Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised the growth investor General Atlantic on the successful merger of FlixBus and MeinFernbus and the associated investment of General Atlantic into the new joint venture. MeinFernbus, from Berlin, and FlixBus, headquartered in Munich, both founded in 2011, are the pioneers in the German long-distance bus travel market and are merging to form one long-distance bus travel company.

The two largest “made in Germany” long-distance bus travel startups will combine their national routes to expand their range, and plan to launch Europe-wide long-distance bus travel lines.

A Milbank team headed by Dr. Norbert Rieger comprehensively advised General Atlantic on corporate, competition and tax law in relation to the transaction.

Advisor to General Atlantic: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

Norbert Rieger (lead, Corporate/M&A), Alexander Rinne (Competition), Matthias Schell (Tax, all Munich); Special Counsel: Andrea Eggenstein (Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt); Associates: Sebastian Heim, Benjamin Leuchten, Sebastian Reiner, Dennis Seifarth (all Corporate/M&A, Munich), Leopold Riedl, Thomas Tiedemann (both Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Katharina Kolb (Competition, Munich).