Specialised

Distressed M&A

While there are inherent risks in the takeover of assets or participations in a crisis or insolvency of the seller, the purchaser is often also presented with unusual opportunities. Time pressure is then usually even more intense than in normal acquisitions and various insolvency-specific peculiarities have to be considered. For the acquirer of distressed assets it is essential that a solution is rapidly developed and implemented. That must, above all, ensure that the purchase cannot subsequently be the subject of a challenge by the insolvency administrator contesting a pre-insolvency acquisition, as can be the case. For that situation, our team, consisting of insolvency and M&A experts, rapidly develops suitable and legally secure solutions.

Weitere Schwerpunkte aus der Expertise "M&A"

Long-term advice on Buy-and-Build-Strategy

We provide long-standing clients with ongoing advice on strategic acquisitions – from the initial contact with potential targets, legal Due Diligence, appropriately structuring the individual transaction to the actual acquisition and the operational and corporate law integration (e.g., cash pooling, intercompany agreements or mergers).

Advice for investment companies

In the course of long-term advice to Family Offices and investment companies, we focus not only on the individual transaction but also ensure that the investment portfolio is kept clear and manageable for our clients due to its consistent design.

The Sale of Participations

Advising our clients on the sale of companies or parts of companies and the accession of investors are among our core specialties.

Post-M&A Disputes

Post-M&A disputes following a transaction whether before state courts or arbitration tribunals form an important part of our corporate litigation practice.

Manager Participation Models

We advise companies which wish to retain the loyalty of their managers by granting them shares and outside managing directors and leading executives to whom shares or virtual interests in “their” company are intended to be granted for the duration of their appointments as corporate organs. Together with our client’s tax advisors, we develop solutions for the best possible protection of their interests.

Transformation and Restructuring

Advising on complex transformations and restructuring such as mergers, change of legal form, demergers and spin-offs is among our core specialisations.