Allen & Overy LLP has advised Link Market Services (Link) in connection with the (not yet completed) acquisition of registrar services GmbH, based in Eschborn near Frankfurt, from Deutsche Bank.

registrar services is part of Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking division. The company is a pioneer in share registry services in Germany and has long-standing relationships with large cap companies like Deutsche Bank.

As part of the Link Group global network, Link Market Services is active in share registry, superannuation administration and shareholder and member analytics. In share registry, the Link Group is active in Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa with a sister company operating in the United States and Canada.

The Allen & Overy-Team was led by partner Grant Koch (Sydney, M&A/Private Equity) and comprised the partners Dr Michael Bernhardt (M&A/Private Equity), Dr Asmus Mihm (Tax), Dr Hans-Peter Löw (Employment, all Frankfurt), Dr Ellen Braun (Antitrust, Hamburg), Dr Jens Matthes (Intellectual Property, Duesseldorf), Andrew Schoorlemmer (M&A, Dubai), Counsel Adrianus Schoorl (Financial Services, Abu Dhabi), the associates Dr Christoph Naumann, Dr Roman Kasten (both M&A/Private Equity), Dr Thorsten Thaysen (Public Law, all Frankfurt), Dr Daisy Walzel (Antitrust), Dr Julien Zazoff (Real Estate, both Hamburg) and Macky O’Sullivan (Corporate, Dubai) as well as senior associates Luke Nicholls (M&A/Private Equity, Perth) and Dr André Zimmermann (Employment, Frankfurt).