Mergers & acquisitions / Consulting on transactions / Restructuring

We can work with you to see whe­ther mer­gers and acqui­si­ti­ons might help achieve your busi­ness goals through the acqui­si­tion or divest­ment of equity inte­rests. Then toge­ther we can carry out the purchase, sale or mer­ger stra­tegy we arrive at with you, with due atten­tion to all legal and tax aspects.

But mar­ket situa­ti­ons can also make it necessary to change struc­tu­res wit­hin a com­pany or cor­po­rate group. We’ll find the best solu­tion to take acco­unt of your indi­vi­dual cor­po­rate needs, through a restruc­tu­ring or con­trac­tual arran­ge­ments.

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Our ser­vices at a glance:

• Con­sul­ting on tran­sac­ti­ons
  
  • Struc­tu­ring of cor­po­rate tran­sac­ti­ons
  • Assi­s­tance with auc­tio­ned sales
  • Nego­tia­ting con­fi­den­tia­lity agree­ments, let­ters of intent and memo­randa of under­stan­ding
  • Pre­pa­ring and con­duc­ting due dili­gence (legal, finan­cial and tax)
  • Pre­pa­ring the con­tracts, reso­lu­ti­ons and other docu­ments nee­ded for the tran­sac­tion
  • Assis­ting with con­tract nego­tia­ti­ons
  • Dea­ling with anti­trust aspects
  • Recog­ni­zing and mee­ting any dis­c­lo­sure duties under secu­ri­ties laws
  • Joint ven­ture agree­ments
  • Advice and imp­le­men­ta­tion for mana­ge­ment buy-outs (MBO) and mana­ge­ment buy-ins (MBIs)
  • Advice and imp­le­men­ta­tion for post-mer­ger inte­g­ra­tion
• Restruc­tu­ring
  
  • Pre­pa­ra­tion and exe­cu­tion of restruc­tu­ring – e.g., mer­gers, split-ups and spin-offs
  • Review and imp­le­men­ta­tion of chan­ges of legal form
  • Pre­pa­ra­tion of con­trol and pro­fit-and-loss trans­fer agree­ments
  • Pre­pa­ra­tion of third-party mana­ge­ment agree­ments and busi­ness lea­ses