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Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market - Germany
What the Team is Known For
Glade Michel Wirtz is a dedicated German boutique firm handling both public and private M&A transactions and possessing extensive expertise in corporate matters. The distinguished team advises companies on corporate structuring, litigation and contractual matters, as well as AGM and shareholder matters. Its transactional expertise encompasses acquisitions and divestitures as well as share buy-backs. The law firm's competition and antitrust capabilities complement the team's advice on German mandates. It is particularly popular with domestic and international clients from the automotive, food and drink, and financial services sectors.
Strengths
Glade Michel Wirtz deliver focused solutions and excellent responsiveness. They are very reliable; you can rely on the team 100%.
They are really excellent lawyers with a high level of expertise and very practical, hands-on advice.
The lawyers at Glade Michel Wirtz always take a 360-degree approach and show outside-of-the-box thinking. They have very strong legal expertise.
Glade Michel Wirtz are extremely responsive and reliable, and in terms of results, they are very solution-oriented. They are pragmatic in their advice.
Work Highlights
Glade Michel Wirtz advised Vion Food Group on selling its cattle slaughterhouse and the plant for the production of end consumer products in Altenburg as well as Ahlener Fleishhandel to Tönnies Group.
Notable practitioners
Top practitioner Achim Glade is held in high esteem for his strength in cross-border acquisitions and divestitures, frequently acting for prominent clients from the manufacturing and food and beverage sectors.
Achim Glade is very persuasive, good in negotiations, very strong in preparing topics and good at getting to solutions.
Achim Glade is very pragmatic, direct, effective and hands-on.
Marco Sustmann advises prominent German corporates, supervisory boards and investment firms on M&A and large spin-offs as well as compliance investigations and shareholder matters.
Marco Sustmann has excellent expertise, is very pragmatic and is always on the pulse of time. He is a highly valued contact person.
Marco Sustmann is an absolute superstar and still down to earth - the perfect mix.
Marco Sustmann made it easy for me as a non-lawyer to understand complex situations. He is very straightforward and pragmatic.
Andreas Merkner is particularly active on corporate advisory and governance issues in relation to complex spin-offs and takeovers. He also handles regulatory investigations, M&A transactions and share buybacks.
Andreas Merkner is an outstanding and high-profile corporate lawyer.
Andreas Merkner is very intelligent, fast and provides good advice.