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International Briefing March 2024
Dear friends and colleagues,
welcome to the first issue of ADVANT Beiten's International Briefing in 2024.
We are vigorously working on ADVANT-wide synergy to provide our clients and friends with the "best of both worlds": deep local market expertise combined with international vision and reach.
The recent example when the European ADVANT Alliance with its three law firms ADVANT Nctm (Italy), ADVANT Beiten (Germany) and ADVANT Altana (France) joined their forces to ensure the smooth European legal experience is a comprehensive legal advice to Cogne Acciai Speciali S.p.A. (CAS) on the acquisition of all shares in Mannesmann Stainless Tubes GmbH (MST) in a cross-border transaction. CAS, based in Aosta (Italy), is a 70% subsidiary of Walsin Lihwa Corporation (Walsin) from Taiwan. The ADVANT law firms advised CAS under the leadership of Italian partner Vittorio Noseda comprehensively across multiple jurisdictions and locations. ADVANT Beiten, led by partners Christian von Wistinghausen, Marion Frotscher and Tassilo Klesen, advised on all matters of German law. Please see our other deals in the respective section below.
Also, in this edition we would like to highlight publications created by the ADVANT law firms together, relying on our extensive joint matter experience to assist you or your clients with navigating complex and nuanced legal and commercial landscape of Europe.
- In European M&A Outlook Partners of the ADVANT firms discuss the 2024 forecast for European M&A activity to compare notes on what awaits European dealmakers this year.
- Please assess how prepared you are for a litigation dispute in China or Russia with the help of our overview of key issues a party to litigation in China and Russia is likely to face.
- Our ADVANT-wide Restructuring and Insolvency team explores how company directors react to financial distress and risk in our publication "Company Directors Facing Financial Distress: A Cross-Border Perspective".
- Additionally, for an overview of the European Tech Law regulation that applies to all companies doing business in the European Union, whether they are registered within the EU or not, please read ADVANT Beiten's Tech Law Briefing.
To deliver our message across the Atlantic in January, February and March 2024 partners of the ADVANT firms visited New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Miami where they met representatives of the American law firms and corporates to establish new connections and explore business opportunities. Please connect with Gildas Robert (ADVANT Altana), Markus Ley, Hans-Josef Vogel (ADVANT Beiten) and Guido Fauda (ADVANT Nctm) during their ADVANT's Midwest US Roadshow of 15 – 19 April 2024 and see our other events in the respective section below.
We are also delighted to share some "local" news. On 16 March 2024 ADVANT Beiten has elected its new Management Committee to lead the firm for the next three years. In addition to re-elected Dusseldorf office Partner Guido Krüger, the partners have elected Munich office Partner Martin Fink, and Freiburg office Partner Barbara Mayer. Our fellow editor Barbara will be in particular responsible for international relationships of the firm. The Management Committee remains loyal to creating lasting value for our clients and teams and to continuing ADVANT efforts to solidify its position as a European legal industry leader.
At the turn of the year ADVANT Beiten's Corporate / M&A practice group grew by winning two Equity Partners: Eva Kreibohm (Berlin office) and Jan Eltzschig (Dusseldorf office). Eva's partnership is an important step towards strengthening and succession planning for our notary's office in Berlin. With Jan, we are gaining an established expert in the market who will work closely with our ADVANT partner law firms in this area.
Our Hamburg office has grown its team as well. We are welcoming Oliver Korte as a highly experienced colleague in the area of commercial and distribution law. Trade and distribution are firmly anchored in the Hanseatic city and Mr Korte is sharpening our profile in this area in particular. We are also delighted to have Martin Seevers and his team on board as experts who can provide comprehensive advice to both companies and private individuals in all areas of corporate and tax criminal law.
With these new additions, ADVANT Beiten's Corporate/M&A practice group comprises a total of 78 professionals, including 26 Equity Partners, 2 Of Counsels, 28 Non-Equity Partners, and 22 Associates.
In this edition, of course, we highlight interesting developments in the European and German legal landscape as well.
You can find the newsletter here.
All the best,
Dr Barbara Mayer
Prof. Dr Hans-Josef Vogel
Dr Christian von Wistinghausen
Moritz Kopp
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Dr Barbara Mayer Rechtsanwältin, Licensed Specialist for Commercial and Corporate Law Partner |
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Prof. Dr Hans-Josef Vogel Rechtsanwalt Partner |
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Dr Christian von Wistinghausen Rechtsanwalt, LL.M. Partner |
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Moritz Kopp Rechtsanwalt, LL.M. Partner |
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Prof. Dr Rainer Bierwagen Rechtsanwalt Partner |
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Dr Birgit Münchbach Rechtsanwältin, Licensed Specialist for International Commercial Law, Commercial and Corporate Law and Information Technology Law Partner |
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Dr Christoph Schmitt Rechtsanwalt Partner |
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Tassilo Klesen Rechtsanwalt Partner |
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Christopher Theis Rechtsanwalt, Licensed Specialist for Procurement Law Partner |
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Benjamin Knorr Rechtsanwalt, LL.M. Eur., Licensed Specialist for Commercial and Corporate Law Partner |
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Andreas Scheffold Rechtsanwalt Associate |
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Lisa Werle Rechtsanwältin, Licensed Specialist for Commercial and Corporate Law Partner |
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Dr Daniel Walden Rechtsanwalt Partner |
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Dr André Depping Rechtsanwalt, Mediator, M.L.E. Partner |
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Gábor Báthory Rechtsanwalt Partner |
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Dr Ralf Hafner Rechtsanwalt, M.Sc. Partner |
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Dr Tobias Pörnbacher Rechtsanwalt Associate |
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Dr Marion Frotscher Rechtsanwältin, Steuerberaterin, M.I.Tax Partner |
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Dr Eva Kreibohm Rechtsanwältin, Notarin- registered office Berlin Partner |
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Oliver Korte Rechtsanwalt, Licensed Specialist for Commercial and Corporate Law Partner |
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Martin Seevers Rechtsanwalt, Steuerberater, LL.M. Tax (USA) Partner |
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Martin Fink Rechtsanwalt, Licensed Specialist for Labour Law Partner |
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Jan Eltzschig Rechtsanwalt Partner |
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Dr Guido Krüger Rechtsanwalt, Licensed Specialist for Tax Law Partner |
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Dr Markus Ley Rechtsanwalt Partner |
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