Hengeler Mueller
Hengeler Mueller heads up M&A league tables 2013
Hengeler Mueller / Key word(s): Acquisition/Mergers & Acquisitions Hengeler Mueller was in 2013 once again ranked first for national M&A transactions. Together with the ‘Best Friends’ law firms, Hengeler Mueller also heads up the M&A ranking 2013 for European Deals. In the recently published league tables by mergermarket covering announced transactions with any German involvement, Hengeler Mueller takes the top spot for legal advisors in terms of value of transactions. Hengeler Mueller advised on a total of 38 major transactions in 2013, with a total transaction value of more than EUR32bn. Hengeler Mueller was involved in eight of the ten biggest transactions last year. Among others, in 2013, Hengeler Mueller advised: – Kabel Deutschland on the takeover by Vodafone Group plc – Haniel on the sale of its Celesio shares to McKesson Corporation as well as on the tender offer for all the Celesio AG shares by McKesson Corporation – GSW on the Deutsche Wohnen tender offer – Private equity group EQT on the sale of the scientific publisher Springer Science+Business Media to BC Partners – Fresenius on the acquisition of 43 hospitals from Rhön-Klinikum AG – CVC, a private equity and investment advisory firm, on the acquisition of the majority in the energy service provider ista – BayernLB on the sale of its majority stake in GBW, one of the leading residential property companies in Bavaria, to a consortium of buyers – Siemens and OSRAM on the IPO of OSRAM Licht AG by way of spin-off of Siemens AG. In 2013, Hengeler Mueller was involved in nearly all significant and complex transactions, including the particularly dynamic industry sectors Private Equity, TMT and Real Estate. The rankings once again confirm Hengeler Mueller’s market leadership in mergers and acquisitions. Key success factors of Hengeler Mueller are the unique combination of Corporate, Capital Markets, M&A and other practice groups, alongside its strength in devising and implementing innovative and economically effective solutions. For all deals announced in 2013 with any European involvement, Hengeler Mueller also takes the top spot, together with the ‘Best Friends’ law firms – in terms of value as well as total number of transactions. Hengeler Mueller was, together with their ‘Best Friends’, involved in a total of 208 transactions with a value of more than EUR197bn. Among others, in 2013, together with the ‘Best Friends’ law firms, Hengeler Mueller advised on takeovers and other complex mandates: – GlaxoSmithKline on the sale of two thrombotic brands and associated production facilities at Aspen (together with Slaughter and May, Bredin Prat and Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, involvement of 18 jurisdictions in total) – An international bank syndicate on the refinancing of Schaeffler Verwaltungs GmbH (together with Slaughter and May) – The cross-border transmission system operator TenneT on the citizen bond for the joint financing of the West Coast line with the citizens of Dithmarschen and Nordfriesland (together with De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek) – Royal Imtech on complex internal investigations, including employment law consequences, and the restructuring of financial liabilities of approx. EUR1.3bn as well as a capital increase of EUR500m (together with De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek) In cross-border transactions, Hengeler Mueller works in integrated teams with law firms that are market leaders in their respective jurisdictions. Alongside Hengeler Mueller, the ‘Best Friends’ group consists of Bonelli Erede Pappalardo (Italy), Bredin Prat (France), De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (Netherlands), Slaughter and May (United Kingdom) and Uría Menéndez (Spain and Portugal). Hengeler Mueller has more than 250 lawyers and is located in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Brussels and London. Furthermore, Hengeler Mueller intends to open an office in Shanghai at the end of 2014, focussing in Corporate, M&A and ECM.
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