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We are pleased to present our latest analysis on the public M&A market in Germany for 2024. This comprehensive report, prepared by A&O Shearman, provides an in-depth overview of the market developments and key trends,...more
Following the German federal election in February 2025, the new coalition consisting of CDU/CSU and SPD (the Coalition) has reached a coalition agreement, unveiled on April 9, 2025....more
Welcome to the eighth edition of our newsletter “Public Takeovers in Germany”. It provides a market overview of public takeovers and other public offers carried out in Germany in 2024 in accordance with the German Securities...more
Our Public Takeover Report provides an overview of market trends and legal developments relating to public takeovers in Germany in 2024. A quick glance at the takeover market - With six delisting offers and one mandatory...more
The draft represents the next step in transposing the CSRD into national law. On 24 July 2024, the German Federal Government adopted the governmental draft of the Act implementing the EU Directive on Sustainability...more
Im grenzüberschreitenden Rechtsverkehr stoßen Akteure oft auf das Problem, dass nationale Handelsregisterdaten schwer vergleichbar sind. Das Fehlen verlässlicher Registerinformationen in einigen Mitgliedstaaten führt zudem zu...more
At a time of significant geopolitical challenges, many jurisdictions are looking at their investment screening regimes to ensure that they can adequately safeguard national security and public order. Within this context,...more
The oversight obligations of boards continue to expand. Recent enforcement actions and new laws in areas such as cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and supply chains create new challenges for boards, as we explain in this...more
On 21 September 2023, the German Parliament passed the heavily discussed German Federal Act on the Increase of Energy Efficiency (Energieeffizienzgesetz – EnEfG) that aims at significantly increasing energy efficiency...more
While the German capital continues its political efforts to tackle the housing crisis, a commission has validated the feasibility of expropriating housing providers. On June 28, 2023, a legal expert commission appointed...more
The German takeover market is declining and has shown clear signs of having been affected by the current economic and geopolitical environment. The number of takeovers and the total offer volume have both fallen...more
Um der steigenden Nachfrage nach klima- und umweltverträglich hergestellten Produkten gerecht zu werden, optimieren immer mehr Unternehmen ihre internen (Produktions-) Abläufe hin zu einer nachhaltigeren Wertschöpfung. Dieser...more
The Morgan Lewis Takeover Monitor documents public tender offers in Germany for Morgan Lewis clients and interested persons. This issue covers published and announced current offers as of October 12, 2022. The takeover offer...more
After an insightful conference in Cannes, our partners have compiled some of the key takeaways from IPEM 2022. As well as exploring the private equity landscape in the UK, Germany, France and Italy, we also explore the...more
Current offers are driven by a number of objectives, ranging from a strategic investment to increase the target company’s future dividend capacity (voluntary takeover offer for shares of Deutsche EuroShop AG) to the...more
Most company groups rely on shareholder and / or intragroup loans in order to manage the liquidity requirements within the group and easily transfer cash from one entity to another as and when needed. While discussions about...more
General Electric, the “129-year-old industrial conglomerate” founded by Thomas Edison, will fracture into three separate publicly traded companies—the latest effort by the struggling behemoth and CEO Larry Culp to “simplify...more
The global asset management community has long been among the leaders in recognising the investment and risk management benefits of tracking the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance of the assets it invests...more
Under German takeover law the bidder in a voluntary public takeover is given two options with regard to what the bidder offers the shareholders of the target company as compensation for their shares. ...more
Welcome to the fourth edition of our “Public Takeovers in Germany” newsletter. It provides an overview of public takeovers carried out in Germany in 2020 under the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG) and of...more
The Financial Market Integrity Strengthening Act includes a large number of innovations aimed at strengthening confidence in the German financial market by placing more comprehensive obligations on auditors when auditing...more
Eine Arbeitsgruppe der Koalitionsparteien hat sich u.a. auf eine Frauen-Mindestbesetzung für Vorstände von Aktiengesellschaften geeinigt. Ein entsprechender Kabinettsbeschluss wird nach der Ressortabstimmung sowie der Länder-...more
The COVID-19 outbreak creates numerous challenges for managers and directors in companies. In the present situation, they must keep a focused view of the business, while leading the company prudently through the crisis and...more
The German government has established a new ESF to counter liquidity shortages and strengthen the equity base of distressed companies. A central part of the comprehensive support measures for the German economy to counter...more
On March 27, 2020, Germany passed a package of COVID-19-related amendments that apply to various areas of the law, with some important aspects already put into effect in the country on March 28, 2020. Included in the act on...more