Press releases Felix Wolf, LL.M., Maître en Droit
The French industrial group Elydan, which designs and manufactures a wide range of products for the building industry (pipes, ducts, polyethylene and polypropylene sheaths), has acquired the German company DW Verbundrohr GmbH (“DWVG”) and its French subsidiary Multitubo France which have been part of the Austrian Ke Kelit group so far.…
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised the Paulaner Brewery Group on the acquisition of the OeTTINGER brewery facility in Gotha.
Klöpferholz will remain in the hands of the fifth generation of the family: Hermann and Florian Wendelstadt, great-great-grandchildren of company founder Johann Christian Klöpfer, acquired 100 percent of the shares in Klöpfer & Königer Management GmbH as well as the associated logistics real estate.
HopOn Mobility Ltd. is the new sole shareholder of TAF mobile GmbH. In this cross-border M&A transaction, the Israeli tech company was advised by a team from GvW Graf von Westphalen.
GvW Graf von Westphalen advised Munich-based Parkdepot GmbH on a € 4.2 million seed financing round with Amsterdam-based venture capital investor henQ.
Invesco Real Estate (Invesco), the global real estate investment manager, has a new management company for 11 of its hotels in Germany: Westmont Hospitality Group will take the baton from insolvent Tidal Operations Germany (TOG) and manage and operate ten hotels of the Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and Crowne Plaza brands in Germany…
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Mirion Technologies on the acquisition of Dosimetrics GmbH.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has developed a new Tool which can be used to identify reporting obligations for cross-border tax arrangements.
The lawyers of GvW Graf von Westphalen are highly regarded in the eyes of the competitors: In this year's survey by Best Lawyers the firm received 91 awards, more recommendations than ever before.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Miron Technologies on the acquisition of the personal dosimetry service facility (“AWST”) from Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) („HMGU“) in the context of an auction process.
Artisense offers a cutting-edge computer vision product for real-time localization, mapping, and navigation of highly automated or fully autonomous vehicles. It was founded in 2016 as a spin-off of the computer vision research group at the Technical University of Munich, one of the world’s leading centers in its field.
The law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen continues to grow from the own ranks. Effective as of 1 January 2020, Karsten Kujath, Felix Wolf and Dr. Andreas Wolowski were named equity partners.
The shareholders of Simi Reality Motion Systems GmbH ("Simi") headquartered in Unterschleißheim have sold 90% of the shares to ZF Friedrichshafen AG ("ZF"). GvW Graf von Westphalen represented the sellers in this M&A transaction.
Funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree”) have acquired three “elbgym” branded fitness centers in Hamburg through its German portfolio company Fitness First Germany Holdings GmbH (“Fitness First”).
46.6 million Euro billings in the financial year 2018 are the highest revenue in the history of the law firm and represent an increase in billings of 10.4 % compared to the previous year. The law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen was able to generate a total of approximately 20 % more billings in the last three years. The profit again…
GvW Graf von Westphalen has been nominated as law firm of the year in Germany at "The Lawyer European Awards 2019". The international magazine The Lawyer has now announced this and included the law firm for the fourth time in a row in the list of best German independent law firms.
The commercial law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen is continuing to expand its competence in the area of digitalization. At the beginning of the year, the well-known telecommunications law (TC-law) expert, Dr. Grace Nacimiento, joined the law firm's Düsseldorf office as a partner. She is accompanied by her associate of many years Dr. Carolin…
Cycas Hospitality is continuing its European expansion in Germany. The international hotel management company is the new operator of the extended stay Element Frankfurt Hotel at the airport. Element is a brand in the Marriot Group.
DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH ("DFS") is enhancing its software development competency in the field of drone technology: Through its subsidiary DFS International Business Services GmbH, DFS has acquired 23.6 percent in Unifly NV and is, thus, the largest shareholder of the Belgian software development company which specializes in…
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Plant Systems & Services PSS GmbH ("PSS") in the acquisition of the Veltec Group from the Leadec Group. The closing of the transaction is still subject to antitrust clearance.
The German startup company Penseo has successfully completed a seed financing round under the lead of Hanover Beteiligungsfonds, Portuguese Banco de Investimento Global as well as renowned business angels including Oliver Oster and Kilian Thalhammer.
The law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen again lives up to its policy of growing with partners from the own ranks. The partners elected at the partner meeting Dr. Sven Donner, Lutz-Leonard Lamprecht and Dr. Christian Triebe as new equity partners from the own ranks effective as of 1 January 2019.
"The level of cooperation throughout the firm is no longer just theory at GvW Graf von Westphalen – contrary to many similar firms – and instead is lived every day." This is what the JUVE publishing house writes in its Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2018/2019 about the development of the law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen, and JUVE…
A team from GvW Graf von Westphalen at its Shanghai office has advised the Erwin Hymer Group, one of the leading manufacturers of recreational vehicles and caravans in Europe headquartered in Bad Waldsee, on the establishment of an equity joint venture company with the Chinese corporate group Lingyu. The focus of the joint venture is on…
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised CCV Group B.V. (“CCV”), one of the largest service providers and suppliers of payment solutions in Europe on its joint venture with PAX Technology Ltd., subsidiary of the listed PAX Global Technology Limited (Stock Code: 00327.HK; “PAX”).
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised the Midwich Group on the acquisition of Nuremberg based Bauer und Trummer GmbH who trade as “New Media”.
The investment company Elvaston has acquired the HR software specialist Infoniqa. The sellers in this transaction are the financial investor Cornerstone Capital, Infoniqa Holding GmbH and the management. GvW Graf von Westphalen represented the sellers in this transaction.
The international Max Bögl Group exports its magnet levitation train technology - Transport System Bögl ("TSB") to China. The corporate group (Anm: das kennt kein Mensch somit lassen wir das besser weg) has agreed on a corresponding long-term distribution partnership with the Chinese company Chengdu Xinzhu Road & Bridge Machinery Co.…
The Frankfurt office of GvW Graf von Westphalen continues to grow. On 1 July, the employment law attorney Dr. Philipp Wiesenecker joined the law firm as an equity partner. The 42 year old attorney comes from the labor law firm of KLIEMT in which he worked in the last three years as a partner in the Frankfurt office. Wiesenecker was…
Halder Beteiligungsberatung GmbH has sold the KLINGEL Group to IK Investment Partners. The parties agreed to keep the financial details confidential. Clearance of the transaction by the Federal Cartel Office is still outstanding.
GvW Graf von Westphalen advised the French Legrand Group in the acquisition of a majority participation in modulan GmbH. The Legrand Group has expanded its product portfolio in the specialized field of IT systems installation by acquiring this participation. The parties have agreed to maintain confidentiality about the further economic…
Thai Acrylic Fibre Co. Ltd. (TAF), a subsidiary of the Indian Aditya Birla Group, has acquired PyroTex Industries GmbH. The M&A advisors of Proventis Partners and the law firm of GvW Graf von Westphalen have advised the founder of the textile company in this sale.
The Berlin based startup company Locafox has completed a new financing round in a medium one-digit EUR million amount. The investors are 2 Welten Investment (a subsidiary of Deutsche Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, ddvg) as well as Bremer Tageszeitungen AG.
The listed GN Store Nord A/S (CPH: GN), headquartered in Ballerup near Copenhagen, Denmark (“GN“) has acquired a shareholding in audEERING GmbH with registered seat in Gilching, county of Starnberg, Germany („audEERING“). The transaction value was not disclosed.
GvW Graf von Westphalen generated revenue in the financial year 2017 of 42.2 million Euro and, thus, an increase in billings of 5.1 percent compared to the previous year. The profit had an even greater increase. The profit of 18.4 million Euro was 12.2 percent higher than in the previous year.
GvW Graf von Westphalen was again convincing for the general counsels of major companies in the jury at The Lawyer. The law firm was one of seven German firms nominated at "The Lawyer European Awards 2018".
"Hardly any law firm succeeds in such an impressive way in covering the entire range of foreign trade law in all its aspects and in dealing with new issues, such as e.g. digitalization in cross-border trade," writes the JUVE Handbook for Commercial Law Firms 2017/2018 about the customs and foreign trade practice with its nine members in…
GvW Graf von Westphalen has promoted Benjamin Schwarzfischer from the own ranks to the partnership as a new Associate Partner.
GvW Graf von Westphalen and Mills & Reeve (UK) have decided to expand their co-operation. The managing partners of the two leading business law firms have recently signed an affiliation agreement strengthening their existing collaboration.
The Legal 500 has published its reference work on the leading German law firms "The Legal 500 Germany 2018“:22 GvW attorneys in 8 different practice groups are recommended.
The partners of the law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen have reelected their management at the partners' meeting in Lisbon: Christof Kleinmann (Frankfurt) and Dr. Robert Theissen (Hamburg) are now entering their fifth term of office as the managing partners of the law firm.
REFD Investment GmbH, the German subsidiary of a Chinese investor, has acquired 100% of the shares in EKOF Mining & Water Solution GmbH. The acquisition of this chemical company constitutes the market entry into Germany for the Chinese investor.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Prince Minerals GmbH, a subsidiary of PMHC II, Inc. ("Prince Minerals") in the acquisition of Josef Opavsky & Sohn GmbH, Vallendar. The transaction has closed in the meantime.
The Chinese investor Changsha Truking Investment Ltd (TRUKING) has acquired a majority shareholding in the Romaco Group (Romaco) from Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG).
In the summer semester 2017, Professor Christian Kersting, LL.M. (Yale) , professor for civil law as well as German and international corporate, commercial and antitrust law, will offer a seminar on the topic “Issues of Mergers & Acquisitions” at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (HHU).
The German air navigation service provider DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) continues to expand its sales and consulting business for air navigation services. In January 2016, DFS opened a new office in Singapore, followed by a regional office in Beijing in late December.
Jiangsu Olive Sensors High-Tech Co.,Ltd. (“Olive”) through its wholly owned subsidiary in Luxembourg, acquired 32% of the shares in the Plettenberg subsidiary and in the Polish subsidiary of Schürholz, which specialize in stamping, stamping-bending, welding and assembling. The share purchase contracts were notarized January 13, 2017.
GvW Graf von Westphalen, just as in the previous year, and now for the third time in total, is among the commercial law firms in Germany which have been nominated for "The Lawyer European Award 2017". The corresponding shortlist in the category "Law firm of the year: Germany" was announced today by the leading British industry…
Private equity investors Advent International and Bain Capital have acquired all shares in the leading German payment solutions provider Concardis GmbH headquartered in Eschborn/Frankfurt. Sellers are numerous representatives of the German banking sector, amongst others Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, DZ Bank and the German Savings Bank…
Joachim Herz Stiftung makes a strategic investment into Competo Capital Partners GmbH: The Hamburg based foundation acquires 25% of the Munich based investment and asset management company from Körber Stiftung. Competo founders Ralf Simon and Thomas Pscherer will be equal shareholders with Joachim Herz Stiftung and Körber Stiftung. After…
The customs and foreign trade practice of GvW Graf von Westphalen has further strengthen its national top position.
The Federal Supreme Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof “BGH”) dismissed on 10 November 2016 the further appeal of the competition central of agency (Wettbewerbszentrale) against the judgment of the Court of Appeals (Oberlandesgericht “OLG”) Düsseldorf of 29 January 2015 (I ZR 29/15). It is now clear in the final instance that displaying…
The participant in the UEFA Champions League, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and H-Hotels AG are starting a joint hotel project. Punctually at the start of the 2018/2019 season of the German Football League, a H+ Hotel is supposed to be opened in the Borussia Park
Dr. Werner Schnappauf is a new member in the Council for Sustained Development (Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung, "RNE"). The partner of the law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen received the corresponding letter of appointment from Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday.
The four operators of nuclear power plants Eon, RWE, EnBW and Vattenfall are paying around 23.6 billion Euro into a fund. In exchange, the Federal Government assumes the responsibility for the intermediate and final storage of all radioactive waste. The Draft Act on the Reorganization of the Disposal of Nuclear Technology was introduced…
Deutsche Telekom AG (Telekom) is expanding its data center in Biere/Saxony-Anhalt. The Telecom group headquartered in Bonn began by laying the cornerstone for this large project this week. GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Telekom in the contract negotiations and structuring of the real estate leasing contract with an obligation to…
The business delegation from Hessen is visiting the Islamic Republic of Iran in Teheran starting tomorrow. GvW Managing Partner Christof Kleinmann from the Frankfurt is also in the delegation.
beegy GmbH has developed a further innovation in the digital electric power market. The Mannheimer energy service provider and utility company now offers its customers a new complete solution with the new, modular product "beegyLIVE" which contains the photovoltaic system, battery storage, digital energy management and all corresponding…
beegy GmbH has developed a further digital innovation in the electricity market. The Mannheim - based energy service and electricity provider now offers its customers a new holistic solution with the new, modular product "beegyLIVE" which comprises a photovoltaic system, battery storage, digital energy management and all corresponding…
The lawyers division of the Federal Supreme Civil Court (Bundesgerichtshof, "BGH") first addressed the requirements for specialist attorney continuing education events for the first time in a judgment published today (AnwZ (Brfg) 46/13).
Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. ("TAI") with headquarters in Ankara has taken over the Airbus supplier Grunewald Stade GmbH & Co. KG ("Grunewald Stade").
Upon acquiring Adval Tech's Mold Business ("FOBOHA"), the US American Barnes Group is expanding its offering of complex tooling technologies. GvW Graf von Westphalen provided advice with regard to the shares in Germany in the transaction, which was concluded under Swiss law and is still subject to approval by the antitrust…
The constitutional dispute initiated by the AfD faction against the rejection of the members for Hardship Commission proposed by the AfD was not admissible. The Hamburg Constitutional Court decided this in a judgment dated 19 July 2016 (HVerfG 9/15). GvW Graf von Westphalen represented the respondent, the citizens of the Free and…
GvW Graf von Westphalen remains the most popular mid-size law firm in Germany. According to the LTO Young Professionals Survey 2016published today, most young lawyers who decide to join a mid-size law firm would most like to work for GvW.
The professional magazine WorldECR – The Journal of Export Controls & Sanctions („WorldECR“) has awarded and recognized the international elite in the field of providing advice on export controls and sanctions in this year for the second time. The law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen is the only German law firm recommended in the category…
“Innovative Projects which set a benchmark for the industry and contribute to the business success of the law firm.” Those are the determinative criteria for the jury in awarding the PMN Management Awards 2016
Industry 4.0 confronts businesses with many new challenges. A central issue is data protection which is becoming increasingly more important as a result of spreading digitalization and automation.
The real estate network IMMOEBS celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. On the occasion of the anniversary, for which we would like to congratulate IMMOEBS, there will be several anniversary events in Berlin starting tomorrow. GvW Graf von Westphalen is a partner in the real estate forum “networking” on Friday.
The first Kaiser crash course for law clerks took place on Friday in the Hamburg office of GvW. The law firm invited all law clerks in the law firm to Hamburg for a one-day work shop focused on preparation for the second state bar exam.
The “2nd German-Chinese Conference of Mid-size Businesses” will take place in Jieyang from 6 to 8 June 2016. GvW Graf von Westphalen will participate in the event and is helping to structure the program.
The German Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) announced its judgment in the case between the music producer Moses Pelham and the music group Kraftwerk. GvW partner Prof. Dr. Christian Winterhoff represented Kraftwerk at the announcement of the judgment before the German Constitutional Court.
The head of the Rhein-Main D-I-W G office and partner of the law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen, Christian Kusulis, welcomed the guests and gave an overview of the economic relationships between the two countries. The general consul of the State of Israel, Dr. Dan Shaham, then introduced Helge Eikelmann as the new representative of the…
A company in the Canadian Granite Group has sold the commercial park Markgröningen to Sirius Real Estate Ltd. GvW Graf von Westphalen provided legal advice to the Canadian real estate investor in this transaction through Dr. Bettina Schmitt-Rady (Lead Real Estate Department, Frankfurt a.M.).
Companies need reliability and foreseeability when applying embargos with regard to countries and persons. The participants in the 5th Berlin discussions conducted by GvW Graf von Westphalen drew this conclusion yesterday.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised technology distributor Midwich Group plc on its £165 million initial public offering (IPO) on London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and the related £75 million fundraising.
GvW has provided advice to the medical technology provider TRACOE medical GmbH for the financing and implementation of the expansion into Great Britain.
The construction of the A 20 Elbe Tunnel near Glückstadt can be continued by Schleswig-Holstein. The German Supreme Administrative Court [Bundesverwaltungsgericht, "BVerwG"] mostly dismissed corresponding complaints against the tunnel project.
Digitalization and law: What are the city utilities (Stadtwerke) facing? The GvW partners Arnd Böken, Stephan Menzemer (both IT) and Helmut Kempf (Energy) will address these issues at the 20th Euroforum convention "Stadtwerke 2016" which begins today in Berlin.
The Joachim Herz Stiftung will hold in the future ten percent of the share capital in VTG AG. A corresponding sales agreement has now been concluded by the Hamburg foundation with the fund managed by Wilbur Ross.
Commerzbank is moving its headquarters in Hamburg: The second largest bank in Germany has sold its headquarters in the Rathausstraße to Procom Invest and OFB Projektentwicklung and is leasing the "Hamburg Two Towers" at the Lübeckertordamm ("Hamburg Two Towers").
The 1st Future Congress on the Future of Migration & Integration is taking place today at the national press office. More than 500 participants will discuss in Berlin practical issues for local communities, states and the nation resulting from the refugee situation.
The DIVAG Group is constructing in the Rheinpromenade in Monheim a three star comfort hotel with 178 rooms and 3,000 m² office space. The Düsseldorf company has now announced this. The project developer is a joint venture consisting of Divag Konzept + Planung and LO-projects.
ACP Holding Deutschland GmbH is continuing to expand its regional presence in northern and eastern Germany. The systems company has now announced the acquisition of the Janz IT Group. GvW Graf von Westphalen advised ACP Holding in this transaction.
A classic event among the events on arbitration is the Petersberg Arbitration Seminar. The experts in arbitration are addressing now for the 14th time disputes in the law governing distribution and antitrust law. GvW partner Dr. Raimond Emde will discuss in his presentation his many years of practice in international arbitration…
The national initial round of the 57th Philip C. Jessup Moot Court begins tomorrow in Munich. The organizer of the oldest moot court in the world in this year are the Ludwig-Maximilian University and the German Military Academy in Munich. The law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen, represented by Dr Hartmut Henninger acting as a judge, is…
GvW Graf von Westphalen has again advised the French Legrand Group in a complex, cross-border transaction. The Legrand Group acquired Fluxpower GmbH with its headquarters in Germany and Primetech Srl with its headquarters in Italy in parallel with a recently closed share purchase agreement.
"Indigenous Nation Laws in an International Comparison" (Indigene Landrechte im internationalen Vergleich) is the title of the dissertation by Dr. Katja Göcke of the law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen which has now been published in the Springer Verlag. The Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg awarded the Fritz-Grunebaum Prize for the…
The series of presentation " T Projects negotiated properly under the law and taxes – managing disputes" begins today with the event in Frankfurt am Main. Our attorneys will hold presentations at a total of eleven locations in which they will report about their many years of experience in litigation involving IT contracts.
The international industry magazine The Lawyer has nominated GvW Graf von Westphalen in the context of the “The Lawyer European Awards 2016“ as Law Firm of the Year/Germany.
The internationally active commercial law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen again reports an excellent development for the business year 2015. In the past year, the turnover could be increased by EUR 1 million (2.6%) to now EUR 38.48 million, with a team of the same size as in the previous year.
The first oral hearing in the litigation involving the construction of the clinic "Center for Operative Medicine II" (ZOM II) took place before the District Court Düsseldorf. The university clinic of Düsseldorf (UKD) is demanding here, among other items, damages from the, in the meantime, insolvent building furnisher Imtech resulting from…
Nicolas Wolski, LL.M., has joined the law firm Graf von Westphalen. The 33-year old lawyer and tax advisor previously worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for approx. four and a half years and will strengthen the firm’s tax law practice in the Frankfurt office.
A Shanghai-based team of GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Zschimmer & Schwarz Chemie GmbH, a global supplier of high performance chemical specialties and auxiliaries headquartered in Lahnstein, Germany (“Zschimmer & Schwarz”), on the Chinese law aspects of its acquisition of Interpolymer Corporation, U.S.A., a worldwide specialist and…
The German law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen has expanded its Shanghai office with two further associates: Lilü Zhou and De Bi will in future support the team around partners Patrick Heid and Dr. Oliver Maaz in advising German and international companies in China.
With Beijing Zhonghuan Investment Management Co., Ltd., another investor from China is investing in a German company. In the context of the acquisition of shares in EFA-S GmbH, the Chinese company has acquired a 75% majority stake from the previous shareholders. The SPA was notarized on 16 November 2015.
The law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen continues its growth strategy in the China business: The German lawyer Ming Yi has recently joined the firm’s Frankfurt office and will coordinate the activities of Chinese companies and investors in Germany together with Frankfurt-based M&A partner Dr. Marco Zessel.
The effective enforcement of EU state aid law cannot be circumvented by a binding national court judgment. This was decided by the European Court of Justice (CJEU) in its ground-breaking ruling of 11 November 2015 (C-505/14), thereby endorsing the point of view of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).
The partners’ meeting of GvW Graf von Westphalen re-elected Christof Kleinmann and Dr Robert Theissen as managing partners of the firm with more than 90% of the votes. Therefore, the two managing directors will continue to promote the firm’s successful development in the coming years
The Frankfurt office of GvW Graf von Westphalen will be further strengthened by a well-established team of three lawyers. Employment lawyer Anja Dombrowsky and the two M&A specialists, Till Liebau and Dr. Markus Rasner join GvW as partners.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Global Graphics SE on the acquisition of Hamburg based (URW)++ Design & Development GmbH (“URW”).
Dr Wolfram Desch will join GvW Graf von Westphalen as a new equity partner and strengthen the firm’s Munich office.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised 2 Welten Investment, an investment company of Deutsche Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft (ddvg), on its investment in the Berlin-based startup company Locafox.
The expansion of the M&A practice group as well as the aspiring GvW focus area energy continues: Following the entry of Helmut Kempf as equity partner in Düsseldorf, two additional new equity partners, Jens Suhrbier and Dr Ulf Liebelt-Westphal, have joined the firm. Both lawyers came from Norton Rose Fulbright and will support the growth…
The experienced China expert Dr Oliver Maaz (44), who specializes in the structuring of foreign companies’ China investments and provides comprehensive legal advice to foreign investors in the country, will join the law firm Graf von Westphalen as a designated equity partner in Shanghai.
Ashland Inc. has agreed to sell its industrial biocides assets to Troy Corporation. With this transaction, Troy will acquire industrial property, factory, intellectual property (IP) rights and other assets.
Helmut Kempf (49) will join GvW Graf von Westphalen as a new equity partner and will strengthen the firm's Düsseldorf office starting on 1 June. The main focus of his work will be providing advice in M&A projects. He will also provide support to the growing GvW focus on energy with his many years of expertise in the industry.
In addition to several leading Turkish foreign banks, the law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen now also advises one of the leading Chinese banks in Germany. With that, the firm counts 15 foreign banks among its clients.
The international placement of caretakers into private households is again at the center of public attention after the introduction of the statutory minimum wage. How can this business model, which is very common in Germany, be made compatible with the new regulations of the Minimum Wage Law?
Today, the GREEN VENTURES 2015 are opened on the occasion of the TerraTec and enertec fairs in Leipzig. Entrepreneurs from 37 countries will meet at the new exhibition grounds in order to discuss the latest trends in energy and environmental technology.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Midwich Ltd. on the acquisition of a majority stake in Kern & Stelly Medientechnik GmbH.