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A Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz team led by partners Dr Michaela Balke and Dr Oliver Schröder has provided extensive legal advice to US life science company AVANTOR in connection with the acquisition of Ritter GmbH and several affiliates. The transaction is subject to the approval of the relevant authorities. The acquisition allows AVANTOR to expand its proprietary offering to the biopharma and... >>>

A team led by Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz partner Dr Martin Kolbinger has provided extensive advice to Mutares SE & Co. KGaA in connection with the sale of its majority stake in STS Group AG to Italian-German Adler Pelzer Group. The shares of STS Group AG are admitted for trading on the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, which also played a role in the context of the transaction. The... >>>

After several delays in the legislative process, the 10th Amendment to the Act Against Restraints of Competition, the so-called ARC Digitization Act, came into force on 19 January 2021. In the process, there were some last-minute changes of considerable practical relevance that were not included in the previously published drafts. This newsletter provides an overview of the most important changes... >>>

Over the course of less than a year, the German rules on foreign investment control underwent a series of far-reaching changes, which fundamentally altered the role of FDI review for M&A transactions in Germany and led to a record number of deals notified to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy ("BMWi") in 2020.

THIELMANN UCON GmbH has filed for insolvency in self-administration at the competent local court Offenburg. Marc-Philippe Hornung, partner at Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz and expert for insolvencies and restructurings, has been appointed preliminary trustee.

The second half of 2020 saw important developments in German competition law. Particularly noteworthy are groundbreaking court decisions on administrative and directors’ liability in the context of cartel proceedings, as well as a number of judgments handed down by the Federal Court of Justice on central questions of follow-on cartel damage litigation. In addition, the 10th amendment to the Act... >>>

The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, hastily put into force on 01 January 2021 to avoid a “no-deal Brexit”, omits a key area of commercial law – applicable law and international civil procedure. The harmonised rules of the European Union have now been replaced with a volatile mix of national, European, and international law. This generates a host of complex legal questions for cross-border... >>>

Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz has advised the Swiss Pohl family on the acquisition of the Belgian hotel group comprising the two luxury hotels "La Butte aux Bois" (Lanaken) and "Stiemerheide" (Genk). The two restaurants "La Source", located in the La Butte aux Bois (two Michelin stars), and "La Kristalijn", located in the Stiemerheide (one Michelin star), also belong to the hotel group. The... >>>

Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz continues its growth path with the addition of M&A and Capital Markets expert Dr. Martin Gross-Langenhoff.

On 24 November 2020, the European Parliament endorsed Directive (EU) 2020/1828 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers. The Directive, which establishes common rules on class actions for all EU Member States, is designed to strengthen the protection of consumers enforcing their rights against companies. To this end, certain qualified entities (such as... >>>

Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz advised Balcke-Dürr GmbH on the sale of Balcke-Dürr Rothemühle GmbH to British Howden Group with a team led by partner Dr Martin Kolbinger.

Rules on foreign investment have long been the subject of considerable discussion and public interest in Germany. The Siemens/Alstom merger, which was ultimately blocked by the European Commission, and the perceived role of the German government in the aborted Deutsche Bank/Commerzbank merger are vivid recent examples of this development. The German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy... >>>

On 1 November 2020, English-speaking Commercial Courts opened for business in Mannheim and Stuttgart as part of a general drive to increase the Germany’s attractiveness as a hub for international dispute resolution. The new Commercial Courts are intended to provide an alternative to both arbitration and to the national courts of other jurisdictions, particularly as regards high-value commercial... >>>

Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz has advised one of the two owners of Laufer Zahntechnik GmbH, Mannheim, on the sale of all shares of the company and its subsidiary intellident GmbH, Mannheim, to DELABO.GROUP GmbH, Düsseldorf.

Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz advised the shareholders and founders of ioxp GmbH, Mannheim, on the sale of all shares to Parametric Technology Holding Germany GmbH, Unterschleißheim, a subsidiary of PTC Inc.