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Elisabeth advises national and foreign companies on all matters relating to M&A and venture-capital transactions, joint-ventures and  general corporate law. In that respect, she focuses on advising corporate clients, investors and technology-driven companies.

Together with her team, she routinely acts for her clients in the entire life of a company - from its formation to its exit. Elisabeth teaches corporate law and corporate finance at the Munich Business School and the Center for Digital Technology and Management, a joint institution of the two universities in Munich, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) and the Technische Universität München (TUM).

 

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Advising Regent on the acquisition of ContiTech's Original Equipment Solutions business unit

Taylor Wessing provided comprehensive legal advice to Regent on the acquisition of ContiTech's Original Equipment Solutions (“OESL Business Unit”) division. The transaction is still subject to antitrust and foreign trade approvals. The sale is part of the ContiTech Group's strategy to focus on industrial customers.

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