Representative Deals
(Disclosed with the express permission of the client or available in the public domain)
LWS advised Cegelec, an integrated international group providing technological services to companies, public and local authorities with 25,000 employees in some 30 countries in France, Europe and other parts of the world, through a network of 200 agencies and over 1,200 offices in its acquisition of Germany based Ebehako GmbH.
Cegelec is an independent industrial group owned by Qatari Diar with a large participation from the employees in the equity.
LWS advised LISI SAS, a leading French company in the industrial fasteners business, in its sale of Schrauben und Draht Union GmbH & Co. KG to a group of investors.
LWS advised Logica Group a leading international IT and business services group, employing 39,000 people across 36 countries in its sale and disposition of its majority shareholding in Integrata AG, a German stock listed corporation engaged in independant training and qualification for: Business & Skills; Information- Technology and SAP Trends and Processes.
LWS advised adesso AG, a stock exchange listed service provider for individual e-business solutions, in its acquisition of all shares in SITGATE AG.
LWS advised all shareholders in VEDAG GmbH, a leader in the development, production, and sales of bituminous membranes in Germany, also active in Eastern Europe and China, in the sale of all their shares to the Danish Icopal Group.
LWS advised Schmid Maybach LLC in its re-investment into Tognum (formerly MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH) subsequent to having sold its shares to Daimler Chrysler AG, and in its acquisition of a substantial number of shares on the occasion of Tognum AG's IPO and its listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
LWS advised KERO Private Equity and the Reimelt Henschel Group, a leader of the mechanical process engineering, in the sale of all shares in Reimelt Henschel Holding GmbH to MBB Industries AG.
LWS advised the founders and owners of OpenData Systemhaus AG in the sale of their shares to zetVisions AG and their acquisition of a substantial portion of shares in zetVisions AG. OpenData Systemhaus AG is a leader in the field of shareholdings management.
LWS advised the thomas group, active in the construction and the building-material industries, in the acquisition of the operation of the Hormersdorf quarry and an asphalt mixing plant from Gebr. Prüschenk Kalkwerk, Bauunternehmen, Schotterwerk OHG by way of an asset deal.
LWS advised the TWB Group, an automotive supplier of pressing and forming elements in high-grade steels, in the refinancing of its group wide credit facilities with senior and mezzanine loan facilities issued and syndicated by Morgan Stanley.
LWS advised Reimelt Henschel MischSysteme GmbH, a leader of the mechanical process engineering, in an upstream-merger of Henschel Antriebstechnik GmbH into Reimelt Henschel MischSysteme GmbH and the subsequent management buy-out of its gearbox business.
LWS advised CIT Group Inc., a leading consumer and commercial finance company with nearly $ 50 billion in assets, in its acquisition of Barclays Technology Finance Limited and Barclays Industrie Bank GmbH from Barclays Bank PLC relating to German leasing and finance matters.
LWS advised CFI FAIRPAY AG, a leading German investor in life insurances, in its Initial Public Offering of shares and listing on the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
LWS advised adesso AG, a service provider for individual e-business solutions, in its Reverse Merger with BOV AG including the full range of complex merger and takeover law as well as listing issues.
LWS advised S-Refit in Schmack Biogas AG's Initial Public Offering of shares and listing on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
LWS advised Somfy SA, a leading French and Paris stock exchange listed company active in the business relative to automatic control of openings and closures in homes and buildings, in its acquisition of the sun protection business of J. Stehle + Söhne GmbH including its Hungarian manufacturing entities and the related merger filing.
LWS advised CIT Group Inc., a leading consumer and commercial finance company with nearly $ 50 billion in assets, in the restructuring of its European business entities.
LWS advised equinet and S-Refit in Geneart AG's Initial Public Offering of shares and listing on the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
LWS advised CFI FAIRPAY AG, a leading German investor in life insurances, in its second pre IPO financing round.
LWS advised Concord Effekten AG, an independent securities bank, in its Buy-Out with CFI FAIRPAY AG.
LWS advised Cube Optics AG, a manufacturer of fiber-optical components, in its financing round with The Carlyle Group, Target Partners, and Star Ventures.
LWS advised the Brussels office of Getronics, one of the world's leading providers of vendor independent Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions and services, in its IT outsourcing project with Lufthansa Systems.
LWS advised Foot Locker, the world's leading retailer of athletic footwear and apparel, regarding the draft and introduction of a Code of Business Conduct for its German employees.
LWS advised the Maybach family in the intended sale and re-investment of its shareholding in MTU Friedrichshafen to The Carlyle Group and the subsequent sale to DaimlerChrysler AG.
JUVE "DEAL OF THE MONTH" (11/05)
LWS advised CIT Group Inc., a leading consumer and commercial finance company with nearly $ 50 billion in assets, in its $ 1 billion acquisition of CitiCapital Group.
LWS advised LISI SAS, a leading French company in the industrial fasteners business, in its acquisition of Knipping Group from 3i.
LWS advised Concord Effekten AG, an independent securities bank, in the structuring of an investment fund on life insurances.
LWS advised a number of leading private equity / venture capital funds (e. g., equinet, VRP, T-venture, High Tech, HEPTAGON, AutoVision, Co-Investor, COETL Ventures) in their equity and mezzanine expansion stage investments.
In this context, LWS most recently advised:
VRP Venture Capital Rheinland-Pfalz GmbH & Co. KG, the venture capital fund of Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz, in its biotech investment in PheneX Pharmaceuticals AG, Ludwigshafen, its biotech investment in Galantos GmbH, Mainz, its security technology investment in Palladio Systeme GmbH, Wernigerode, its IT investments in Sysgo AG, Mainz, and iTAC AG, Munich.
HEPTAGON in its financing round with EUROIMMUN Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG, Lübeck.
High Tech Private Equity in its financing round with Vertilas GmbH, München.
Co-Investor and COETL Ventures in their investment in Toplink GmbH, Karlsruhe.
DAH Beteiligungs GmbH and Co-Investor AG in their investment in Ice Age Ice AG, Maintal.