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13/06/2022
CMS European Real Estate Deal Point Study 2022
Real estate investment markets remain stable whilst buyers continue to catch up in contractual risk allocation Logistics assets more popular than ever Demand from international investors reaches record...
02/02/2022
An international expert team from CMS advises Greiner AG on the successful...
Shortly before the beginning of the year, CMS Austria supported the Austrian plastics and foam specialist Greiner AG on the successful sale of its extrusion division, including the associated operational real estate in Nußbach, Upper Austria, and Trhové Sviny, Czech Republic. On 21 December 2021, the German Federal Cartel Office approved the sale of the Austrian- based Greiner Extrusion Group (GEG) to the Dutch-German investment company Nimbus – the majority owner, amongst other things, of bat­ten­feld-cin­cin­nati, one of CEG’s competitors with subsidiaries in Germany, Austria, the USA and China. The now affiliated companies intend to exploit synergies in purchasing, at least. Otherwise, both entities will remain independent companies with their organisational structures and market presence. As part of the transaction, the experts of the CMS advisory team, led by Alexander Rakosi, Florian Mayer and Anna Hiegelsperger, had to navigate numerous complex legal topics on trans­ac­tion-re­lated aspects as well as in the areas of real estate law and an­ti­trust/com­pet­i­tion law. The internationally experienced team of experts at CMS Austria also included Dieter Zandler (antitrust law), Vanessa Horaceck (competition law), Hans Lederer (trademark law), Johannes Hysek (real estate law), Mariella Kapoun (real estate), Sibylle Novak (international tax law), Thomas Aspalter (tax law), Cornelia Kreuth (M&A), Christoph Birner (financing) and Alexandros Hantasch (corporate trans­ac­tions). In addition, the Austrian advisory team was also supported by colleagues from other CMS offices. The international CMS team consisted of Stepan Havranek (CZ), Eva Bryndova (CZ), Michael Munzinger (PRC), Lei Shi (PRC), Dipesh Santilale (UK), Sabby Kenzie (UK), Margaux Deuchler (F), Thomas Hains (F), Blazej Zagorski (PL) and Marta Osowska-Buba (PL). Lead partner Alexander Rakosi happily notes: “International transactions bring multi-faceted challenges. We are glad to have been able to provide comprehensive legal advice to the Greiner Group from project kick-off to its successful closing across all countries.”
17/08/2021
CMS advises WOW Tech Group on > EUR 1 bn business combination with Lovehoney...
Munich – WOW Tech Group and Lovehoney, two of the global leaders for sexual wellness products, join forces. Together with Swiss brand Amorana – acquired by Lovehoney in 2020 – they now form the...
20/04/2021
Pandemic leaves its mark on European real estate investment market
COVID-19 pandemic leads to change in investor interest in the individual asset classes – logistics and residential properties especially popularIncreased desire for security on part of sellers: record...
11/06/2020
CMS and Kümmerlein advise Telefónica Deutschland on sale of rooftop radio...
Munich – Telefónica Deutschland has sold its passive infrastructure comprising around 10,000 rooftop sites and up to 80 tower sites to Telxius Telecom S.A. for a purchase price of EUR 1.5 billion...
27/11/2019
CMS Infrastructure Index reveals positive trends in infrastructure sector
Infrastructure Index reveals positive trends in infrastructure sector CMS publishes its biennial global Infrastructure Index which ranks 50 countries in order of infrastructure investment at­tract­ive­ness­Ger­many...
15/10/2019
Hotel Investment in Iberian Peninsula | October 2019
According to a joint report by Cushman & Wakefield and CMS, hotel investment remained high in Spain last year, with figures showing total deals worth EUR 3.7 billion. However, this represents an 18.7%...
07/10/2019
CMS European Real Estate Deal Point Study 2019
Real estate investment market flatlining at a high level Total investment remains at previous year’s level. Investors forced to revise their investment preferences: office real estate still ahead, but...
16/07/2019
CMS advised Col­gate-Pal­molive on acquisition of Laboratoires Filorga Cosmétiques
A CMS team covering 11 jurisdictions, together with Colgate's US advisers, advised Col­gate-Pal­molive in its ca. EUR 1.5bn acquisition of Laboratoires Filorga Cosmétiques. Originally founded in France...
29/04/2019
CMS announces largest-ever global partner promotions
CMS has made up 49 new partners in 2019, marking the firm's largest-ever round of global partner promotions. The new partners span 23 cities across Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, and sit across...
11/04/2018
NEW! CEE Office Real Estate Compass: Is your workplace Mil­len­ni­al-ready?
A new report by Colliers International and CMS has found that one-third of professionals in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) believe their workplace will change over the next 2-3 years. The firms’ second...
04/07/2017
CMS advises ABB on the ac­quis­i­tion of KEYMILE’s communication networks...
An international team of CMS Switzerland and Germany under the lead of Stefan Brunnschweiler (CMS Switzerland) has advised ABB on all matters relating to the acquisition by ABB of the mis­sion-crit­ic­al...