Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers

Private acquisitions (including structuring and implementation of sales processes

Private equity transactions (including buy-out and investment transactions, PIPEs, restructurings and recapitalisations, management participation plans (MIP), tax structuring)

Public tender offers (including hostile takeovers, takeover and activist defence, going private deals, proxy fights)

Joint ventures and partnerships

Carve-outs and spin-offs

Venture capital, including formation of companies, equity structures, financing rounds, IP rights and other issues

Capital markets and securities laws (disclosure duties, ad hoc publicity, insider information, management transactions), as well as employee participation plans

Corporate succession, including estate planning and tax advice for entrepreneurs and managers