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Munich

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.