Tag: Clifford Chance
These are the top dealmakers in Germany’s commercial law firms
Lawyers Six names stand out within the guild because they are particularly well connected. Dusseldorf Wherever companies change, top lawyers are at the table right from the start – and…
Hamburg ist das Paradies für Steuersünder
Düsseldorf Ein bisher geheim gehaltener Untersuchungsbericht der Kanzlei Clifford Chance nährt Zweifel an der Ernsthaftigkeit der Staatsanwaltschaft Hamburg im Kampf gegen Steuerhinterzieher. Demnach verdiente die HSH Nordbank zwischen 2008 und…
Hamburg als Paradies für Steuerhinterzieher
Cum-Ex Sie haben in verschiedenen Rollen mit dem HSH-Steuerskandal zu tun: Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP), Erster Bürgermeister Peter Tschentscher (SPD) und Ex-Bankchef Stefan Ermisch (v.l.). (Foto: imago (2)) Düsseldorf Ein bisher geheim…
London’s financial district of Canary Wharf needs to reinvent itself
Bank Towers in Canary Wharf More and more big banks are leaving the financial district in east London. (Photo: Bloomberg) London Since the major British bank HSBC announced at the…
Legal hurdles for deals are increasing
Container ships in the port of Hamburg The entry of the Chinese freight service provider Cosco at a Hamburg port terminal was controversial – and would probably also have been…
Top European law firms are expanding to America
Dusseldorf A new transatlantic law firm is emerging: The “Magic Circle” law firm Allen & Overy and the law firm Shearman & Sterling, which has a particularly strong presence in…
Former Freshfields star attorney to stand trial in September
Freshfields headquarters in Frankfurt’s Park Tower Along with Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and Linklaters, Freshfields is one of only four law firms in the industry’s so-called magic circle. (Photo:…
Why Henkel, Uniper & Co. are still around
Production at Volkswagen in Kaluga (archive image) Production has been at a standstill at the Kaluga plant since March. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Frankfurt, Riga After the attack on Ukraine, a…
Why Henkel, Uniper & Co. are still around
Production at Volkswagen in Kaluga (archive image) Production has been at a standstill at the Kaluga plant since March. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Frankfurt, Riga After the attack on Ukraine, a…
The end of mega deals – Six trends that will shape the M&A market
Frankfurt After a record 2021, the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market has plummeted this year. In 2022, the German M&A business shrank by 36 percent to its lowest level since…
Rail cartel: Deutsche Bahn suffers defeat in court
Deutsche Bahn tracks The rail cartel has agreed on prices for many years in the past. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Deutsche Bahn suffered a bitter defeat in its trials against the…
Hanno Berger makes a confession
Cum-Ex Process Hanno Berger is accused of three cases of particularly serious tax evasion. (Photo: dpa) Bonn “You could have seen it differently,” said Hanno Berger. “I just had a…
How Landesbanken reached into the state coffers
Peter Tschentscher (left) and Norbert Walter-Borjans Hamburg’s mayor and the ex-WestLB supervisory board were poorly informed about the cum-ex transactions of their state banks. (Photo: dpa, Imago, PR [M]) Dusseldorf…
How Landesbanken reached into the state coffers
Peter Tschentscher (left) and Norbert Walter-Borjans Hamburg’s mayor and the ex-WestLB supervisory board were poorly informed about the cum-ex transactions of their state banks. (Photo: dpa, Imago, PR [M]) Dusseldorf…
Shell shell boom comes to an abrupt end
Better days Draftkings was retrospectively welcomed to Nasdaq in June 2021. (Photo: imago images/Levine-Roberts) Frankfort, New York The current rule on the stock exchanges is: avoid risks. Investors are running…
Tax claims against SEB Bank rise to 900 million euros
Dusseldorf First the investigators came, then the mail from the tax office: The major Swedish bank SEB and its German subsidiary DSK Hyp are under massive pressure because of questionable…