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Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner

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Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner assists listed and medium-sized companies, investors and managing directors from various industries, including life sciences and real estate, with the establishment of new companies, the reorganisation of corporate structures, general meetings, joint ventures and contentious issues; the latter particularly often pertain to directors' liability and D&O. The practice is headed by a quintet consisting of Arnt Göppert (M&A, financing), Annette Bödeker (corporate governance), Albert Schröder (transformation law, litigation and arbitration), Hendrik Thies (corporate and commercial law; litigation and arbitration) and Alexander Hartmann (M&A, VC, real estate transactions). Jonas Laudahn, experienced in cross-border corporate contract negotiations, made partner in January 2024.
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  • 'Very good, well-connected team.'

  • 'Arnt Göppert: Outstanding M&A knowledge combined with interdisciplinary thinking and excellent negotiating skills.'

  • 'A distinctive partnership approach, creativity and solution orientation, personal commitment to client's goals.'

  • 'Arnt Göppert: Remains calm in every negotiation situation and achieves optimal results. Excellent professional competence.'

  • 'Precise, cross-disciplinary and fast advice. We also benefited from the firm's contacts, which helped us in other areas.'

  • 'Arnt Göppert: Exceptional cross-over expertise. He is able to quickly grasp the most complex issues and offer one or more solutions, taking our individual position into account. So far, we have been able to make excellent use of all the advice and, in some cases, implement it profitably or in a way that reduces risk.'

  • 'Alexander Hartmann and Christian Koehler: Outstanding, negotiated an English contract (under German law) and were able to manage complex aspects of the transaction. They worked very well concerning all aspects of the transaction, including the financial understanding of our difficult corporate structure.'

Key clients

  • CardioMech
  • Ehrentreich Vermögensverwaltung
  • Endress+Hauser
  • Enphase Energy, Inc.
  • Eps Holding GmbH
  • EssilorLuxottica-Gruppe
  • Fastlane Marketing GmbH
  • flatexDEGIRO AG
  • flatexDEGIRO-Konzern
  • Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V. (Fraunhofer HHI)

Work highlights

  • Ongoing corporate advice to Motherson Group on various joint ventures, domestic and foreign structural measures, internal organisation and general questions, particularly post-transaction issues.
  • Advising Essilor Group on the restructuring of group functions, transfer and merger of group companies.
  • Corporate advice to flatexDEGIRO AG, including assistance with public general meeting and corporate matters of its group companies.

Lawyers

Practice head

Arnt Göppert; Annette Bödeker; Albert Schröder; Hendrik Thies; Alexander Hartmann

Other key lawyers

Jonas Laudahn; Christian Koehler