Hengeler Mueller
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Hengeler Mueller is a German law firm of 233 lawyers, 81 of whom are partners. The firm maintains offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Brussels and London.
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[edit] Firm Profile
Hengeler Mueller does not aspire to practice local law in several jurisdictions; instead it strives to be recognized as a leading provider of legal services under German law and cooperate with key relationship firms in other countries. It has been recognized in the top tier of firms in the fields of mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, finance, private equity and structured finance, particularly in synthetic securitization.
[edit] International Strategy
The firm maintains strong ties with Slaughter and May (United Kingdom), Bonelli Erede Pappalardo (Italy), Bredin Prat (France), De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (the Netherlands) and Uría Menéndez (Spain). The firm's revenues were €157.85 million in 2006.
[edit] Notable Mandates
- Represented Deutsche Telekom in its €5.5 billion disposal of cable regions to US-based Liberty Media.
- Local counsel to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in its €1.69 billion acquisition of metering and ceramics divisions from Siemens.
- KfW, the German government-owned development bank in a number of bond and notes offers.
- Issuer counsel along with Slaughter & May to €7 billion initial public offering of Siemens's car parts division.
