Full Service Law Firm of the Year Germany

Firm Profile

Founded in 1977 in Nuremberg, Germany, Rödl & Partner has since expanded into more than 80 offices across Western, Middle and Eastern Europe, Asia, the US and Latin America with more than 3,000 staff. Today, Rödl & Partner ranks as the leading international auditing and advisory firm of German origin. Our wide-spread network of offices allows for thorough understanding of the particular local environment. At the same time, we are capable of delivering the trusty German-language advice clients are used to from back home. In line with our clients’ ongoing tendency of developing overseas markets, Rödl & Partner plans to foster its global presence. The development of the markets in Asia and Latin America, notably Brazil, are more likely than not to remain important topics that our clients will focus on. Rödl & Partner established its own advisory capacity on-site long ago and is itself continuing to expand into up-and-coming markets.

More than others, German

Mittelstand SMEs feel attracted to our firm’s approach of delivering high-level, multi-disciplinary yet cost-worthy advice. Rödl & Partner enjoys an outstanding reputation among this clientele. With integrated sector-spanning teams the firm advises clients on all types of legal, tax, auditing and management issues. The aim of the company is to offer clients both inside and outside of Germany, the best possible support to enable them to implement their business objectives. Each client usually has one contact person who coordinates all the necessary legal, tax and supplementary services. This allows our international clients to completely concentrate on business growth.

In the decade or so of its existence Rödl & Partner’s Munich based legal advisory team has truly established itself among the region’s leading law firms with national visibility. Here, Dr. Oliver Schmitt, a German and French trained Rechtsanwalt oversees a team of several lawyers delivering in-depth advice relating all fields of M&A, corporate and capital markets law. The team counts as clients large as well as medium-sized companies, both private and listed, funds and other investors as well as rising entrepreneurs and wealthy individuals and families.

28 Areas of Expertise Considerable scope of work is done on:

- stock-related transactions (scheduling and carrying out of AGMs/EGMs, corporate governance, ad hoc publications, directors’ dealings, stock option schemes)

- IPOs (creation of prospectuses, takeover agreements, approval proceedings)

- mergers & acquisitions - international transactions - corporate restructuring - private equity and venture capital

- equity/debt financing including mezzanine financing

- renewable energy (project finance, due diligences, sale & purchase operations)

Dr. Oliver Schmitt

Dr. Oliver Schmitt D.E.A. (Rennes I) Rechtsanwalt Partner

Rödl Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH Arabellastraße 15 81925 Munich Germany

Phone: +49 89 928780 311 Fax: +49 89 928780 333

Notable Legal Work

A great deal of advice has been given recently to start-up and spin-off enterprises, often from technology- intense industries. We advised venture capitalists on initial funding and follow-up financing rounds.

Investors in the solar power industry remain key clients for our Munich office. Other renewables grow in importance regarding their share in our advisory work. Consequently, Rödl & Partner has established consulting capacity in the fields of wind energy and geothermics.

Our clients’ regional focus in the last 12 months was frequently set towards France, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic and Southeast Europe.

The renewable energy industry and other project finance proved to be considerably driven by regulatory incentives like statutory feed-in compensations et al. Obviously regulation tends to be quite a volatile field of law. We expect a great deal of demand for legal advice in this area.

Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2011

Email: oliver.schmitt@roedl.com Website: www.roedl.com

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