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Baker McKenzie

Germany

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Key practice areas
Banking
Project finance
Capital markets : Equity
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Financial and corporate
Private equity
Restructuring and insolvency
Restructuring
M&A
Banking and finance

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A&O Shearman
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Noerr
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Norton Rose Fulbright
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Taylor Wessing
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
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Tier 6

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
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LARK
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LSP | Lindemann Schwennicke & Partner
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
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Sidley Austin
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Simmons & Simmons
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Capital markets : Equity
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Freshfields
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Hengeler Mueller
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Clifford Chance
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Latham & Watkins
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A&O Shearman
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Gleiss Lutz
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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White & Case
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
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CMS Hasche Sigle
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Milbank
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Noerr
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Kirkland & Ellis
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Norton Rose Fulbright
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
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Baker McKenzie
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DLA Piper
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Glade Michel Wirtz
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
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Paul Hastings
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Pinsent Masons
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Taylor Wessing
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Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
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Clifford Chance
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Hengeler Mueller
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Dentons
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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White & Case
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Baker McKenzie
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Freshfields
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Tier 4

Latham & Watkins
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Mayer Brown
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Gleiss Lutz
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Jones Day
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Noerr
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Squire Patton Boggs
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M&A : Large-cap
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Tier 1

Freshfields
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Hengeler Mueller
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Linklaters
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Clifford Chance
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Gleiss Lutz
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Latham & Watkins
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Sullivan & Cromwell
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A&O Shearman
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Milbank
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
13 practice areas
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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CMS Hasche Sigle
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Kirkland & Ellis
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Noerr
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Tier 5

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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Jones Day
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SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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King & Spalding
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Paul Hastings
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M&A : Mid-cap
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Baker McKenzie
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CMS Hasche Sigle
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Tier 2

Clifford Chance
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DLA Piper
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Freshfields
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Gleiss Lutz
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Hengeler Mueller
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Linklaters
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Tier 3

A&O Shearman
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Glade Michel Wirtz
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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Latham & Watkins
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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Morrison & Foerster
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Noerr
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Berner Fleck Wettich
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Bird & Bird
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Dechert
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Dentons
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Greenberg Traurig
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
5 practice areas
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
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Mayer Brown
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Milbank
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Morgan Lewis & Bockius
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Norton Rose Fulbright
7 practice areas
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Oppenhoff & Partner
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
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POELLATH
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SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz
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Taylor Wessing
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
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Tier 5

Arqis
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Eversheds Sutherland
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
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Jones Day
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King & Spalding
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Kirkland & Ellis
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LARK
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Renzenbrink & Partner
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Schalast & Partner (Schalast Law | Tax)
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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GLNS
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K&L Gates
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Kallan
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Leo Schmidt-Hollburg Witte & Frank
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Pinsent Masons
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Private equity
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Clifford Chance
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Tier 2

Gleiss Lutz
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POELLATH
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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White & Case
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
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A&O Shearman
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CMS Hasche Sigle
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
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Tier 4

Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Baker McKenzie
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Goodwin Procter
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Gütt Olk Feldhaus
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LUPP + PARTNER
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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Noerr
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Paul Hastings
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Renzenbrink & Partner
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Sidley Austin
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YPOG
3 practice areas
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Tier 5

GLNS
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
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Astera Legal
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Bird & Bird
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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DLA Piper
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Greenberg Traurig
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King & Spalding
6 practice areas
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LARK
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Mayer Brown
10 practice areas
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Restructuring
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Freshfields
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Kirkland & Ellis
11 practice areas
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Tier 2

A&O Shearman
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Clifford Chance
12 practice areas
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Dentons
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Gleiss Lutz
13 practice areas
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Hengeler Mueller
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Latham & Watkins
11 practice areas
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Linklaters
13 practice areas
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Willkie Farr & Gallagher
9 practice areas
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Tier 3

CMS Hasche Sigle
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Görg
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Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
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McDermott Will & Schulte
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Milbank
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Noerr
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White & Case
13 practice areas
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Tier 4

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
9 practice areas
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Sidley Austin
7 practice areas
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Taylor Wessing
7 practice areas
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Weil Gotshal & Manges
9 practice areas
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Wellensiek
3 practice areas
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
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Astera Legal
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Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Finkenhoff
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Glade Michel Wirtz
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Jones Day
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Mayer Brown
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Schultze & Braun
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12 results12 results
Christian Atzler
Firm:
Baker McKenzie
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Private equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Germany
Bar Admission:
Germany
Johannes Baumann
Firm:
Baker McKenzie
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
M&A : Large-cap
Jurisdiction:
Germany
Bar Admission:
Germany
Thomas Gilles
Firm:
Baker McKenzie
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Corporate and M&A
Jurisdiction:
Germany
Bar Admission:
Germany
Katja Heuterkes
Firm:
Baker McKenzie
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Corporate and M&A
Jurisdiction:
Germany
Berthold Hummel
Firm:
Baker McKenzie
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Private equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Germany
Industry Sector:
Pharmaceuticals and life sciences
Martin Kaiser
Firm:
Ashurst Perkins Coie
Baker McKenzie
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Jurisdiction:
Germany
Industry Sector:
Banking
Financial services
Automotive
Bar Admission:
Germany
Florian Kästle
Firm:
Baker McKenzie
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Germany
Bar Admission:
Germany
Jon Marcus Meese
Firm:
Baker McKenzie
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Germany
Bar Admission:
Germany
Sweden
Oliver Socher
Firm:
Baker McKenzie
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Banking
Financial restructuring
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Jurisdiction:
Germany
Industry Sector:
Banking
Financial services
Bar Admission:
Germany
Matthias Töke
Firm:
Baker McKenzie
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Banking
Jurisdiction:
Germany
Bar Admission:
Germany
Christian Vocke
Firm:
Baker McKenzie
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Germany
Bar Admission:
Germany
Christoph Wolf
Firm:
Baker McKenzie
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Capital markets
Jurisdiction:
Germany
Bar Admission:
Germany
Deal Highlights
22 results22 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
PBD Germany Auto Loan 2021 UG - Bond Issue
2021-01-01
Baker McKenzie
Germany
Bond issue
PBD Germany Auto Loan 2021 UG
Issuer
Sika AG - M&A
2021-11-11
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Alan Zoccolillo, Jr., Florian Kaestle
Sika AG
Buyer
PBD Germany Auto Loan 2021 UG - Bond Issue
2021-10-01
Baker McKenzie
Germany
Bond issue
PBD Germany Auto Loan 2021 UG
Issuer
pdfforge GmbH - M&A
2022-04-04
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Berthold Hummel
pdfforge GmbH
Target
Nikkiso Co. Ltd. - M&A
2022-03-16
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Ann-Kristin Freiheit, Bridget Doyle, Christian Burholt, Denise Tayler, Fabian Low, Jiro Toyokawa, Johannes Baier, Jon Meese, Joost Polman, Kathrin Marchant, Katrin Kurz, Kerstin Schmiedel, Laila Kouchi, Matthias Kohler, Mohammed Almarini, Nikolaus Reinhuber, Piotr Korzynski, Satoshi Abe, Thomas Gierath, Tino Marz
Nikkiso Co. Ltd.
Seller
Hyundai Motor Deutschland GmbH - M&A
2021-05-08
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Albert Chung, Jessica Kohler, Jonas Brueckner, Nicolas Kredel, Sonja Klein, Thomas Gilles, Won Lee
Hyundai Motor Deutschland GmbH
Buyer
OnlineDoctor AG - M&A
2022-02-19
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Markus Wolf, Susanne Liebel-Kotz
OnlineDoctor AG
Buyer
ERWE Immobilien AG - M&A
2022-03-10
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Florian Thamm
ERWE Immobilien AG
Buyer
Amundi Austria - M&A
2022-06-29
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Balint Ozsvar, Christian Vocke, Claudia Fochtmann-Tischler, Edmund Schuster, Eva-Maria Ségur-Cabanac, Hyun-Ah Zi, Klara Kastner, Nikolas Lazaridis, Robert Wippel, Tino Marz
Amundi Austria
Buyer
FUNKE Digital GmbH - M&A
2022-07-07
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Holger Lutz, Joachim Frohlich, Johannes Teichmann, Kathrin Weber, Lena Weber, Michael Fammler, Silke Gantzckow, Stephan Gonczol, Thomas Seidensticker, Tobias Born
FUNKE Digital GmbH
Buyer
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG - M&A
2022-08-05
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Anna Bußer, Celina Zaim, Christian Atzler, Christian Lebrecht, Daniel Bork, Fabian Low, Felix Diehl, Frank Pfluger, Holger Lutz, Johannes Teichmann, Katharina Weiner, Lena Weber, Markus Mortel, Matthias Toke, Rebecca Romig, Rembert Niebel, Richard Stefanink, Tobias Born
Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
Buyer
Fluidra SA - M&A
2022-12-23
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Kathrin Weber, Silke Gantzckow, Ulrich Weidemann
Fluidra SA
Buyer
Trane Technologies Plc - M&A
2022-08-30
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Alexander Ehrle, Anahita Thoms, Andrea Ziegler, Andreas Neumann, Anela Kapetanidis, Anika Vornwald, Chelsea Liang, Christian Reichel, Edo Berghuis, Felix Diehl, Felix Werner, Fiona Carlin, Florian Kastle, Hein Blaauwendraad, Holger Lutz, Jeneka Manoharan, Johannes Teichmann, Jonathan Steinvoort, Joost Lichtendahl, Julien Wang, Kimberley Bloemhard, Lei Ye, Lisa Weinert, Nadine Neumeier, Niklas Wielandt, Oliver Socher, Paul Goedvolk, Pauline Bakker, Philipp Thimm, Rebecca Romig, Rembert Niebel, Susanne Milne, Tobias Born, Ulrich Ellinghaus, Xi Chen, Zheng Lu, Zhenyu Ruan, Zimeng Cai
Trane Technologies Plc
Buyer
Roth Group AG - M&A
2023-02-07
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Alexander Fischer, Andrea Puricelli, Lukas Bruegger, Manuel Meyer, Raphael Schneuwly
Roth Group AG
Buyer
Individual Seller(s) - M&A
2023-03-11
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Christian Vocke
Individual Seller(s)
Seller
ServiceNow Inc. - M&A
2023-05-12
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Derek Liu, Leif King, Tino Marz
ServiceNow Inc.
Buyer
Gyrus Capital SA - M&A
2023-05-26
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Gyrus Capital SA
Buyer
Transcom - M&A
2023-07-18
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Andreas Lohner, Christian Koops, Clarissa Rach, Eva Kriechbaumer, Florian Tannen, Jeneka Manoharan, Joachim Frohlich, Johannes Doveling, Johannes Seeberg-Elverfeldt, Jon Meese, Thomas Gierath, Till Pflug, Tino Marz
Transcom
Buyer
Portobello Capital SL - M&A
2023-09-19
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Luis Casals, Luis Fuster, Markus Mortel, Modesto Puerta, Thomas Gilles
Portobello Capital SL
Buyer
TSB Gaming Ltd. - M&A
2023-02-28
Baker McKenzie
Germany
M&A
Tino Marz
TSB Gaming Ltd.
Buyer
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