Frankfurt am Main, Atlanta, - CMS, led by Dr. Tobias Grau and Dr. Florian Plagemann, has comprehensively advised Commerzbank on the formation of a joint venture with Global Payments, a leading global provider of financial technologies and software solutions (here). CMS regularly advises banks and payment service providers on M&A transactions and regulatory matters, including Commerzbank's repurchase of the installment loan business from BNP Paribas. CMS Germany Dr Tobias Grau, Partner, Co-Lead Dr Florian Plagemann, Partner, Co-Lead Birgit Schlemmer, Senior Associate Dr Kai Wallisch, Partner Dr Tobias Kilian, Of Counsel Dr Marcel Hagemann, Partner Dr Christian Zielonka, Principal Counsel Carmen Hübner, Senior Associate Dr Maximilian Stark, Senior Associate Dr Miriam Bach, As­so­ci­ate Kath­rin Dengel, Associate Gustav Isele, Associate, all Corporate/M&A Dr Markus M. Pfaff, Client Relationship Partner Moritz Gerstmayr, Coun­sel Char­lotte Salathé, Counsel  Marcel Moussaoui, Associate Mohal Jennifer Egzau, Associate, all Banking & Finance Philipp Lotze, Partner Dr Michael Kraus, Partner Dr Anna Lena Füllsack, Senior As­so­ci­ate Theresa Lenger, Senior Associate, all TMC Kai Neuhaus, Partner Dr Björn Herbers, Partner Moritz Pottek, Counsel, all Antitrust, Competition & Trade Jörg Schrade, Part­ner Chris­ti­an Linseisen, Senior Associate, both Tax Dr Oliver Simon, Partner Dr Michael Rein, Principal Counsel Dr Philipp Deuchler, Senior Associate, all Labor, Employment & Pensions Commerzbank AG (Legal) Dr Benedikt Leffers (Group Legal, Head of Corporate / Regulatory Law)  Lars Kauer (Group Legal, Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate / Regulatory Law)  Markus Vetter (Group Legal, General Counsel, Technology, Data & In­fra­struc­ture) Carina Erlenwein (Group Legal, Senior Legal Counsel, Sales, Account Management, Payment Trans­ac­tions) Press Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com

The Federal Labour Court has confirmed on several occasions how important it is for employers to fulfil their obligations by actively ensuring that employees use their annual holiday leave before it expires. In our new podcast, Julia Prokop and Dr Philipp Deuchler, who both work in employment law, talk about employees’ holiday entitlement. They address the issue of when and under what conditions holiday leave expires and what role is played by the obligation on employers to take appropriate steps in this respect, as "created" by the European Court of Justice in 2018.

Stuttgart – Lorch Schweißtechnik GmbH, a leading manufacturer of state-of-the-art electric arc welding systems for industrial applications, is joining forces with Daihen Corporation of Japan. The deal...

Stuttgart – FIELDS Group, a private equity firm operating in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) and the Benelux countries, has acquired a majority interest in the amasol Group with effect from...

Stuttgart - Uniphar Europe Limited, a subsidiary of publicly-listed Uniphar PLC, based in Dublin, has acquired CoRRect Medical GmbH, based in Oberhaching, Bavaria. For Uniphar, an international diversified...