JUVE Handbuch 2019/2020 recommends AC Tischendorf in numerous categories, namely in:
Congratulations to all the recommended lawyers from act legal Germany: Dr. Sven Tischendorf, MBA, Dr. Tara Kamiyar-Müller, Dr. Stephan Schwilden, MBA, Dr. Matthias Müller, MBA and Friederike Jawad, LL.M.!
You will find the whole ranking here.
act legal Czech Republic won the new category of Energy and Energy Projects in this year’s prestigious ratings of law firms „Law Firm of the Year“ by EPRAVO.CZ.
Mgr. Ing. Jan Havel, the head of ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL’s energy team, considers this award a great success: „Energy and energy projects are one of the main areas of our services. We are therefore delighted that we have become law firm of the year in this new category. Great thanks to all members of our energy team, as well as to all our clients, without whose confidence we wouldn‘t have won this award“.
In addition to energy, act legal Czech Republic has placed highly in the other 12 categories. In competition with more than 50 Czech and international offices, ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL is “highly recommended” in the categories of Development and Real Estate Projects, Information Technology Law, Public Procurement, Intellectual Property, Restructuring and Insolvency and Competition Law, and is “recommended” in the categories of M&A, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration, Banking and Finance, Telecommunications and Media, Corporate Law and Labour Law. This result puts the law firm among the best law firms in the Czech Republic.
The annual awards are decided by an independent group of 250 evaluators from the ranks of companies and institutions, as well as by EPRAVO.CZ, an independent entity that monitors and follows lawyers in the Czech Republic.
CEE Legal Matters sat down with Sven Tischendorf of act legal Germany, AC Tischendorf Rechtsanwälte to learn more about the alliance’s plans.
In this interview “Acting in alliance: a look at act legal’s growing footprint in and beyond CEE”, Sven Tischendorf will answer questions like
and many more helping you to get a look behind the scenes of act legal.
Find the article for download on the right and the whole issue’s e-reader link here.
Summit relies on act legal Germany for the acquisition of eight multi-service-centers in Germany from Fortress Immobilien AG for EUR 85 million.
Most of the acquired properties are located in A-cities, close to the city center and on busy streets. They are fully let to a great mix of renowned and profitable tenants. The aggregate annual net rent is currently approx. € 5.8 million per year and will increase to approx. € 6.1 million in the medium term. The average minimum term of all leases is ca. 10 years.
The acquired portfolio, with net lettable area of 58,000 m², was developed by Fortress in cooperation with the general planer AIP Planungs GmbH between 2005 and 2007. The asset management of the portfolio remains with Fortress Immobilien AG.
The advisory team of act legal Germany, AC Tischendorf, consists of Dr. Tara Kamiyar-Müller, Dr. Matthias Müller, MBA, Fabian Brocke, LL.M. and Jessica Zenz-Spitzweg (Consultant). act legal Germany advises Summit regularly in all aspects of real estate law, including ongoing real estate administration and transactions. In successfully proven cooperation, Dr. Peter Eggers and his team (Baker Tilly, Berlin) advised Summit on the area of tax. Fortress was advised by King & Spalding (Frankfurt).
About Fortress: Founded in 1995 and based in Düsseldorf, Fortress Immobilien AG is the leading German developer of multi-service-centers. The concept behind these centers is based on the usage related to automotive and services: gas stations, car wash, car service combined with fast food restaurants, grocery retail, hotels, fitness centers and other service providers.
About Summit Germany Limited: Summit Germany Limited, registered in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Its shares are listed on the AIM, a market operated by The London Stock Exchange. The company is active in Germany, concentrating here on building up a considerable portfolio of commercial real estate (with lettable area od over sqm 1 million) and has established itself since 2004 on the German commercial real estate market. The company’s investments are predominantly made in rented office, retail and logistics properties, which are located mainly in the main financial centers in Germany.
As a member of The Law Reviews leading panel of contributors, Roman Hager and Martin Wiedenbauer from act legal Austria have contributed to the 7th edition of The Asset Management Review with a chapter about their home country Austria.
“These developments will certainly impact the asset management industry, on the one hand offering new tools that will enhance the efficiency of the markets, and on the other opening up opportunities for direct investment while bypassing professional asset management.” To learn which developments the authors are talking about, find the whole chapter about Austria of the Asset Management Review (as PDF for download on the right).
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Márton Karika from act legal Hungary is interviewed in the article “Trustworthiness Pays Well: German Law Firms in Hungary” published by the Budapest Business Journal.
“With the economy doing well and continuing to attract foreign capital, law firms with a strong German background are also flourishing. While the Hungarian legislative system could be improved regarding predictability, market players tell the Budapest Business Journal, things are moving in a good direction.” – Find the whole article via the link on the right.
Lawyers from ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL represent the owners of JANUS spol. s r.o., a distributor of Kyocera brand products in the CR and SR, in the sale of 100% of their shares to the Dutch company KYOCERA Document Solutions Europe B.V.
In doing so, JANUS will be renamed to KYOCERA Document Solutions Czech and, after several decades of successful partnership, will become the 18th sales unit of KYOCERA Document Solutions Europe.
Legal support to the sellers was provided by Alois Šatava, a partner of ŘANDA HAVEL LEGAL, and the senior lawyers Michal Pálinkás and Pavel Mlíkovský.
The acquisition of JANUS spol. s r.o. is in line with Kyocera’s strategic goal for expanding into EMEA. For KYOCERA Document Solutions Czech, this is a very important step, as it strengths its position in Central and Eastern Europe. Jiří Hubený, CEO of KYOCERA Document Solutions Czech, will continue leading its teams based in Prague and Bratislava.
Congratulations! act legal Germany is listed as top law firm and its partner Dr. Florian Wäßle, LL.M. as top lawyer for IT law in the German business journal WirtschaftsWoche. Every year, it publishes an exclusive ranking of leading law firms and lawyers in Germany for IT law.
Handelsblatt Research Institute first identified 538 IT law experts from 74 law firms. Those were asked to name their top 5 IT lawyers and law firms in a peer group analysis. Afterwards, a specialist jury evaluated the results of the resulting list of 105 lawyers from 50 law firms.
This year’s jury consisted of corporate counsel Jan Eckert from ZF Friedrichshafen, Philipp Haas from Robert Bosch, Isolde Würz from Thyssenkrupp, Claas Westermann from RWE and for the scientific perspective Achim Schunder as branch manager of C.H.Beck.
act legal Poland has assisted one of its clients in a transaction of construction and acquisition of a 50m/164ft Aston 50 superyacht commissioned by a private client built by Rossinavi shipyard based in Viareggio (Italy). The superyacht has naval architecture from Arrabito Naval Architects, interiors from Lazzarini Pickering Architetti and exterior styling from Enrico Gobbi of Team4Design.
act BSWW legal&tax provided legal services throughout the whole process of ordering, construction and acquisition of the superyacht, assisting its client also with respect to Italian and English aspects of the transaction.
act BSWW lawyers were responsible for the preparation and execution of the shipbuilding contract including: (i) advice on contractual documentation regarding purchase of the vessel, (ii) assistance in financing arrangements regarding construction and acquisition of the yacht and (iii) assistance in delivery of the vessel and closing of the transaction itself. The team working on this project consisted of partners of the firm: Marta Kosiedowska and Marek Wojnar.
“act BSWW has a long story of assisting its clients in similar transactions involving superyachts acquisitions mainly from Italian shipyards. We are bringing to our clients comprehensive cross-border assistance enjoying great success with it” explained Marek Wojnar – managing partner of act BSWW.
“We are proud that our shipping and aviation practice is developing rapidly and that our clients entrust us increasing volume of more and more prestigious projects of this kind. Currently our team is working on few transactions of this sort involving yachts, superyachts and helicopters” added Marta Kosiedowska – partner of act BSWW.
act legal Poland was advising a company belonging to Ideal Idea group (one of the leading companies that construct and lease high-quality office and warehousing developments in Poland) throughout the process related to the acquisition of a real property located at Mieczysława Słowikowskiego street (at the border of Warsaw and Raszyn, right next to S2 ring road).
The scope of consulting services included a due diligence review of the property, preparation of transaction documents, support in negotiations and closing the deal. Michał Wielhorski (attorney-at-law and Managing Partner at act BSWW) acted as the team leader. He was supported by Mateusz Prokopiuk (attorney-at-law, Senior Associate) and Michał Sołtyszewski (attorney-at-law, Senior Associate).
The company intends to develop one of the most modern warehousing and office facilities in Warsaw. The complex featuring small business units with a total area of 19,500 m² will offer warehousing modules of 500-850 m² and office space with raised floor, glass doors and 2.7-meter skylights. Standard office modules will have an area of 110 m². Tenants will also be able to use conference rooms, a fitness center and viewing terrace. The company acts as the complex’s designer and general contractor.
“We are more than happy to be Ideal Idea’s trusted legal consultant that keeps getting invited for cooperation on new projects. Providing legal services for a highly innovative project like Ideal Idea City Park is a big challenge and interesting experience.”, says Michał Wielhorski.
