The M&A team at German independent Luther is known for its "decent energy business" and regularly advising on Chinese companies on IPOs on the Frankfurt exchange.
The firm's decision to establish a dedicated M&A group in 2009 appears to have proven an astute move with it making Mergermarket's top ten for the first time in 2011....
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The M&A team at German independent Luther is known for its "decent energy business" and regularly advising on Chinese companies on IPOs on the Frankfurt exchange.
The firm's decision to establish a dedicated M&A group in 2009 appears to have proven an astute move with it making Mergermarket's top ten for the first time in 2011.
The practice expanded in 2011, hiring partner Jörg Sommer who joined the Frankfurt office from Clifford Chance.
Deals
The firm was involved in transactions across a range of sectors. Mining produced one major mandate for the firm in 2011. Practice head Markus Schackmann headed a team advising ArcelorMittal on acquiring the last coke plant owned by German mining conglomerate RAG.
In healthcare, Schackmann represented R&W Industriebeteiligungenon the sale of German hospital chain Damp to Helios Kliniken.
Elsewhere, the firm advised Computacenter & Co on the purchase of HSD Consult from Gravis, in addition to representing Remondis in buying the Xervon business from ThyssenKrupp, in transactions which fell in the IT and industrial services sector respectively.
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