Corporate Law Firm of the Year Germany

Firm Profile

After the 2011 merger between RölfsPartner and RP Richter & Partner, RölfsPartner is one of the leading integrated law, tax and audit firms in Germany with annual revenues of around EUR 120 million and about 750 partners and employees. As a full-service legal practice, RölfsPartner advises publicly listed and privately held companies, financial investors, public authorities, trusts, charitable foundations and private individuals on all aspects of corporate, civil, tax and public law.

Corporate law is one of our core competences. RölfsPartner offers detailed knowledge of the respective market situation, one lead contact from start to stop, efficient team of experts, high quality and security. International investors particularly benefit from the multidisciplinary approach as they have to engage only one firm for legal, tax, financial and commercial matters.

Through its membership in Baker

Tilly International and True Partners, RölfsPartner is represented in all major industrialised countries of the world.

Dr. Thomas Gemmeke

Dr. Thomas Gemmeke is a corporate partner in the Munich office of RölfsPartner. He regularly advises major international companies and investors on their acquisitions and divestments in Germany. Dr. Gemmeke has also substantial international transactional experience in the area of corporate law. In particular, he has been involved in all aspects of domestic and cross- border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and group

reorganisation. His industry expertise covers, amongst others, pharmacy, media, internet, software and

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engineering. He is the author of various articles on corporate and M&A matters and is a board member of various companies. Further, he chairs the working group “Company Succession” of the German M&A Federation (Bundesverband M&A).

Areas of Expertise

As a full-service legal practice, we advise companies, financial investors, public authorities, trusts, charitable foundations and private individuals on all aspects of commercial, administrative, tax and public law.

Our services include, in particular, the following areas:

• Corporate • Mergers & Acquisitions • Private Equity/Venture Capital • Restructuring/Reorganization • Tax

• Private Clients – Succession and Inheritance Law

• Labor Law/Industrial Law

• Recapitalization and Insolvency Advice

• Banking, Financial and Capital Market Law

• Commercial and Contract Law • Litigation, Arbitration and ediation

• Tax Evasion and Business Criminal Law

• Public Procurement and Public Interest Law

• Energy • Real Estate

Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2011

Dr. Thomas Gemmeke Rechtsanwalt Partner

Tel: +49(0)89 5 50 66 390 Fax: +49(0)89 5 50 66 163 thomas.gemmeke@roelfspartner.de www.roelfspartner.de

RölfsPartner Nymphenburger Straße 3b 80335 Munich Germany

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Due to its profile RölfsPartner advises nationally and internationally structured corporations, partnerships and corporate groups of all sizes and from all industries. The range of corporate services extends from the initial establishment of a company to legal corporate structuring, with both regular and project-related consultancy and support services for partners, shareholders, companies and executive bodies. These include the organisation and con-vocation of shareholder/annual general meetings, restructurings or, if required, the liquidation and winding-up of a company. Sector specific expertise covers banks, telecoms, fashion, Agriculture, Automotive,Retail/ Wholesale, Engineering, IT & Media, Utilities, Construction, Public Sector and Associations/Foundations. With our competent and proactive approach in addition to sound knowledge of the respective economic and entrepreneurial aspects, RölfsPartner offers services in all relevant phases of and subject matters related to the transaction process.

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