At act legal, transactions are always managed by two partners – one lead partner will be responsible for the core element, e.g. the sale purchase agreement and transaction management, whilst the other partner will be responsible for important transaction-related steps such as due diligence, setting up the acquisition structure, financing issues etc. In this way, we can assure you of top quality and fast transaction speeds in complex matters.
We never draft agreements of economic significance using “off-the-peg solutions”, they are always precisely tailored to fit a given situation and elaborately thought out. Our top-notch, excellently drafted model documentation is the perfect basis for all standard corporate-law procedures, thus assuring you of an optimum combination of top expertise and maximum efficiency.
Many of our act legal lawyers also have additional qualifications in business administration. In this way, we always understand the economic rationale behind the transaction. For you, this ensures precise legal implementation of your commercial objectives. You also get a qualified sparring partner for many commercial decisions within the scope of your transaction.
act legal has over 20 years of experience in the international transaction business.
We are extremely competent in English language documentation and negotiations so we can assure our clients of highly professional representation in transactions with a foreign element without the cost-driven implications of duplicate work.
For more than 20 years, act legal has intensively been working for numbers renowned financial investors. Thus, we are perfectly familiar with the multi-layered transaction requirements, the complex financial structures and the predictable post-closing procedures. This is why financial investors seeking our services receive support from act legal that is particularly effective for their purposes from day one, without the need for further explanation.
act legal’s transaction division has tax expertise at its disposal. Many of act legal’s transaction lawyers are also tax advisors or certified tax law specialists. In this way, we not only ensure optimal legal implementation of solutions developed by your tax experts, but also provide an independent second opinion in your own interests.
act legal’s transaction division has excellent employment attorneys. We are therefore best able to incorporate both reorganisation features and essential employment-law procedures into our transaction structuring so, here too, we guarantee that you will receive maximum cost efficiency, budget certainty and an orderly transaction process.
act legal’s transaction lawyers always automatically keep an eye out for insolvency issues thanks to their many years of expertise in restructurings and debtor-in-possession proceedings. This enables us to structure transactions in an insolvency-proof manner and, in the interest of all parties, avoid unpleasant surprises and later disputes with an insolvency administrator or the public sector.
act legal has its own transaction notary with over 20 years of expertise. All transaction documents relevant to notarization or which need to be filed with the commercial register are subject to a detailed formal review by our notary’s office. This avoids unnecessary, unpleasant and often expensive surprises for all parties involved.
We stay on top of things and act as interface between all relevant persons, particularly in complex projects where there are many business units and external consultants involved. In this way, we ensure efficient project implementation whilst still involving all key decision-makers.