“Investing in Germany – Hamburg your Gateway for your business success in Europe“. This is the motto of a roadshow organized by the City of Hamburg which takes place from 7 to 16 September in Central and South China and sets out to promote Chinese company formations in Hamburg. GvW lawyers from Hamburg and Shanghai will escort the “HWF-Roadshow Central and South China 2013” in order to explain to Chinese investors the legal framework and challenges related to direct investments in Germany.
On 8, 10, 11 and 13 September 2013 the roadshow stops off in the Chinese metropolitan cities Xiamen, Fuzhou, Chengdu and Shenzhen. Chinese entrepreneurs can get information on the possibilities and opportunities of investments in Germany and in particular in the Hamburg area.
Hamburg-based partner Dr. Dominik Ziegenhahn will give presentations on market entry in Germany and will evaluate the models mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and green field investments. GvW associate Cuifang Wang will hold a panel discussion after each presentation in which representatives of the various roadshow participants can discuss typical challenges that Chinese entrepreneurs face in cross-border investments. The discussion will be held in Chinese, and Shanghai-based GvW partner Patrick Heid will share his experience with Chinese M&A transactions in Europe.
“HWF-Roadshow Central and South China 2013” is organized by HWF Hamburg Business Development, the Hamburg Liaison Office Shanghai, the Hamburg Business Development Corporation Hong Kong and South China Office, BDO AG, Deutsche Bank, Dacheng Law Offices und GvW.
With a team of 15 German and Chinese lawyers, GvW is among the leading German law firms in the China business. The law firm advises, in particular from their own Shanghai office, European companies on asset and/or share acquisitions and the establishment of subsidiaries in China (more) as well as on all other local business law issues. Furthermore, GvW lawyers assist Chinese investors in entering the German market.
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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