Ashurst Munich opened in May 2001 and strengthens the firm's
position as one of the leading law firms in Europe focussing
on corporate and international finance. Ashurst Germany
comprises around 70 partners, associates, tax consultants and
solicitors. Peter
Junghänel is the managing partner of the offices in Munich and Frankfurt.
The Munich office specialises in:
Corporate
Mergers & Acquisitions (including public takeovers)
and joint ventures, private equity, structurings and
general corporate law (including company law and the law concerning
groups of companies), corporate governance and compliance,
distressed investments.
The German practice also hosts a China Desk to
provide the full legal service required by the growing needs
of our client base in Germany and China.
International finance
Acquisition financings, bonds, credit-linked notes, asset-backed
securities, CDOs/CBOs/CLOs, investment law, derivatives, leasing,
project financing.
Energy, Transport, Infrastructure (ETI)
Energy law including regulatory, energy and renewables M&A, PPP
projects including German motorway constructions/extentions (advice
in all relevant areas of the law, inter alia construction,
operation & maintenance, real estate, environmental,
procurement and state aid), regional rail franchise tenders and
rolling stock procurement processes.
Commercial
Employment law, industrial property rights and copyright (IP),
media and film law, IT law.
Antitrust and competition law
Abusive practices and restraints of competition, European and
German merger control, transaction advice, public procurement law,
state aid and subsidy laws.
Litigation/arbitration
National and international litigation and arbitration, especially
disputes in the areas of corporate and M&A, banking and capital
markets, white collar crime, D&O and professional liability,
product liability, insolvency, cross-border distributorship
agreements and commercial contracts.
Tax
Acquisition structures, financial and real estate products,
investment fund concepts.