Gleiss Lutz, Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability

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Provided by Gleiss Lutz

Gleiss Lutz is one of the premier M&A firms in Germany. Our clients recognize and value this by engaging us on some of their largest, most complex and demanding transactions in Germany and around the world.

We advise on the full spectrum of M&A transactions across industries and deal size, including public takeovers, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, carve-outs and joint ventures, as well as hostile takeovers and the defense of companies and boards of directors against hostile takeovers.

Our full service approach provides a significant advantage to our clients, whose transactions often traverse various legal areas and also industries. We believe in holistic, interdisciplinary and creative solutions to get the deal done.

Gleiss Lutz has also consistently been recognized as a preeminent advisor on corporate law for major corporations, mostly listed and national or international market leaders on their most challenging, most significant and most critical legal issues.

We counsel management boards and supervisory boards in bet-the-company situations. We have an impressive track record of finding creative, innovative and pragmatic solutions for our clients’ legal, commercial and often interlocking problems.

These matters frequently raise complex domestic and multinational corporate law and corporate governance issues. The cases we deal with cover the entire spectrum of strategic and organizational issues faced by management boards and supervisory boards.

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Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability - Germany

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What the Team is Known For

Gleiss Lutz has a robust team that is well regarded for its capabilities in high-end transactions, advising a range of DAX 40 companies. It routinely handles inbound investments and acquisitions for international clients. The scope of its expertise encompasses divestitures and public takeovers whereby the team is often sought after by financial advisers and prominent corporates, while also showing expertise in take-private mandates. The department has an impressive reputation for advising management and supervisory boards of high-profile companies on complex corporate law and governance issues, as well as corporate investigations. It is particularly active in the industrial, automotive, technology and financial services sectors.

Wofür das Team bekannt ist

Gleiss Lutz verfügt über ein robustes Team, das für seine Kompetenz bei High-End-Transaktionen bekannt ist und eine Reihe von DAX-40-Unternehmen beraten hat. Es wickelt routinemäßig Inbound-Investitionen und Akquisitionen für internationale Kunden ab. Der Schwerpunkt der Expertise erstreckt sich auf Veräußerungen und öffentliche Übernahmen, wobei das Team häufig von Finanzberatern und namhaften Unternehmen gefragt ist, aber auch über Expertise bei Take-Private-Mandaten verfügt. Die Abteilung hat einen hervorragenden Ruf für die Beratung von Vorständen und Aufsichtsräten namhafter Unternehmen in komplexen gesellschaftsrechtlichen und Governance-Fragen sowie bei gesellschaftsrechtlichen Ermittlungen. Sie ist insbesondere in den Branchen Industrie, Automotive, Technologie und Finanzdienstleistungen aktiv.

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Work Highlights

Provided by Gleiss Lutz

Gleiss Lutz advised Telefónica on its public purchase offer to all shareholders of Telefónica Deutschland Holding, valued at EUR7 billion.
Gleiss Lutz hat Telefónica bei ihrem öffentlichen Erwerbsangebot an alle Aktionäre der Telefónica Deutschland Holding im Wert von 7 Mrd. EUR beraten.