Tag: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Investigators search law firm and other company
Frankfurt skyline The public prosecutor’s office confirmed that “as of today, they are executing a search warrant against a law firm in Frankfurt am Main”. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The commercial…
Private equity faces these four challenges in 2023
Neumarkt-Galerie in Cologne managed by Apleona, logistics company Schenker, sanitary systems Toitoi New private equity portfolio companies could emerge in 2023. (Photo: Imago) Frankfurt Hardly any branch of the global…
Freshfields’ top attorney in the dock
In a previous life, Ulf Johannemann once guarded the goal of Prussia Munster. Then he decided to study law, passed the first state exam in 1996 and never looked back.…
Eight years in prison for tax attorney Hanno Berger
Hanno Berger The 72-year-old has had a deep fall. He was once one of the most renowned tax lawyers. Now he has been sentenced to the highest prison sentence to…
German companies hoard 765 billion euros
Company cash reserves Fearing the downturn, companies are making provisions. (Photo: Glowimages / vario images, obs,) Dusseldorf Worried about a recession, companies in Germany have accumulated 765 billion euros in…
German companies hoard 765 billion euros
Company cash reserves Fearing the downturn, companies are making provisions. (Photo: Glowimages / vario images, obs,) Dusseldorf Worried about a recession, companies in Germany have accumulated 765 billion euros in…
Court sentences former Maple bosses to more than four years in prison
maple bank Four former Maple Bank employees were convicted by the Frankfurt Regional Court on Monday. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The presiding judge, Werner Gröschel, identified a “very significant level of…
Court sentences former Maple bosses to more than four years in prison
maple bank Four former Maple Bank employees were convicted by the Frankfurt Regional Court on Monday. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The presiding judge, Werner Gröschel, identified “very considerable criminal energy” in…
Rising interest rates cause the credit market to collapse
Bird’s-eye view of Frankfurt’s banking district In view of the many factors of uncertainty, banks are acting more and more cautiously. (Photo: imago images/Cavan Images) Frankfurt They were the fuel…
Investigators search the Deutsche Bank headquarters and several apartments
Deutsche Bank headquarters The money house comes under pressure in the cum-ex affair. (Photo: imago images/Mattias Christ) Frankfurt Raid in the twin towers: Public prosecutors, tax investigators and police officers…
Investigators are looking for the Deutsche Bank headquarters and several apartments
Deutsche Bank headquarters The money house comes under pressure in the cum-ex affair. (Photo: imago images/Mattias Christ) Frankfurt Raid in the twin towers: Public prosecutors, tax investigators and police officers…
Freshfields partner Simone Kampfer reports on practical experience
Dusseldorf Simone Kampfer works discreetly. When companies involve the criminal lawyer and former public prosecutor, it is usually about sensitive issues. Mostly it is about the processing of classic white-collar…
Donald Trump has to go before Congress
Good morning, dear readers, we start the weekend with stories that tell of the power – newfangled: resilience – of the democracies that have recently been doubted. We learn: nothing…
Prosecutors indict four foreign investment bankers
The trial against Cum-Ex key figure Berger started in April The case now indicted involves two funds. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The Cologne public prosecutor has presented the next indictment in…
Prosecutors want long prison sentences for Maple bankers
Maple Bank lettering The process of so-called cum-ex share deals from the now insolvent Maple Bank has been underway since May 2021. (Photo: dpa) Cologne The investigators estimate the damage…
Investigators search major US bank JP Morgan in Frankfurt
Frankfurt skyline Almost every major bank is now the focus of investigators because of involvement in cum-ex deals. (Photo: imago images / Westend61) Frankfurt Public prosecutors, tax investigators and police…
Cologne public prosecutor takes back millions from Lehman
A former Lehman employee vacates his office in London on September 15, 2008 The investment bank, which was wound up years ago, is just one of many involved in the…
Raid in Frankfurt – allegations in the cum-ex scandal
MorganStanley Raid on the bank’s Frankfurt offices. (Photo: AFP) Frankfurt A squad of 75 prosecutors, tax investigators and police officers have been searching the German branch of the US bank…
Raid on Frankfurt branch of Bank of America
Merrill Lynch lettering The US investment bank already recognized in the early 2000s the profits to be made from cum-ex deals. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf A large contingent of 80 prosecutors,…
Popular takeover targets – especially in the US
German startups North American companies in particular were already interested in German start-ups in 2021. (Photo: DigitalVision/Getty Images) Frankfurt. Innovative companies from Germany are right at the top of the…