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17.06.2019 News

Oppenhoff & Partner advises investor consortium on the sale of Sevenval to Oaktree Capital

Oppenhoff & Partner has advised an investor consortium led by Berlin Technologie Holding on the sale of Sevenval Technologies GmbH (Cologne) to the Oaktree Capital Group.

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06.06.2019 News

Further growth in Frankfurt: Oppenhoff & Partner continues to grow with notaries Rainer Jacob and Anne Vins-Niethammer

Oppenhoff & Partner has successfully recruited the lawyers and notaries Rainer Jacob and Anne Vins-Niethammer for the further expansion of its office in Frankfurt am Main. The two corporate lawyers will join as partners of Oppenhoff’s Frankfurt office on 1 September 2019 at the latest.

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08.05.2019 News

Oppenhoff & Partner advises Chinese investor Denway on its sale of SKS Steuerungstechnik

Oppenhoff & Partner has advised Chinese investor Denway Holdings International on the sale of all shares in SKS Steuerungstechnik GmbH to PTP Group.

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12.04.2019 News

After a 14-year court case, Dr. August Wolff obtains with Oppenhoff & Partner’s aid an ECJ ruling authorising the marketing of the drug Linoladiol N

A fourteen-year-old lawsuit concerning marketing authorisation restrictions for the drug Linoladiol N of the company Dr. August Wolff GmbH & Co. KG Arzneimittel came to a close at the end of March 2019 before the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

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27.03.2019 News

Oppenhoff lawyer Vanessa Pickenpack elected to the presidium of the German Bar Association

Dr Vanessa Pickenpack, specialist in conflict resolution and partner of the commercial law firm Oppenhoff & Partner, was elected to the presidium of the association at the extraordinary board meeting of the German Bar Association [Deutscher Anwaltsverein, DAV] on 21 March 2019.

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15.03.2019 News

Oppenhoff & Partner honoured as the most innovative employer for young lawyers

The commercial law firm Oppenhoff & Partner has been honoured as the most innovative employer for young lawyers. The prestigious careers magazine azur has awarded the Innovation Award 2019 to Oppenhoff for the firm’s sustained commitment to the promotion of young legal talent.

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14.03.2019 News

Deutsche Post AG hands over SIMSme to Brabbler

Deutsche Post AG has concluded a binding agreement with the Munich based enterprise Brabbler Secure Message and Data Exchange Aktiengesellschaft on the acquisition of the messenger SIMSme by Brabbler. SIMSme is an internet-based, cross-platform instant-messaging service with secure end-to-end-encryption. In return, Deutsche Post AG receives shares from Brabbler, enabling it to continue its participation in the positive development of SIMSme.

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GDPR – What happened so far

Following a short break, we would now like to present you with our latest ITC Newsletter. The primary reason for this break was the many cases we have been dealing with on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We have all survived the introduction of the GDPR on 25 May 2018 and the world did not stop turning (does anyone remember the Y2K problem?). However, several things have indeed changed; data protection is being taken seriously at all levels. We therefore decided to use our first Newsletter in 2019 to inform you about the various developments connected with the GDPR. By the way, we will be back next week with a newsflash explaining the decision by the German Federal Competition Authority [Bundeskartellamt] against Facebook to “internally unbundle” various data sets.

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09.01.2019 News

Oppenhoff & Partner advises Manuka Health New Zealand on the acquisition of Neuseelandhaus GmbH

Oppenhoff & Partner has advised the New Zealand company Manuka Health New Zealand Limited, the market-leading producer of manuka honey and honey-based health and beauty products, on the acquisition of all shares in the German honey specialist dealer Neuseelandhaus GmbH (Bergkamen).

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02.01.2019 News

Oppenhoff & Partner advises SnowWorld on its market launch in Germany with the acquisition of shares in Alpenpark Neuss

Oppenhoff & Partner has advised SnowWorld, the listed Dutch operator of indoor skiing areas, on the acquisition of 25 percent of the shares in Alpenpark Neuss. Additionally, SnowWorld has been given the option of expanding this cooperation in the medium term to a majority holding.

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