On 5 December 2012, the Federal Republic of Germany, France and Spain reached an agreement on a new shareholder structure for EADS NV together with the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), Daimler AG and the French Lagardère SCA Group.
The Federal Republic of Germany was advised by the following team of Gleiss Lutz lawyers: Dr. Ralf Thaeter (Berlin), Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wegen (Stuttgart, both partners, lead, corporate/M&A), Christian Steinke (partner, corporate, Berlin), Dr. Sebastian Knappe, Dr. Hans-Georg Schulze (both corporate/M&A, Berlin) and Dr. Jan Hennig (foreign trade law, Berlin). In the negotiation process Gleiss Lutz advised together with a team from De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek lead by Paul Cronheim and Jan Willem Hoevers (both partners, corporate/M&A, Amsterdam).
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