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WWW.SZA.DE 1 WWW.SZA.DE 2 » To be a good advisor to a company an attorney must necessarily be a good advisor to its people too.« Heinrich Kronstein 1 » Outstanding networking in management and supervisory committees« JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien Corporations come to us. Because we are different. » This law firm plays in the major leagues when it comes to the quality and complexity of its cases.« JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien » Unmatched boardroom advisors.« Chambers Europe » Some of the brightest minds in the German market.« Chambers Europe »A first rate think tank.« Handelsblatt, Elite Report » SZA has developed a standard of cooperation between fields of practice that far outmatches its competitors.« JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien » Until now, there was no such highly specialized corporate boutique in the German market.« JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien For many decades, Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz has been one of the most reputable German corporate law firms. We advise domestic and international clients in nearly all areas of cor- porate and commercial law. The close con- junction of legal practice and scholarly activi- ties, which has been a distinguishing quality feature of our firm, allows us to provide our clients with legal advice on the highest level in both transactions and disputes or litigation as well as in providing legal opinions. » This firm sets standards.« JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien PROFILE The firm, with currently over 60 attorneys, It is our conviction that the quality of le gal advises domestic and inter national clients advice does not depend on the size of a in all central areas of commercial law, with firm but on the qualification of its attor a focus on corporate law, M & A, capital neys. Central elements of our profile are markets, litigation and arbitration, labor close connections between clients and law, antitrust law, intellectual pro perty, the responsible partner as well as working competition law, tax, real estate, restruc in teams of appropriate sizes whose turing, enterprise suc cession, trusts and composition is determined in accor d ance foundations of appropriate sizes, the com with the requirements of the res pective position of each being determined by matter. the requirements of the matter at hand. HISTORY The roots of Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz the University of Heidelberg, where he reach back more than 80 years. The first also served as professor of international generation of partners included such law. The outstanding reputation of both no table personalities as Heinrich Kronstein, Wilhelm Zutt (1890 – 1962) and Wolfgang Wilhelm Zutt, and Karl Geiler, who worked Schilling (1908 – 1992) is reflected in their on prominent mergers and important membership in various legislative commit antitrust matters as early as the 1920s. tees and numerous supervisory boards. They shaped the theory and practice of modern corporate and commercial law in The close conjunction of legal practice Germany like few others. After emigrating and scholarly activities is a particular in 1935, Heinrich Kronstein (1897 – 1972) qual ity feature of our firm. Schilling, Zutt & initially worked in the US Department of Anschütz therefore remains one of the Justice’s antitrust department. Later, most renowned German corporate law he taught at Georgetown University in firms and advises or has advised leading Washington, DC and at the University of do mestic and international businesses Frankfurt am Main. In 1946, Karl Geiler in matters of exceptional importance (1878 – 1953) was ap pointed the first Prime (e.g. DaimlerBenz AG in the merger with Minister of the State of Hesse by the US Chrysler). military government and later taught at » Innovation paired with tradition, that is how SZA scored.« JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien » Excellent connection to executive staff« JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien » Excellent connection to executive staff« INTERNATIONAL NETWORK We have always advised both domestic projects, which, without exception, are and international clients. In crossborder among the leading firms in their respective matters, we can rely on cooperation with jurisdictions. foreign firms tried and tested in many » The preservation of the ability of a company to perform and compete requires the integration of diverse interests.« Wolfgang Schilling 16 Corporate & Group Law 20 Mergers & Acquisitions 24 Tax 28 Compliance 32 Capital Markets 36 Litigation and Arbitration 40 Labor Law 44 Competition 48 Intellectual Property / IT 52 Private Clients 56 Public and Administrative Law 60 Real Estate 64 Restructuring 68 Banking & Finance Corporate & Group Law Restructurings Reorganizations and changes of corpo rate form, including SEs and crossborder mergers Capital measures and restructurings Preparation of and legal assistance during general shareholders’ meetings Executive liability Compliance issues Actions for rescission, shareholder actions and other corporate disputes 16 » … one of Germany’s top addresses for corporate law.« azur100 Joint partners can have different interests. We are creating an integrated whole. Corporate & Group Law Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz advises on all areas of corporate and group law. Our traditional areas of practice include the preparation of company meetings and general shareholders’ meetings, advice on transactional corporate issues as well as matters of executive liability and other complex corporate issues. Compliance-related issues are another focus of our corporate practice. TRANSACTIONS AND RESTRUCTURINGS Transactions and restructurings form an clients in connection with the realignment important part of our corporate and group of their financial framework (e.g. capital law practice. Aside from any corporate increases or decreases). Our legal advice issues arising in connection with acquisi and representation includes attending to tions, divestments or takeovers, we are our clients’ needs through out all phases of very active in advising on corporate such projects: from optimal structuring restructurings. In this regard, focal points through preparation and execution of the of our practice are mergers, demergers, transaction, defense against possible spinoffs, changes of corporate form and blockades and potential subsequent reorganizations as SEs as well as advising shareholder actions. 18 GENERAL ADVISORY SERVICES Many of our clients have trusted our ad vice advice to executive and supervisory board in all corporate matters for decades. This members or gen eral managers as well may concern issues of individually tailored as implementing changes required in con and optimized corporate govern ance, the nection with new corporate legislation. preparation and realization of company In addition, we provide comprehensive meetings and general shareholders’ advice on compliancerelated issues. meetings, disputes between shareholders, CORPORATE DISPUTES Representation in disputes – whether tion with the dismissal of board members before the courts or in arbitration – is or claims for damages against board another important part of our corporate mem bers, shareholder actions, approval practice. This includes disputes in connec processes according to Sec. 246a Ger tion with conflicts between majority and man Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) minority shareholders or executives, defi or Sec. 16 para. 3 German Reorganiza tion cient res o lutions (in particular actions for of Companies Act (Umwandlungsgesetz) re scis sion), procedural disputes in connec as well as preliminary measures. » Outstanding reputation and tradition in corporate and stock corporation law« JUVE Handbuch Wirtschaftskanzleien 19 Mergers & Acquisitions Corporate acquisitions and sales Takeovers Joint Ventures Restructurings Crossborder amalgamations M & Arelated litigation and arbitration » Constantly involved in high-value deals« Legal 500 20 You do not buy a company every day. It’s nice to rely on someone whose everyday business it is. Mergers & Acquisitions The globalization of business and the increased competitive pressure caused by it require many businesses to grow not only organically but also through acquisitions, concentrate on particular fields of business and part with others. In this regard, we advise our clients on all issues and in all phases, from the optimized structuring of the transaction and its preparation to its successful implementation and the integration of newly acquired companies or reinvestment of proceeds from divestments. One of our particular strengths is our close cooperation with our colleagues from other practice areas contributing their special expertise regarding the issue at hand. 22 CORE ADVISORY SERVICES Our core advisory services in the M & A kind including crossborder mergers. We field include acquisitions and divestments advise both listed and unlisted companies of businesses including due diligence on domestic and crossborder projects. exercises, company takeovers under the In connection with the latter, we can rely German Acquisition and Takeover Act as on our tried and tested cooperation with well as defending against such, the found foreign law firms which, without excep ing, rearrangement and dissolution of joint tion, are among the leading firms in their ventures as well as restructurings of any jurisdictions. BROAD EXPERTISE Almost all transactions pose difficult le gal attorneys therefore work closely with our issues in particular areas of expertise. experts in the other practice areas in order These may concern labor