DLA Piper has advised Samsung Electronics on its investment in Verimi GmbH. Samsung Electronics joins a group of twelve international companies from a variety of industries. These include Allianz, Axel Springer, Bundesdruckerei, Core, Daimler, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Bank und Postbank, Deutsche Telekom, Giesecke+Devrient, Here Technologies, Lufthansa and Volkswagen Financial Services.

 

Verimi provides users with a convenient and secure identity solution that integrates seamlessly into the digital lives of users. Personal data and access data are managed and controlled by the user, while businesses and public institutions are offered a European alternative to established registration systems.

 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is one of the largest multinational electronics companies in the world and part of South Korean Samsung Group. Samsung Electronics was founded in 1969 and has offices in more than 80 countries.

 

The DLA Piper core team was led by partner Dr Benjamin Parameswaran and counsel Sebastian Decker and comprised associate Sophie von Mandelsloh (all corporate/M&A). In addition, partners Dr Ulrike Grübler (IPT), Dr Michael Stulz-Herrnstadt (Public Commercial Law/Media Law, all Hamburg) and Dr Konrad Rohde (Tax, Frankfurt), counsels Dr Henriette Norda (Employment, Hamburg), Sebastian Kost (Tax, Munich), Semin O (Antitrust Law, Frankfurt) and Dr Thilo Streit (Public Commercial Law, Cologne), senior associates Dr Liane Bednarz (Corporate/M&A), Dr Nico Brunotte (IPT), Christoph Engelmann (Public Commercial Law/Media Law, all Hamburg), Dr Manuel Indlekofer (Real Estate, Munich) and Andreas Habig (Tax, Frankfurt) as well as associates Juliane Gröper (Tax), David Klock (Antitrust Law, both Frankfurt), Fabian Jeschke (Public Commercial Law/Media Law), Katharina Pauls (IPT, both Hamburg), Dr Hildegard Falter (Public Commercial Law, Cologne) and Thomas Herbst (Real Estate, Munich) supported the team.

 

Leading the legal team at Samsung was Angie Hankins (General Counsel & Corporate Secretary Samsung Strategy & Innovation Center, Menlo Park, California).

 

Maximilian Riege (Head of Legal/Compliance Verimi GmbH, Berlin) led the team at Verimi.