The Legal 500

Legal Developments worldwide

• The Alternative Investment Fund for Limited Number of Investors

  A. INTRODUCTION
  - Kinanis LLC

• Bär & Karrer Continues to Grow Finance and Sports Practice with Two New Partners

  Bär & Karrer is pleased to announce that it further strengthens its Financing and Sports practices with new partners Lukas Roesler and Dr. Jan Kleiner, both of whom have worked with the firm previously.
  - BÄR & KARRER LTD.

• The Registered Alternative Investment Fund

  A. INTRODUCTION
  - Kinanis LLC

• Hengeler Mueller advises ZEISS on acquisition of GOM

  ZEISS, an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics and GOM have signed an agreement on the business combination of the companies. As a leading provider GOM develops, produces and distributes software, machines and systems for industrial and automated 3D coordinate measuring technology and 3D testing. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany, the company has around 600 employees worldwide. Closing of the transaction will begin after necessary regulatory approvals, which are expected to have been obtained in the first half of 2019. With the acquisition of GOM, ZEISS expands the industrial metrology and quality assurance portfolio of its Industrial Quality & Research division. Hengeler Mueller is advising ZEISS on the transaction. The team includes partners Georg Seyfarth (Corporate/M&A) and Thorsten Mäger (Antitrust) as well as associates David Annussek (Corporate/M&A) and Anja Balitzki (Antitrust) (all Düsseldorf). Inhouse, ZEISS is represented by General Counsel Ulrich Hoffmann and Corporate Legal Counsel Jörn Lipkow.
  - Hengeler Mueller

• Hengeler Mueller advises Deutsche Börse on creation of new index and portfolio / risk analytics pro

  Deutsche Börse AG (Deutsche Börse) has entered into binding agreements on the acquisition of Axioma Inc. (Axioma), which is a leading provider of portfolio and risk management solutions. Axioma will be combined with Deutsche Börse's entire index business (STOXX and DAX) to create a new company.
  - Hengeler Mueller

• Hengeler Mueller advises TRUMPF on EUR 250m Schuldschein loan

  TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG. has successfully placed a Schuldschein loan (Schuldscheindarlehen) in the aggregate amount of EUR 250 million with terms of five, seven and ten years. The transaction has been arranged by UniCredit Bank AG and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg.
  - Hengeler Mueller

• WHAT GENERAL COUNSEL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MONEY LAUNDERING

  WHAT GENERAL COUNSEL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MONEY LAUNDERING
  - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

• Immutability in a smart contract: a blessing or a curse?

  Smart contracts are contracts which are written in computer code on a blockchain according to the terms set out by the parties to such contract and which are self-executing in the manner pre-determined by said code.  
  - Gauci-Maistre Xynou

• Singh & Associates' (S&A) Founding Partner, Manoj K Singh, wins “Dispute Resolution Lawyer...

  Singh & Associates' (S&A) Founding Partner, Manoj K Singh, wins “Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year” Award at Indian Legal Awards 2018-19, Legal Era
  - Singh & Associates Founder – Manoj K Singh A

• Bär & Karrer Advises Novartis and Alcon on the Spin-off of Alcon

  Today, Novartis AG completed the spin-off of the Alcon eye care devices business, and Alcon Inc. debuted as independent publicly traded company. The Alcon shares were successfully listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd. and the New York Stock Exchange. They are also included in the Swiss Market Index (SMI), which comprises the 20 largest Swiss listed stocks.
  - BÄR & KARRER LTD.