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Corporate Finance Law Firm of the Year Germany Firm Profile
Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner is a full-service law firm with approximately 70 legal advisors, 26 of which are partners. We cover all areas of commercial and tax law, and have offices in Freiburg im Breisgau and Cologne in Germany, Alicante (the seat of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM)) in Spain, and Brussels (the seat of the European Commission) in Belgium. We have furthermore entered into
co-operations with renowned law firms in Brazil, Turkey and China; in Shanghai we co-operate exclusively with German- Chinese law firm EunaCon Law.
Provision of Corporate Finance and M&A Advice The partners of Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner have been advising in relation to M&A transactions and all related corporate finance issues since the
Notable Legal Work
• Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd (MSSL): Representation of Indian motor-vehicle supplier in relation to a number of acquisitions in Germany including Peguform GmbH
• Tognum AG (one of the world’s leading suppliers of engines and propulsion systems for off-highway applications and of distributed power generation systems): rep-resentation in various transactions since 2010.
• Huhtamäki Oyi (listed Finnish packaging company): Representation in relation to numerous M&A transactions since 2009.
• Lonza AG (Swiss chemicals and biotechnology company, listed in Zurich and Singapur): Representation in relation to numerous M&A transactions in Germany
• Getinge Group / Maquet GmbH (medical technology business of Stockholm listed Getinge group): Representation
in 30 relation to M&A
transactions / acquisitions in various countries all over the world since 2005.
• Smithers Group, Ohio, USA: Representation in relation to the acquisition of PIRA International Ltd. from BASF (2010).
• TEMSA Global A.S. (Turkish manufacturer of buses / coaches, part of Sabanci-Holding): Advising in relation to miscellaneous M&A transactions in Germany since 2008.
• AUSY S.A. (listed in France, leading engineering company for
the
aerospace and technology sector): representation in relation to the acquisition of ELAN GmbH, a main service provider of EADS) in 2011.
• Matthews Corporation (Pittsburgh, USA): Representation in relation to the acquisition of various German businesses
• Delachaux group (listed in France): Representation in relation to various acquisitions in Germany
early 1990’s. Our main focus is on mid-cap transactions, i.e. transactions having a volume up to EUR 250,000,000.00. We advise both national and international clients on and in relation to business acquisitions (i.e. asset and share sales and purchases), mergers and joint ventures. Our clients range from the influential German Mittelstand (German mid-sized companies) to international company groups and listed companies.
Contact:
Dr. Barbara Mayer Managing Partner Friedrich Graf Von Westphalen & Partner Kaiser-Joseph-Straße 284, 79098 Freiburg
Tel:+ 49 761 21808-314 Email:
barbara.mayer@
fgvw.de
Gerhard Manz Friedrich Graf Von Westphalen & Partner Kaiser-Joseph-Straße 284, 79098 Freiburg
Email:
gerhard.manz@
fgvw.de
Carsten Laschet Managing Partner Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner Agrippinawerft 24 Im Rheinauhafen D-50678 Köln
Tel: +49-221-208070 Email:
carsten.laschet@
fgvw.de
Dr. Prof. Tobias Lenz Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner Agrippinawerft 24 Im Rheinauhafen D-50678 Köln
Email:
tobias.lenz@fgvw.de Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2012
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