The Legal 500

With GSK Stockmann + Kollegen in an advisory capacity, Pembroke Real Estate has acquired the Maximilianhöfe in Munich’s Maximilianstraße. Avestus Capital Partners was the seller.

GSK Stockmann + Kollegen has made an important addition to the taxation practice. As of the 1st March 2012, Dr. Petra Eckl joins as an equity partner, thus strengthen-ing the Frankfurt tax team.

The internationally cooperating law firms, Nabarro LLP (United Kingdom), Au-gust & Debouzy (France), Nunziante Magrone (Italy) und GSK Stockmann + Kollegen (Germany) have extended their alliance with another new member.

GSK Stockmann + Kollegen has secured, for the Hamburg office, the services of a highly experienced team of transaction lawyers in the real estate field, under the leadership of Dr. Michael Jani (47). Together with two senior partners, Dr. Jani will be moving from his previous firm to be an equity partner of GSK on 1st September 2011.

Triton Water AG has founded a subsidiary in Singapore, in order to serve the Asian market more intensively than in the past. Previously, through the governmental agency EDBI, the state of Singapore took a stake in Triton Water AG and in the future, Singapore will be represented with a seat on the supervisory board. The legal implementation of the Asian operation has been allocated to GSK Stockmann (Sin-gapore) Pte. Ltd.

At the end of 2010, the private equity investor Littlejohn & Co. LLC from Connecticut acquired, with the support of an 18 strong team from GSK Stockmann + Kollegen, the automobile industry sealing system specialist Henniges Automotive Holdings Inc. There is an agreement not to disclose the purchase price.

Williams Grand Prix Holdings PLC broke new ground on 2 March 2011 when it became the first Formula One team to list on a stock exchange. GSK Stockmann + Kollegen acted as advisors to Williams in preparation for their public offering on the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the largest IPO listing on the Entry Standard to date.

GSK Stockmann + Kollegen expands in Real Estate and Banking with three equity partners from within its own ranks

2010 Outlook for M&A in Germany

Transactions in Germany have recently declined as a result of the banking and financial crisis and the difficulties this crisis has caused to the funding of – particularly – major transactions. As most other law firms, GSK Stockmann + Kollegen currently faces some changes in the legal market due to this crisis including a dip in deal volumes and transaction speed, whereas transactions with relation to restructuring and insolvency law are getting more important.

Again, GSK STOCKMANN & KOLLEGEN has won over an experienced lateral attorney for its Corporate Group. Hendrik Riedel, LL.M., previously a salary partner in the Munich office of Beiten Burkhardt, will change to the Munich office of GSK as partner with effect as of August 1, 2008.

The internationally cooperating corporate law firms Nabarro LLP (England), August & Debouzy (France) and GSK Stockmann & Kollegen (Germany), which already have a joint office in Brussels, have announced the addition of two new firms to their alliance.

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