Mergers and Acquisitions

The international structure of our offices enables us to provide integrated cross-border transaction advice in all major economic centres, and offer our clients a co-ordinating point of contact for all relevant legal systems. Thanks to our multinational focus, we have a deep understanding of local market customs and cultural differences and include them in our legal advice.

Before we start with a transaction, we intensively deal with your business policy background and the associated economic requirements. The purchase or sale of companies or parts of companies can entail considerable liability risks for all parties involved. On the one hand, liability risks for the potential transaction partners arise from the "whether" of the transaction, in which entrepreneurial discretion must be exercised in accordance with the company's duties.

On the other hand, they result from the "how" of the transaction, in which violations of legal and contractual obligations (e.g. confidentiality obligations, money laundering, antitrust and competition regulations) must be avoided and contractual structures must be implemented with as few risks as possible.