IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms is delighted to introduce Marcin Macieszczak of Gessel. Marcin has joined IR as our exclusive Private Equity & Venture Capital Member in Poland. Managing partner, attorney at law; graduated from the Law and Administration Faculty of Warsaw University in 2000, qualified as an attorney in June […]
GSE Vertrieb Biologische Nahrungsergänzungs- und Heilmittel GmbH (“GSE Vertrieb”) is setting itself up for the future. The holding company Finexx GmbH Unternehmensbeteiligungen has acquired the shares from the founder of the company Michael Gracher under a succession concept. Michael Gracher, who established GSE Vertrieb together with his wife in 1994, is withdrawing step-by-step from the […]
The commercial law firm GvW Graf von Westphalen is continuing to expand its competence in the area of digitalization. At the beginning of the year, the well-known telecommunications law (TC-law) expert, Dr. Grace Nacimiento, joined the law firm’s Düsseldorf office as a partner. She is accompanied by her associate of many years Dr. Carolin Küll, […]
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised Plant Systems & Services PSS GmbH (“PSS”) in the acquisition of the Veltec Group from the Leadec Group. The closing of the transaction is still subject to antitrust clearance. The Parties have agreed to keep the terms of the sale confidential. PSS is continuing to expand its position in […]
The German startup company Penseo has successfully completed a seed financing round under the lead of Hanover Beteiligungsfonds, Portuguese Banco de Investimento Global as well as renowned business angels including Oliver Oster and Kilian Thalhammer. Penseo GmbH with offices in Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Hanover has developed a unique online system to digitalise company care systems, […]
A team from GvW Graf von Westphalen at its Shanghai office has advised the Erwin Hymer Group, one of the leading manufacturers of recreational vehicles and caravans in Europe headquartered in Bad Waldsee, on the establishment of an equity joint venture company with the Chinese corporate group Lingyu. The focus of the joint venture is […]
Introduction The Central Government has recently notified and published the Specific Relief (Amendment) Act, 2018 (“SRA 2018”) in the Official Gazette on August 01, 2018 vide which certain existing enforceability conditions have been removed and certain new concepts have been introduced in the Specific Relief Act, 1963 (“SRA 1963”). The amendments are made pursuant to […]
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised CCV Group B.V. (“CCV”), one of the largest service providers and suppliers of payment solutions in Europe on its joint venture with PAX Technology Ltd., subsidiary of the listed PAX Global Technology Limited (Stock Code: 00327.HK; “PAX”). The Berlin based joint venture company, C2P Convenient to Payments GmbH (“C2P”), […]
Innoactive GmbH is receiving financing to expand its virtual and augmented reality technologies. Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners (UVC Partners) and Capnamic Ventures are participating with a total of € 4.4 million in the Munich startup. GvW Graf von Westphalen advised Innoactive in this series A financing round. Innoactive develops virtual and augmented reality software solutions […]
Investment funds advised by PREMIUM Equity Partners, Frankfurt am Main, have acquired a majority participation in the CLARUS Film Group located in Dietzenbach near Frankfurt. GvW Graf von Westphalen advised the two managing directors of CLARUS Films who will continue to hold shares in the business. The seller in this transaction is PINOVA Capital, an […]
Article featured in Law360 — By Laurie Sanders of Osborn McDerby LLP, San Francisco, and Simon Rous of Ashfords While many leading surveys point to a record Q1 2018 for M&A activity globally, reports on the U.K. element of that surge are less clear. Recent enthusiastic coverage in the British financial press has trumpeted record activity in […]
In the Anglo Saxon legal world, the idea of insuring against warranties and indemnities in an acquisition or divestiture is not new, although its frequent use as an integral part […]
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