Dr Sebastian Schneider joined the dispute resolution department of GLNS on 1 September 2021. He previously worked in the corporate and litigation & arbitration practice groups of Latham & Watkins in Hamburg and in the litigation & arbitration practice group of DLA Piper in Munich for many years.
GLNS has advised the founders and managing directors of Smile Eyes Group, Dres. Wiltfang and Bechmann, on an investment by European private equity firm Trilantic Europe. The transaction is structured as a partnership between Trilantic Europe, the two founders of Smile Eyes and the management team with the intention of implementing a buy-and-build strategy in the German ophthalmology market.
GLNS advises funds advised by EMERAM Capital Partners on the sale of Matrix42 Group to private equity firm Corten Capital.
Best Lawyers Germany 2021 – Various GLNS partners once more awarded as best lawyers in Germany.
Once again, GLNS partners have been recognized by their peers as "Best Lawyers in Germany 2021".
Dr. Reinhard Ege (Corporate, M&A, Tax)
Dr. Bernd Graßl (Private Equity)
Dr. Daniel Gubitz (Corporate, M&A)
Georg Lindner (Private Equity, Tax)
Dr. Philip Peitsmeyer (Litigation)
Andreas Scheidle (Tax)
Dr. Ludger Schult (Corporate, M&A)
have been recommended in the new ranking of the Handelsblatt Group and the US publisher Best Lawyers.
GLNS has advised the shareholders of the software consulting company verovis GmbH on the merger with the digital solutions, consulting and software company valantic. With the merger of verovis and valantic, customers in the field of planning and reporting will in the future have an end-to-end solution portfolio between ERP and control processes for the digitalization of the finance function available from a single source.
GLNS advised the shareholders of Motel a Miio GmbH on Maxburg Capital Partners' investment in the company.
GLNS advises clearvise AG, which is listed on the Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Munich stock exchanges, in connection with a capital increase from authorized capital with subscription rights in the amount of approximately EUR 8 million.
GLNS is happy to support teams of the Willem C. Vis Moot once again in the preparation for the pleadings in Vienna and Hong Kong.
GLNS advises funds managed by EMERAM Capital Partners on the acquisition of sofatutor, one of Germany's market-leading digital learning platforms for grades 1 to 12 (K-12).
GLNS has comprehensively advised smava on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in FFG FINANZCHECK GmbH (Finanzcheck). The seller is Speedster Bidco GmbH, a company controlled by Hellman & Friedman, which had acquired AutoScout24 in 2020.
GLNS advises Egeria on the acquisition of the Klafs Group and its financing.
As in the previous year, the news magazine FOCUS has named GLNS as one of the leading business law firms in Germany in the legal fields of "Corporate Law" and "Mergers & Acquisitions".
The independent research analysts of FOCUS Line Extensions GmbH compiled a list of the top business law firms in 21 areas of law. Around 8100 lawyers in business law firms and 2400 in-house lawyers were invited to the survey.