Press releases Dr Patrick Wolff
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.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised reCup GmbH on the acquisition of Crafting Future GmbH.
GvW Graf von Westphalen continues to expand its Banking and Banking Supervision Law practice and is pleased to announce that effective today, Philippe Woesch has joined the firm’s Frankfurt office as Associated Partner.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Elevion Group on the acquisition of Alexander Ochs Group.
GvW Graf von Westphalen and Gómez-Acebo & Pombo (GA_P) have advised Enagás, S.A. on its acquisition of a 10% stake in Hanseatic Energy Hub GmbH (HEH). Enagás S.A.’s investment is made with a view to become the operator of the future LNG plant in Stade (Germany) which will reach a regasification capacity of 13.3 bcm per year. The…
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised US-American Barcodes, Inc. on the acquisition of the German Identbase Group.
Siemens Energy and Dragados Offshore can start planning the converter stations for the LanWin1 and LanWin3 offshore grid connection systems. Both companies have now been awarded the contract for the approximately four billion euro project by Amprion Offshore GmbH after a tendering and awarding phase lasting just three months.
With 129 recommendations in the 2022 Best Lawyers survey, GvW Graf von Westphalen achieved its best ranking ever.
GvW advised local public transport provider Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH (NASA), the Thuringia State Office of Construction and Transportation (TLBV) and other transport authorities on the insolvency of train operator Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH (ABRM).
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Hybrid Software Group PLC on its acquisition of ColorLogic GmbH.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised GLG Green Lifestyle GmbH, the previous sole shareholder of Utopia GmbH, on the minority investment of UmweltBank Aktiengesellschaft in the company.
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 the shareholder of Tivola Games GmbH in the majority investment of Swedish investor Three Gates AB in the Hamburg-based games studio.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Global Graphics PLC on the sale of URW Type Foundry GmbH to the Monotype Group.
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”).
The Joachim Herz Foundation is a new partner in Immo-Service-KVG IntReal (IntReal). The Hamburg Foundation has acquired a 49 percent stake in the company; Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate remains the majority partner. After the entry of Joachim Herz Foundation, IntReal now has a second investor on board which will be involved in the…
The DIVAG Group has sold a development project on the Rheinpromenade in Monheim to Bauindustrieverband Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V. The development project involves a three star "Comfort" hotel fully in operation, already leased out commercial and office space and a parking structure that is currently under construction.
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised the Midwich Group on the acquisition of Nuremberg based Bauer und Trummer GmbH who trade as “New Media”.
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.
Hitachi Europe has developed a software tool (HETO – Hitachi Energy Trading Optimizer) operating on the basis of self-learning algorithms, with which public utilities and energy companies can commercially optimize their trading and operation of production plants. The application, realized as a cloud solution, evaluates market and other…