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Lecture event on cross-border reorganizations of the corporate structure with the objetive of structuring co-determinationLecture by Dr. Carsten Wettich at University of Cologne

On 10 December 2015, Professor Dr Barbara Dauner-Lieb (University of Cologne), Dr Carsten Wettich from the law firm Berner Fleck Wettich and Carsten Domke, LL.M. (Cologne/Paris 1) from the law firm CMS Hasche Sigle will talk about shaping the co-determination through cross-border reorganizations of the corporate structure from the point of view of corporate law and labor law. Dr Johannes Dilling, LL.M. (CologneParis 1) will moderathe the event.

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IFLR1000 Ranking Germany 2016Berner Fleck Wettich again listed in IFLR1000’s 2016 ranking for Corporate and M&A

The corporate law boutique Berner Fleck Wettich has been distinguished by the international law directory IFLR1000 – “The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms” for its Corporate and M&A practice and has been listed in its annual ranking for M&A – Germany 2016.

Legal Tribune Online, 09/10/2015Shaw Aca­demy expands its German location

Berner Fleck Wettich and vangard advised Shaw Academy, a provider of interactive online education, on its expansion of presence in Germany.

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Journal Die Aktiengesellschaft, edition 19/2015, pp. 681 et seq. Current article of Carsten Wettich on the 2015 Annual General Meeting season

Berner Fleck Wettich regularly assists listed and non-listed companies in the preparation and holding of shareholder meetings. On this basis, Carsten Wettich deals with the 2015 Annual General Meeting season and provides an outlook for the coming 2016 season. The article covers e.g. the German Corporate Governance Code, shareholder activism and personal liability of managing directors, recent court decisions e.g. on notarization of shareholder meetings as well as legislative measures at the national level and at EU level.

RWS, 11/09/2015Berner Fleck Wettich advises fitogram in transaction with TS Ventures

JUVE Awards 2015Berner Fleck Wettich nominated for the JUVE Startup Award

The corporate law boutique Berner Fleck Wettich has been nominated by „JUVE Verlag für juristische Information“ for the JUVE Startup Award 2015 as one of only five law firms in Germany.

The JUVE Awards are considered the most prestigious distinctions in the German legal market. By awarding the Founders Award, JUVE honors the most successful newly established law firms. The decision is based on extensive editorial research JUVE carried out with clients, lawyers and judges.

JUVE states: “A spin-off of associates in Düsseldorf ist not seen every day, and certainly not in the corporate law field. But the three former Hengeler Mueller lawyers have carved out a niche: independent high-end advice on difficult topics about D&O liability. A considerable range of deals for family companies rounds off the picture.

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RWS, 20/07/2015Berner Fleck Wettich advises CEO and further members of Management Board of Varengold Bank AG on mutually agreed resignation

Blog vangardFrom Start-up to Champion – Legal Basics for Start-ups – with quotation by Carsten Wettich

Management Blog of WirtschaftsWocheA plate of lamb shoulder with the lawyer for manager liability Wettich: The fears of top manager and insolvency administrators

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RWS, 27/05/2015Berner Fleck Wettich advises Dresdner Factoring AG in merger squeeze-out of the minority shareholders by abcfinance Beteiligungs AG

Düsseldorf, 26 Mai 2015 – On 13 May 2015, the ordinary general meeting of Dresdner Factoring AG resolved upon the transfer of shares held by minority shareholders to the majority shareholder abcfinance Beteiligungs AG, a holding company wholly-owned by abcfinance GmbH, Cologne, in connection with a merger of Dresdner Factoring AG into abcfinance Beteiligungs.

Berner Fleck Wettich is advising the management board and the supervisory board of Dresdner Factoring AG on this transaction.

As a result of this so-called squeeze-out merger, all shares held by minority shareholders will be transferred to abcfinance Beteiligungs AG against payment of appropriate cash compensation. Squeeze-out and merger will become effective upon entry into the commercial register.