M&A
The lawyers of KSLEX have been accompanying their clients for many years in often complex and cross-border M&A transactions. Their know-how is comprehensive:
- Vendor Due Diligence
- Preparation of a Data Room
- Comprehensive Legal Due Diligence, drafting of a Due Diligence Report, identification of the relevant defects and risks
- Tax efficient structuring of a transaction
- Preparation of all transaction documents
- Asset Purchase Agreements
- Share Purchase Agreements
- Carve Out Agreements
- Transitional Services Agreements
- Escrow Agreements
- Financing Agreements
- Share Pledge Agreements etc.
- Extensive support in the negotiation process
- Assumption of an Escrow Agent’s tasks
- Post-Closing support, Escrow-handling and release
Track Record/Experience
- Advising an Arabic PE-investor on the acquisition of a German fashion company
- Advising a listed US-American software company on an asset acquisition in Germany
- Advising a listed British industrial gas manufacturer on the sale of an affiliated manufacturer of medical products
- Advising a listed US-American special paper manufacturer on the acquisition of a German special paper manufacturer
- Advising a listed German technology group on the sale of its computer division
- Advising a listed US-American conglomerate on the acquisition of a German automotive supplier
- Advising a logistics group on the sale of a participation in a CEP service provider to a European postal group
- Advising a listed US-American IT-manufacturer in the audio and video industry on the acquisition of a German sector company
- Advising a listed Scottish pharmaceutical company on the acquisition of a German pharmaceutical company
- Advising the shareholders of a company operating in the field of organisation and execution of shareholders‘ meetings on the sale of the company to an Australian competitor
- Advising a US-American first tier automotive manufacturer on the acquisition of a participation in a German automotive company
- Advising a German technology conglomerate on the acquisition of a British manufacturer of bulk handling systems
- Advising a US-American first tier automotive manufacturer on the acquisition of a participation in an automotive subsidiary of a German medium-sized manufacturer of weighing technology
- Advising the shareholders of a software manufacturer on the sale of a majority participation to a German media group
- Advising a German private bank on the sale of its US-American subsidiary operating in the field of real estate
- Advising a listed British chemical company on the acquisition of a business division of a German competitor
- Advising a listed US-American company of the semiconductor industry on the sale of its German subsidiary to a listed Japanese competitor
- Advising a listed US-American manufacturer of pharmaceuticals on the acquisition of a German manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
Advising a listed US-American company in the semiconductor industry on the acquisition of a sector company in Dresden - Advising a company operating in the field of time management on the acquisition of a competitor
- Advising the shareholders of a company operating in the field of telecommunications and data technology on the sale of the company to a French competitor
- Advising a listed US-American group on the acquisition of a foil manufacturer
- Advising the shareholders of a company operating in the field of presentations, online-meetings and web conferences on the sale of the company to a German listed technology group
- Advising a listed US-American/Australian recycling group on the acquisition of two German recycling companies and on the acquisition of a company operating in the field of computer-lifecycle
- Advising the shareholders of a company operating in the automotive/ sun simulation business field on the sale of the company to a listed sector company
- Advising and supporting a listed US-American technology conglomerate on the sale of a subgroup
- Advising foreign companies and groups on the execution of local German implementation agreements in connection with international transactions
- Advising the founders and minority shareholders of a leading German fleet manager on the sale of the company to a private equity investor
- Advising a lead engineer in a Management-Buy-Out acquisition of QuEST Global’s automotive prototype business
- Advising a shareholder of Knight Frank GmbH & Co. KG on the sale of his participation to Knight Frank, London