Norton Rose Fulbright advised POLITICO on its joint acquisition with German publisher Axel Springer of the respected Brussels publication European Voice and Development Institute International, France’s leading event promoter in the public affairs space.

The international team of Norton Rose Fulbright advised regarding tax structuring and its implementation. The team already advised POLITICO on corporate and tax matters in the context of its joint venture with Axel Springer SE in September 2014.

This acquisition is a cornerstone of POLITICO's drive to become the leading new media publication on European politics and policy. European Voice will be rebranded as POLITICO in the spring of 2015. The European Voice website, newspaper and events will all be integrated with POLITICO at the time of the launch. POLITICO's European news operation will be led by Executive Editor Matthew Kaminski, a senior journalist and commentator on international affairs with The Wall Street Journal. POLITICO's European editorial operations will launch in spring with the website POLITICO.EU, a weekly newspaper with circulation in Brussels. Moreover, conferences and events in Brussels, Paris and Berlin will be started as well as a European edition of POLITICO Pro, a subscription-based news service covering major European policy coverage areas, such as financial services, technology, healthcare and energy.

The Norton Rose Fulbright team was led by partners Jack Allender (tax, Houston) and Uwe Eppler (tax, Hamburg), assisted by associate Patrick Löffler (tax, Hamburg).