Oppenhoff advises Italian state railway on joint venture

Oppenhoff & Partner has extensively advised the Italian state railway Ferrovie dello Stato S.p.A. on the establishment of a joint venture with the Luxembourg infrastructure fund Cube Transport, which acquired Arriva, one of the leading operators of regional commuter railway systems in Germany with more than 3,000 employees and an annual turnover of over EUR 470 million from Deutsche Bahn.

The Oppenhoff & Partner team was led by Ronald Meißner and Myriam Schilling (both corporate law/M&A). Further team members were Dr. Gunnar Knorr (tax law), Christoph Appel, Ellen Eichberg (both corporate law/M&A), Dr. Maxim Kleine and Dr. Daniel Dohrn (both antitrust law). The law firm Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners in Rome advised on questions of Italian law.

Ferrovie, with more than 80,000 employees and a railway network of over 16,700 kilometres, is one of the largest corporate groups in Italy. Through the acquisition of Arriva, the consortium run by Ferrovie secures a market share in a total of 5% of the German regional railway system.

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Oppenhoff & Partner is an independent law firm located in Cologne. It is considered a top-ranking legal adviser of enterprises and entrepreneurs, offering a broad range of advice on commercial and tax law. With 55 lawyers, it focuses on the provision of advice to regional, national and international major and medium-sized enterprises. Oppenhoff & Partner’s clients include Ford, Hannover Rück, Johnson & Johnson, M. DuMont Schauberg, RWE, United Airlines, Vattenfall and the Zurich Group.

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