Linklaters has advised Skanska on the co-creation of an innovative business ecosystem Business Link in partnership with Akademickie Inkubatory Przedsiebiorczosci, the largest network of co-working space and private offices in Poland. The firm's Warsaw office worked with Skanska on their investment in the joint venture, which will enable the developer to create the most comprehensive commercial office proposition available to a wide range of businesses in the CEE market.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised the three leading European broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, Mediaset S.p.A. (Italy and Spain) and Television and Francaise 1 S.A., on establishing the European Broadcaster Exchange (EBX), a European media cooperation. The new joint venture, EBX, is set up by a third-party joint venture and has its head office in London.

Led by their Frankfurt based Partner Michael Schlitt international law firm Hogan Lovells advised Hauck & Aufhäuser Privatbankiers KGaA on the change of legal form to a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft).

The change of legal form was registered with the commercial register on 1st of June, 2017 with the trade name Hauck & Aufhäuser Privatbankiers Aktiengesellschaft.

Hogan Lovells-Team for Hauck & Aufhäuser Privatbankiers

Slaughter and May advised Linde AG on the UK tax law aspects and certain UK corporate law aspects of its combination with Praxair, Inc. The new Irish-incorporated group holding company is to be known as Linde plc and is to be tax resident in the UK and listed on the NYSE and Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The firm worked as part of an integrated team with Hengeler Mueller, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and William Fry.

Simpson Thacher represented KKR in connection with the consortium arrangements established as part of KKR's public bid for a minority stake in GfK SE. The consortium partners included hedge fund entities that had owned shares in GfK SE and that rolled over those shares into KKR’s newco instead of selling them in the tender offer.

GfK SE is a leading global market research company currently listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Vienna, 31 May 2017 – Wolf Theiss has provided legal support for the April 2017 ground-breaking for the new Boehringer Ingelheim production facility in Vienna and advised in the creation of related contracts.

The legal advice provided by Wolf Theiss concentrated on drafting and revising the contracts for the planning and construction of the technologically complex production facility.

Withers has advised Novak Djokovic, the current Roland Garros and Australian Open champion and world number two, on the negotiation of his new sponsorship agreement with sportswear group Lacoste. The agreement follows on from a sponsorship relationship with the Uniqlo brand which commenced in 2012.

Frankfurt, May 18, 2017 - International law firm, McDermott Will & Emery, advised the CEO of student aid group, Dieter Werkhausen, in his return to the company group. Dieter Werkhausen, together with Oakley Capital Private Equity, a London financial investor, and Michael Strehler, as the new Managing Director, will acquire the shares of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) in ZGS Verwaltungs-GmbH. ZGS Verwaltungs-GmbH is the parent company of the student aid group.

Stibbe has advised Heijmans in connection with the procurement and construction of the N23 Westfrisiaweg, a major infrastructure contract.

The N23 Westfrisiaweg is an essential part of the alternative East-West link from Alkmaar to Zwolle: The 42-kilometre-long stretch runs from Heerhugowaard to Enkhuizen and connects to Hoorn on the A7 at two points. Upgrading this route will improve the traffic flow, liveability and road safety in the region. See here for more information about this project.

Gleiss Lutz has advised Volkswagen AG’s supervisory board on this year’s annual general meeting on 10 May, where Volkswagen shareholders voted to ratify the actions of the management board and supervisory board members for the 2016 financial year, among other things. 

The supervisory board had submitted a corresponding proposal to the general meeting based on an extensive legal review by Gleiss Lutz.