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GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised the Martens & Prahl Group on the reorganisation of its credit insurance division.
BWI Group and thyssenkrupp Steering agree on a long-term cooperation to jointly develop the state-of-the-art X-by-Wire chassis technology. GvW Graf von Westphalen advised BWI Group on antitrust and IP law issues in this transaction - under the lead of the Chinese law firm AllBright.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised a founder of DermLite LLC, a leading Californian provider of handheld dermatoscopes, on the sale of the company to FotoFinder Systems GmbH, a manufacturer of imaging systems for dermatology, and the re-investment in the buyer.
Foreign trade law, sanctions law and plant construction: the law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen has achieved three Tier 1 rankings in the Legal 500 Germany handbook for the first time this year. In addition, it is represented in more top lists than ever before with a total of 22 specialist areas.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised on the sale of Breitenbach Software-Engineering GmbH to the RLDatix group. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory clearances.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised the shareholders of SmartRep GmbH on the sale of the company to the Swedish KAMIC Group.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised the Midwich Group on its acquisition of a majority stake (combined with an option to become the sole shareholder) of prodyTel Distribution GmbH. Closing of the transaction is subject to merger control clearance from the German Federal Cartel Office.
The law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen continues to focus strongly on its own young talent: with eight new equity partners and four new associated partners, the partnership has never before appointed so many new partners from its own ranks within one year.
GvW has been named Law Firm of the Year for Real Estate and Construction Law at this year's JUVE Awards. Dr. Robert Theissen, partner at GvW in private construction law, accepted the prestigious trophy yesterday evening at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt on behalf of the 36-strong team.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Hexad on the sale of its Mobility Services Platform business unit to Volkswagen Group company CARIAD. Following approval by the antitrust authorities, the transaction was completed. The parties have agreed not to disclose the amount of the transaction.
Mannheim-based software company osapiens has successfully closed a €25 million financing round with investor Armira Growth.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised reCup GmbH on the acquisition of Crafting Future GmbH.
GvW Graf von Westphalen advised Porvair plc, the specialist filtration, laboratory and environmental technology group, on its acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of two businesses, Ratiolab GmbH and Ratiolab Kft. (together "Ratiolab").
GvW Graf von Westphalen advised Martens & Prahl Holding GmbH, majority shareholder of Marine Assekuranz GmbH Versicherungsmakler, on the company’s investment in Marine Alliance AS.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Elevion Group on the acquisition of Alexander Ochs Group.
GvW Graf von Westphalen is pleased to announce its nominations in no less than three categories of the forthcoming JUVE Awards. The nominations recognise the firm’s outstanding work in the fields of Real Estate and Construction Law, M&A and Technology and Media.
An investor consortium consisting of Lingotto, Vsquared Ventures, Primepulse and HV Capital has invested in NEURA Robotics GmbH.
OQmented has successfully closed a 20 million USD Series A financing round. In the course of this financing round, Sharp, one of the world’s leading electronic device and display manufacturers (investing through its group company Sharp Devices Europe GmbH), has joined the company as a new strategic investor.
GvW Graf von Westphalen’s reception in the market is positive in every respect: After numerous recommendations in JUVE, the firm is now listed in the publication The Legal 500 for construction law, real estate law, environmental and planning law, procurement law, PPP as well as M&A (national medium-sized deals), information technology and…
GvW Graf von Westphalen advised KRESTA Industries, St. Andrä, Austria, on the purchase of 50.01 % of the shares in TRIPLAN AG, Bad Solden, which is listed in the Entry Standard of the German Stock Exchange, Frankfurt.
SevenVentures GmbH has acquired a share in PORTALIS Group’s online portal moebel.de. The subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 is therefore expanding its participation portfolio in online and e-commerce businesses.
“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…
NASDAQ OMX-listed Concentric AB has just acquired all shares in LICOS Trucktec GmbH.
Yi-Ko Holding GmbH has acquired wholly-owned subsidiary Burger King GmbH with corporate seat in Munich as well as 91 company-owned BURGER KING® restaurants from the BURGER KING® group. The joint shareholders of Yi-Ko Holding GmbH are the inves-tors Ergün Yildiz and Alexander Kolobov, who was advised on this transaction by GvW Graf von…
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised the New Zealand based Les Mills Group on the acquisition of LES MILLS Germany GmbH.
Hamburg-based technology group Körber AG has acquired a major share in LTi Group from the Lust family. LTi, the automation and sensor technology specialist from Lahnau near Wetzlar, Germany, has approximately 1,000 employees based in 30 locations, including Shanghai. The transaction is still subject to approval by the German cartel…
GvW is again increasing its team of lawyers in Shanghai. With Dr Alexandra Hansmeyer the firm has gained a specialist for international transactions.
GvW has advised the Bürger Group on its sale of the Lauscha Fiber International Group to the Unifrax Group which belongs to the portfolio of the private equity investor American Securities.
In a sale-and-lease-back-transaction Union Investment has acquired the Barceló Hotel Hamburg for the open-ended real estate fund “UniImmo: Deutschland“ and hereby initiated its cooperation with the third largest Spanish hotel operator. Barceló Hamburg is a new 4-star-superior hotel with 193 rooms, which opened in March 2012.…
Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company (SMEPC) successfully participated in the privatisation process of the electrical generation sector in Nigeria as part of a consortium. The consortium was selected as preferred bidder for the Nigerian power plant Geregu.