GvW Graf von Westphalen advised Australian Orica group on the restructuring of its F&E units in Europe with Christof Kleinmann in the lead and coordinated the consulting services of the other European partner firms. Moreover, the firm currently advises on the restructuring of Orica’s European production plants.
Orica with its headquarters in Melbourne has approx. 14,000 employees worldwide at production sites in more than 50 countries. 75% of the staff are working outside of Australia and New Zealand. The corporation which is listed at the S&P/ASX 50 exchange is specialized in the production of explosives and other chemical products.
GvW’s lawyers in the employment law practice group are currently advising some German mid-sized companies on their restructuring process. Among the clients are a Bavarian manufacturer of electronic components, a Saxon paper producer and a life science producer based in North Rhine Westphalia, which all had to downsize staff due to the transfer of production abroad.
The employment law practice active in restructuring (JUVE Handbuch 2013/2014) headed by Hamburg-based partner Dr Malte Evers consists of nine lawyers at offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich.
GvW Graf von Westphalen advised the transmission system operator 50Hertz on the award of a major contract for the North Sea Connector 2 offshore grid connection project. The project involves the planning, construction, installation and commissioning of a converter system comprising an offshore converter platform in the North Sea and an onshore converter station in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The North Sea Connector 2 project is intended to connect offshore wind farms in the North Sea to the German electricity grid in future.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Primepulse and Vsquared Ventures on the Series C financing round of NEURA Robotics GmbH. The transaction ranks among the largest venture financing rounds in the European startup ecosystem to date.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Ethereal Space, Inc., a pioneering commercial space company, on space and satellite law matters and the establishment of its affiliate Ethereal Space GmbH.
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