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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’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…
NASDAQ OMX-listed Concentric AB has just acquired all shares in LICOS Trucktec GmbH.
Smiling Green Energy GmbH & Co. KG (SGE) has purchased a planned open space photovoltaic park in Hessen. GvW's real property and energy law team exclusively advised SGE for the first time.
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.
The JUVE Handbook German Commercial Law Firms 2012/2013 confirms that GvW Graf von Westphalen has made good headway. After being nominated for law firm of the year 2012, JUVE's independent editorial team states in its Handbook 2012/2013 that the firm is "on the right track".
Graf von Westphalen acted as legal counsel to the majority shareholder of Interturbine Projekt Management GmbH in the sale of the entire Interturbine Group to the NASDAQ-listed company B/E Aerospace (GS: BEAV).
Dr. Bettina Meyer-Hofmann, a lawyer recommended by the JUVE Handbook of commercial law firms as a Germany-wide adviser in public procurement law, will oversee the growth of the healthcare practice at Graf von Westphalen.
In a ruling issued on March 28, 2012, the Hamburg Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and threw out an expedited motion filed against the legislative body.
The Bavarian State Ministry of Finance and the operator of the salt mine in Berchtesgaden and the saline in Bad Reichenhall, Baden-Württemberg-based Südsalz GmbH, have agreed on a deal to safeguard the continued operation of these two facilities beyond 2050.
Graf von Westphalen has once again received strong endorsements in the JUVE Handbook. In the latest edition 2011/2012, the leading guide to commercial law firms in Germany recommends Graf von Westphalen as one of the top law firms in the areas of trade, commercial/M&A, real-estate law, environmental and planning law as well as state-aid…
The recently published 12th edition of “Kanzleien in Deutschland – eine Auswahl deutscher Wirtschaftsanwälte” (“Law Firms in Germany – a Selection of German Commercial Attorneys”) underscores the comprehensive advising expertise of Graf von Westphalen as one of the few commercial law firms “that could hold its own at the top among service…
Graf von Westphalen has again received high ratings in the international directory “The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa.” In the 2011 edition, the law firm is recommended, in particular, in the practice areas of “Banking and finance: Bank lending”, “Corporate and M&A: Mid-sized deals”, “Employment”, “Public sector”, “Real estate…