M&A strengthens M&A practice with new partner

Jan Möller is transferring from Clifford Chance where he was a Counsel. The 37-year-old is specialised in M&A, joint ventures and reorganisations. In particular, he advises clients in the healthcare industry and the wholesale and retail industries. Most recently, he was involved inter alia in the counselling of Media-Saturn in its acquisition of Redcoon, of Pfizer in its bid for ratiopharm, and of the Bayer subsidiary Bayer HealthCare in its acquisition of the prescription drugs (OTC) business from the US group Sagmel.

Möller was also Co-Head of the Japan Group of Clifford Chance in Germany. Among the clients advised by him are several European headquarters of Japanese Nikkei 225 enterprises, which he advised on corporate acquisitions, reorganisations and on general questions of corporate law.
He will take up his position as a partner of Oppenhoff & Partner on 1 November 2011.

Senior Partner Michael Oppenhoff commented: "Jan Möller suits us perfectly, both on a personal and professional level. His industry expertise and his client focus in particular will give our M&A business a further boost."

Jan Möller is looking forward to transferring from Düsseldorf to Cologne: "I am particularly pleased to be able to contribute towards the further expansion of the M&A business. Oppenhoff & Partner is a law firm with an excellent reputation, an impressive number of renowned clients and with a very cooperative and personal working environment, offering its clients independent legal advice provided by experienced lawyers and teams."
Oppenhoff & Partner advises enterprises and entrepreneurs on national and international M&A transactions.
Most recently the firm advised:

  • NH Hoteles on the sale of five hotel properties in Germany and Austria
  • RTL on the acquisition of netzathleten.net
  • Wegmann on the assumption of the Siemens’ shares in Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
  • Coty on the acquisition of the cosmetics manufacturer Dr. Scheller and
  • IPS on the acquisition of the majority holding in the largest Italian press distributor Messaggerie Internazionali S.p.A.

Oppenhoff & Partner stands for over 100 years of legal counselling on a top level. The independent firm advises national and international companies and entrepreneurs on matters of commercial and tax law.

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