Select Matters
• Hengeler Mueller combines expertise in insolvency, banking and finance, corporate, regulatory, tax and M&A law.
• This enables the firm to provide advice with a multidisciplinary team of lawyers tailored to the individual situation.
• The teams provide capabilities that are required to deal with most complex restructuring, distressed asset, distressed debt and insolvency-related matters as well as other special situations.
Financial restructuring of Treofan
Acquisition of near-majority shareholding in Treofan by
Management & Capitali through debt-equity-swap
Financial restructuring of Novem GroupFinancial restructuring Recapitalisation of Hapag Lloyd AG
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Regulatory Profile / Select Matters
• Representation of industrial enterprises and investors in major location and plant investments as well as regulatory and operational compliance issues relative to German and European law
• Advice on numerous clean-up undertakings of historic environmental contamination sites• Strategic advice in transactions with high environmental and compliance risks• Organisation and implementation of extensive due diligence procedures• State aid advice• Counsel to the Federal Government, governments of the federal states, large municipalities and utilities as well
as to private investors on numerous privatisations and PPP• Advice on German and European public procurement law
Representation as third party in German Federal Cartel Office
proceedings against monopolisation of lottery market through lottery
companies within German Lotto and Toto Block
Counsel relative to legislative/regulative proceedings on German Financial
Market Stabilisation Act/Regulation
Federal Interior Ministry
Counsel relative to German Financial Market Stabilisation Amendment Act, in
particular Rescue Act
Sale of LBB's stake (25% of total share capital) in ILB to State of Brandenburg
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Tax Profile / Select Matters
• Team of experts providing advice in high-end representations (4 Partners)
• Tax-related advice in M&A/Corporate, Capital Markets in addition to Banking and Finance
• Stand-alone product-related tax advice within framework of securitisations, investment funds, hybrid financing structures, and stock options
• High percentage of international representations
Development and implementation of investment product termed
"Tagesanleihe" (Overnight Bond)
Acquisition of shareholding in Deutsche Postbank and issuance of bonds
mandatorily exchangeable into 60m Postbank shares as well as put and call
options and right of first refusal
Issuance of three Eurobonds with total volume of € 2.5 bn
Sale of Thüga to Integra/KOM9
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Labour Profile / Select Matters
• Advice to German and international industrial and commercial enterprises, insurance industry, banks and investment banks
• Collective and individual labour law• Support advice on labour-related issues within M&A/Corporate, Capital Markets as well as Banking
and Finance• Corporate restructuring projects• Labour-related privatisation advice• Negotiation of works agreements and social plans, reorganisations and rationalisation measures• Labour-related litigation
First decision of German Federal Labour Court on share options
Sale of five call center sites ofVivento Customer Service GmbH to
D+S europe AG
Counsel on all outsourcing projects related to Vivento
Acquisition of Jost from Silverfleet
Sale of Bombardier Transportation (Power Converter Solutions) to
PCS Power Converter Solutions Verwaltung AG
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IP/IT Profile / Select Matters
• Patent Law
- Patent infringement proceedings
- Contract development
• Trademark Law
- Trademark litigation
- Anti-counterfeiting
- Licensing
- Trademark strategic advice
• Copyright, publishing and media law
• Information technology, copyright and software
• IP-related transactions
Proceedings against German Savings Bank Association on right to use
trademark “Sparkasse” (savings bank)
Acquisition of debitel Group (comprising debitel AG, TALKLINE
GmbH and _dug telecom ag)
Sale of KION toKKR and GS Capital Partners
Restructuring of Material Handling unit as separate entity
Consolidation of this unit and trademarks Linde, STILL and OM into
KION Group GmbH
Sale of respective shareholdings in Arcor to Vodafone
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Litigation/Arbitration/ADR Profile / Select Matters
• Long-standing expertise in the representation of clients in the industrial, banking and insurance sectors in national and international courts and arbitration proceedings
• Focus on complex corporate and commercial disputes, often involving cross-border aspects, and on major cases in specific areas, such as competition, labour or IP/IT
• Partners of the firm often act as arbitrators
Julius Bär vs. more than 200 Investors in Julius Bär Creativ-Investment Funds
Action of voidance against authorisation to issue convertible bonds
and qualified capital before Regional Court Essen, Higher Regional Court
Hamm and German Federal Supreme Court
Deutsche Bank/Kirch et al. Arbitration proceedings TollCollect
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Partner Profile Dr. Cord-Georg Hasselmann
Dr. Cord-Georg Hasselmann
Born 1956 in Hamburg
Admitted to bar 1987
Notary
Hengeler Mueller since 1987
Partner since 1991
Office: Berlin
Telephone: +49 30 20374-155
Email: [email protected]
Education: Universities of Munich and Hamburg (Dr. jur.)
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (LL.M.)
Practice Areas: Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate, Restructuring
Privatisations / Public Private PartnershipsPublic Procurement Central and Eastern Europe