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Simmons & Simmons LLP

MESSETURM, FRIEDRICH-EBERT-ANLAGE 49, 60308 FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY

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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Germany

Banking and finance: Bank lending

Within Banking and finance: Bank lending, tier 5

Ingrid Kalisch’s team at Simmons & Simmons LLP further expanded its PPP financing practice in 2010, and advised Bank of America Merrill Lynch on the bespoke restructuring financing for Heidelberger Druckmaschinen. The team is valued for its ‘broad and deep business knowledge’, and is ‘highly motivated and innovative’.

Banking and finance: Project finance

Within Banking and finance: Project finance, tier 4

Simmons & Simmons LLP’s team, headed by Ingrid Kalisch, maintains a presence in PPP transport infrastructure projects, and has to date advised on five of the first six PPP road schemes in Germany, including the successful A5 Baden-Baden to Offenburg motorway. The team also advised several banks on the PPP financing of the €150m City Castle Potsdam scheme, which will be the seat of the state parliament of Brandenburg.

Capital markets

Within Capital markets , tier 4

Jochen Seitz heads the capital markets team at Simmons & Simmons LLP, which was instructed by Commerzbank in various matters, including a €1bn public jumbo bond issue by Deutsche Pfandbriefbank. The team has also developed strategies to include and transform the recent German Bond Act into bond terms. The team is valued for its ‘good experience’.

Corporate and M&A: Mid-sized deals

Within Corporate and M&A: Mid-sized deals, Simmons & Simmons LLP is a third tier firm,

Simmons & Simmons LLP is renowned for its energy sector expertise in its Düsseldorf office, and managed to attract new Middle East clients. The team advised China Solar on the acquisition of photovoltaic projects in Italy, and Alcatel-Lucent on the sale of Dunkermoten. NRW Bank and Axa Immobilien are further clients. Ulrich Brauer and Jan Wildberger are recommended.

Dispute resolution

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IP: patents: Litigation

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Investment funds

Within Investment funds , tier 4

The team at Simmons & Simmons LLP works closely with the firm’s London office. Led by Jochen Kindemann, it currently advises over 50 national and international funds, especially hedge funds. It acted for Marshall Wace on the listing of an Irish exchange-traded fund on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and Estlander & Partners on the implementation of a commodity-based strategy in a UCITS fund structure.

Private equity

Within Private equity , tier 4

Simmons & Simmons LLP’s private equity team is led by Jan Wildberger and has further established itself in the German market. It advised Aragon on the takeover of Austria’s MLP Finanzdienstleistungen, and a portfolio company of L-EA Private Equity on growth financing for a water facility treatment producer.

Tax

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What we say worldwide

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Germany

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Algeria

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Ireland

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Italy

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Morocco

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Netherlands

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Simmons & Simmons LLP

Failure to counter financial crime: Norwich Union Life

In December 2007, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) imposed a fine of £1.26m on Norwich Union Life (part of the Aviva Group), one of the largest life insurance businesses in the UK with around seven million customers. The fine related to failures to take reasonable care to establish and maintain effective systems and controls for countering the risks of financial crime. The fine is the latest confirmation of the emphasis being placed on protecting clients and customers from the threat of financial crime.

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Legal Express Issue 1

We are pleased to bring you our Legal Express, which covers the most significant legislative changes in Russia in December 2011 and January 2012.

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Priority rental rights in insolvency

Parties to rental contracts for commercial premises often agree priority rental rights. In practice, this concept is used to cover a whole series of legal structures. These range from fixed options for the tenant to a promise made by the landlord as a business policy that if any additional premises become available, they will be offered to the tenant. In 2010 the Berlin Court of Appeal issued a ruling on such priority rental rights in insolvency; the decision has recently been published.

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GSK Update: AIFM Directive approved by the European Parliament - Outlook and Preparation

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Rome I Regulation: choice of law for contractual obligations

The EU Rome I Regulation (593/2008) of the European Parliament and of the Council came into force on 17 December 2009 (Convention). The Convention sets rules to determine the (national) law applicable to contractual obligations in civil and commercial matters. This Regulation replaces the 1980 Rome Convention and is especially relevant to cross-border businesses. The intention of the Convention is to provide legal certainty in cases where the parties have not expressly chosen the applicable law governing their contract.

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Restriction of the shareholder’s right to information

According to a judgment of the German Federal Supreme Court from February 2010, the general assembly (Hauptversammlung) of a stock corporation (“Corporation”) may resolve to include a provision in its articles of association which comprehensively empowers the chairman to reasonably restrict the time available to shareholders to debate during the shareholder’s meeting.

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AIFM Directive approved by the European Parliment - Outlook and Preperation

Managers of so-called alternitive investment funds will in future be supervised and there will be an extensive catalogue of obligations for selling and marketing alternitive investment fund.

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New alternatives in real estate financing

Equity currently appears easier to obtain than bank financing. Due to the changes in the financial sector, the financing of real estate acquisitions or project developments is more difficult than before the financial crisis. Banks are now requesting more equity. In addition, following Basel III (a new international regulatory framework for banks), the demand for equity will grow.

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