Gleiss Lutz is advising Hanwha Aerospace (“Hanwha”), a global leader in the defense and aerospace industry headquartered in South Korea, on its defense market entry in Germany.
The core company of the Hanwha Group, one of the largest industrial conglomerates in South Korea and a Fortune 500 company, is in the process of making substantial investments in Germany by establishing production facilities and partnerships with the German security and defense industry as well as regional suppliers. Hanwha’s portfolio includes artillery systems, armored vehicles, precision-guided munitions, aircraft engines, as well as satellite and space technologies.
With the establishment of its German subsidiary, Hanwha Defence Deutschland (HDD), Hanwha has reached a key milestone in entering the German market. This move is part of a broader growth strategy to position Germany as a European hub for NATO-related defense activities and to strengthen the capabilities of the Bundeswehr and its European allies.
The following Gleiss Lutz team led by Dr. Anselm Christiansen (partner, Corporate/M&A, lead) and Dr. Christoph Goller (Defense & Security, both Stuttgart) advises Hanwha Aerospace:
Dr. Michael Burian (partner, Frankfurt), Josefine Wiegand, Sonja Hilgert (both Berlin) and Sumiko Sato (Munich, all Corporate/M&A), Dr. Marc Ruttloff (partner), Dr. Friederike Niemann, Simon Kaifel (all Public Law), Prof. Dr. Eric Wagner (partner), Dr. Simon Wagner (counsel, both Commercial, all Stuttgart), Dr. Rut Steinhauser (partner), Dr. Sophie Bahr, Leon Werlitz (Employment, all Berlin), Dr. Alexander Molle (partner, Berlin), Christian Eulenpesch (counsel, both IP/Tech, Stuttgart).
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