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WilmerHale

FRIEDRICHSTRASSE 95, 10117 BERLIN, GERMANY

Washington DC, Waltham, Palo Alto, Oxford, New York, Los Angeles , and 7 more

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

Antitrust

Within Antitrust, tier 4

WilmerHale offers a well-rounded practice, acting for both international and national clients, frequently working with integrated teams from its vast network. Highlights included advising Deutsche Lufthansa and subsidiaries on merger control matters and the worldwide filing regarding the acquisition of Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines, and two German mills on investigations of the German Federal Cartel office. The firm also advises TUI and Deutsche Telekom on a continuing basis. Ulrich Quack heads the team that includes the recommended Hans-Georg Kamann.

Corporate and M&A: Mid-sized deals

Within Corporate and M&A: Mid-sized deals, WilmerHale is a second tier firm,

WilmerHale features the ‘well-established’ Rüdiger Herrmann, who is highly regarded for his expertise in life sciences deals. Two years after its opening, the Frankfurt office has emerged as pivotal to the firm’s German inbound business. Highlights included advising Coop on the sale of business units in Germany and the subsequent refinancing, and EnBW instructed the team on the sale of share holding GESO to TWD. Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland receives ongoing advice in connection with M&A transactions in Germany, and MAN instructs the team in compliance matters. Roland Steinmeyer is recommended.

Dispute resolution

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IP: trade marks

Within IP: trade marks , tier 4

WilmerHale’s ‘team of seasoned experts’ attracts a significant amount of international work, exemplified in the work for Lindt & Sprüngli; the team manages the global portfolio and represents the client in disputes. Deutsche Kreditbank, DPG Deutsche Pfandsystem and Springer Science+Business Media are further clients of the team, with Reinhart Lange and Gesine Hild being singled out for praise.

Information technology and outsourcing

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Public sector

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Telecoms

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What we say worldwide

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Belgium

Offices in Brussels

Germany

Offices in Berlin and Frankfurt

London

Offices in London EC2V and London W1K

United States

Offices in Waltham, Washington DC, Boston, Palo Alto, New York, and Los Angeles

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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.

- Noerr
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.

- SIBETH
Dispute Resolution

Introduction Simon Bushell Herbert Smith LLP 3

- GSK Stockmann + Kollegen
Germany – Debt-to-equity-swaps: a reorganisation and takeover instrument in Germany

by Charlotte Schmitt, LL.M, GSK Stockmann + Kollegen

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

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

- GSK Stockmann + Kollegen
Getting the Deal Through/Licensing

Law Business Research, 2011

- Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler
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.

- Avocado Rechtsanwälte
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.

- Avocado Rechtsanwälte
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.

- GSK Stockmann + Kollegen
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.

- GSK Stockmann + Kollegen