Languages

• Afrikaans
• Czech
• Dutch
• English
• French
• German
• Russian
• Swedish

Areas of Practice

• Administrative & Public Law
• Airlines & Aviation
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Intellectual Property
• Antitrust Litigation
• Antitrust Mergers/Joint Ventures
• Automotive
• Banking & Finance
• Bondholder Committees
• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Buyouts
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chemicals
• Construction
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Corporate Criminal Investigations
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Real Estate Services
• Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Energy
• Environmental, Health & Safety
• European Labor Law
• Fund Formation
• General Antitrust Counseling
• Global Restructuring Matters
• Government Regulation
• Hospitality
• Insurance
• Insurance Coverage
• Intellectual Property
• International Cartel Investigations
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• International/Cross-Border Planning & Transactions
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Labor & Employment
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Life Sciences
• M&A
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Tax
• Official Unsecured Creditors' Committees
• Other Significant Creditor Representations
• Out-of-Court Restructurings
• Outsourcing
• Pharmaceuticals
• Privacy & Data Security
• Private Equity
• Private Equity/Tax
• Product Response Team
• Real Estate
• Real Estate & Property Companies
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Real Estate Finance
• Restructuring-Related Lending & Finance
• Secured Lender Groups
• State Aid
• Tax
• Tax Audits & Controversies
• Telecommunications
• Telecommunications Regulation
• Transfer Pricing
• Trial Practice
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer

Published Works

• German Labor and Employment News, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: New Notification Threshold in Germany Reduces Risks to Offshore Transactions, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: New Legislation Sends Mixed Signals for German Merger Control and International Transactions, 2009
• German Labor and Employment News, 2009
• German M&A and Private Equity News, 2009
• Antitrust Alert: German Cartel Office Imposes "Gun Jumping" Fine for Merger of Two U.S. Companies, 2008
• German Labor and Employment News, 2008
• German M&A and Private Equity News, 2008
• German M&A and Private Equity News, 2008
• German Labor and Employment News, 2008
• Weißbuch der Europäischen Kommission zu Schadensersatz in Kartellfällen, Der Betrieb, 2008
• German Labor and Employment News, 2008
• German Labor and Employment News, 2007
• German Business Restructuring and Reorganization News, 2007
• German Labor and Employment News, 2007
• German Business Restructuring and Reorganization News, 2007
• German Labor and Employment News, 2007
• German Labor and Employment News, 2006
• Absatzwirtschaft, Exklusivkommentar "Abwehr von Plagiaten", 2006
• German Antitrust Practice, 2001
• German Tax Practice, 2001
• German Intellectual Property, 2001

Representative Cases

• "Tower 99" Acquisition
• Biomet v. Heraeus Kulzer GmbH
• Acquisition
• Acquisition and Lease-back
• Acquisition by Honeywell
• Acquisition by Precision Castparts , (2006)
• Acquisition Financing
• Acquisition of ABT Building Products Corporation by tender offer and merger
• Acquisition of Advanced Medical Optics , (2009)
• Acquisition of Amafilter
• Acquisition of Bandag
• Acquisition of BASF Pharma
• Acquisition of BMS Modern Games Handelsagentur GmbH
• Acquisition of Borchers
• Acquisition of BST Safety Textiles Holding GmbH
• Acquisition of Business Objects S.A.
• Acquisition of CAA AG
• Acquisition of Cayenne Software, Inc.
• Acquisition of Celarix, Inc.
• Acquisition of Ceramics Division of Johnson Matthey
• Acquisition of Citibank European Merchant Acquiring Services
• Acquisition of Citibank Portfolio
• Acquisition of controlling interest in Zehnacker Group , (2008)
• Acquisition of D.F. King and M Communications
• Acquisition of DiverseyLever
• Acquisition of Eifeler Maschinenbau GmbH
• Acquisition of eSeSIX assets
• Acquisition of Excell Materials
• Acquisition of Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc.
• Acquisition of Frankfurter Kreis' Stake in DPD
• Acquisition of French Real Estate Portfolio
• Acquisition of GE Americom
• Acquisition of Gillette
• Acquisition of Harman Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
• Acquisition of Hella Aerospace
• Acquisition of Huennebeck Group
• Acquisition of Hughes Electronics/DirecTV by News Corp
• Acquisition of Hydraulik-Ring
• Acquisition of Icon Genetics
• Acquisition of Innovative Systems GmbH Navigation Multimedia
• Acquisition of Interest in Dachland
• Acquisition of interest in PTS GmbH
• Acquisition of INVISTA
• Acquisition of Josef Attenberger and Chicago Steel Tape
• Acquisition of Kanoldt Arzneimittel GmbH
• Acquisition of KEM Küppers Elektromechanik GmbH
• Acquisition of KoSa
• Acquisition of Nokia loudspeaker business
• Acquisition of Noviant Oy
• Acquisition of NPL Portfolio
• Acquisition of Personality IT People Power , (2008)
• Acquisition of Ranbaxy Laboratories
• Acquisition of Satyam , (2009)
• Acquisition of SEG Schaltanlagen-Elektronik-Gerate
• Acquisition of Synon Corporation
• Acquisition of TEMIC Sprachverarbeitung
• Acquisition of Texas Instruments Software
• Acquisition of the Business of Johann Sauer Eisenwarenfabrik GmbH & Co.
• Acquisition of the electronics business of Rockwood Holdings
• Acquisition of TIGI product business , (2009)
• Acquisition of Torrington
• Acquisition of Two Industrial Buildings
• Acquisition of Two Logistics and Warehouse Properties
• Acquisition of Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems , (2009)
• Acquisition of Verkehrsgesellschaft Mittelhessen GmbH
• Acquisition of Wittur
• Antitrust Counseling
• ART COLOGNE Litigation
• Atlantic Research Propulsion Acquisition
• Buyout , (2008)
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout , (2009)
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Cartel Investigation
• Cendant Transaction
• Ceram Insulators business acquisition
• Commercial Property Financing
• Cooperation with Continental AG and Robert Bosch GmbH
• Corporate Counseling , (2007)
• Customs Office Acquisition
• D2B Optical B.V.
• Debtor Representation
• Debtor Representation
• Disposition
• Disposition of Schick-Wilkinson Sword Business
• Disposition of Tetra Business
• Distressed Debt Investments
• Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions
• Distribution Center Acquisition
• DSM joint venture
• European Public Offering
• Fairchild Dornier
• Formation of holding company
• Fosbel joint venture
• German Cement Industry Investigation
• German FCO Investigation
• German Joint Venture
• German Merger Control Investigation
• German Portfolio Refinancing
• Germany Galeries Lafayette Financing
• Global Bond Offering by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Global Bond Offering by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Global Outsourcing of Facility Management and Services
• Hahn Real Estate Group
• Heidelberger Zement Acquisition
• Hella Aerospace Acquisition
• Hercules Acquisition
• Increase of Stake in Nordic Satellite AB
• Industrial Facility Disposition
• Industrial Property Acquisition
• Initial Public Offering
• Insolvency Products
• IntelliWork acquisition
• Issuance of Shares by Priaxon AG
• Joint Venture with NSK Limited
• Joint Venture with Yurtici
• Jones Day Supports Special Olympics
• Kettler GmbH
• Kirch Acquisition
• Kirch Media
• Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank Offering of $1 billion 4.875% Global Bonds due 2015 , (2005)
• LANXESS Yaxing Chemical Joint Venture
• Lanxide joint venture
• Leveraged Buyout Fund
• LucasVarity Acquisition
• Management Buyout
• Martlet Acquisition
• MBO of A.T. Kearney consulting business
• Mecamold Acquisition
• Merger of Atrion International Inc. and ClearCross Inc.
• Merger with Dainippon Pharmaceutical
• Merger with Ispat International N.V.
• Merger with Reno De Medici , (2007)
• Mixed Portfolio Acquisition
• Mixed Portfolio Acquisition
• Neckarsulm Portfolio Acquisition
• Netscape Acquisition and Strategic Alliance with Sun Microsystems
• New German Headquarters
• New Skies Satellites Acquisition
• Nokian Tyres Transaction
• Numerous Transactions
• Occupancy Tax Advice
• Offering of Notes by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Offering of Notes by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Offering of Notes by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Offering of Notes by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Offering of Notes by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Offering of Notes by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Offering of Notes by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Offering of Notes by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Offering of Notes by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Offering of Notes by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Offering of Notes by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Pan Asia joint venture
• PIPE Transaction
• Portfolio Acquisition Financing (Lender Representation)
• Preliminary Injunction Appeal
• Private Placement
• Private Placement of Notes
• Public Offering
• Public Offering by Landwirschaftliche Rentenbank of $1.25 Billion 4.125% Global Bonds Due 2008
• Public Offering by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Public Offering by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank of $1 Billion 3.875% Global Bonds Due 2010
• Public Offering of Global Bonds by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Public Offering of Global Bonds by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Public Offering of Global Bonds by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Public Offering of Notes by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
• Purchase of Ceram Group in Austria and Germany
• Real Estate Advice
• Refinancing
• Refinancing Facility
• Refractory joint venture
• Residential Portfolio Acquisition
• Residential Portfolio Sale
• Restructuring
• Restructuring and Refinancing of Bank Debt
• Restructuring of Group
• Restructuring of Interest in MobilCom
• Retail Warehouse Acquisition
• Robe River joint venture
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Senior Notes Offering
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Senior Notes Offering
• Russian joint venture
• RWE Berlinwasser
• Sale and Leaseback of an Portfolio of German office buildings
• Sale of alginates business to FMC Corporation
• Sale of ASA Abfall Service
• Sale of Consumer Healthcare Business
• Sale of European tissue and towel business
• Sale of Foreign Spirits Business
• Sale of GE Bayer Silicones
• Sale of German Distribution Network
• Sale of GETRAG Interest
• Sale of Monofrax
• Sale of NextiraOne Europe
• Sale of Nickel Assets
• Sale of Pommery
• Sale of Racal Instruments
• Sale of Rhein Chemie Rheinau
• Sale of Seeger-Orbis assets
• Sale of Studer Austria GmbH (MBO)
• Sale of the A&I business
• Sale of the Diagnostics Division in Bridgend, Great Britain
• Sale of the production facilities of ERICO GmbH
• Sale of worldwide silicones business
• SCC Arbitration in Sweden
• SCC in Sweden
• Secured Credit Facility
• Securitization
• Securitization
• Septopal© Investigation
• Siebe Acquisition
• Six Actions including Schefenacker Vision Systems USA, Inc. v. Donnelly Corp., No. 02-72324 (E.D. Mich.), and Donnelly Corp. v. Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG, Case Nos. 4a 0 375/01 and 4a 0 245/01, LG Düsseldorf, Germany
• Special Committee Representation
• Spin-off of Sterling Commerce, Inc.
• Strategic Alliance With Nissan
• TeleColumbus Acquisition
• Thiokol Propulsion Acquisition
• Tropical Islands Resort Development
• Ukrainian telecom joint venture
• Ukrainian telecom joint venture
• Unocal Acquisition
• Venture/Peguform
• Visible Genetics Acquisition
• VSMPO Joint Venture
• Warehouse/Office Complex Acquisition
• White Martins joint venture
• World book joint venture

West Practice Categories

Affirmative Action -- Employee, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Banking & Finance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Class Actions, Clean Air Practice, Cleanup & Superfund, Closely Held Businesses, Collections & Repossessions, Collections & Repossessions, Collective Bargaining, Commercial Bankruptcy, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Complex Litigation, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Consumer Bankruptcy, Conveyancing, Copyrights, Corporate Governance, Corporate Taxation, Credit Unions, Creditors' Rights, Criminal Fraud, Criminal Law, Debt Discharge, Debtor/Creditor, Deceptive Trade Practices, Defense Contracts, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Eminent Domain, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Rights -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employee, Environmental Law, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee, Federal, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Contracts, Federal Employer,'s Liability Act (FELA) -- Employee, Federal Trial Practice, Felonies, Food & Drug Administration, Foreclosures, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Garnishment, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Construction Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Procurement, Grand Jury Proceedings, Hazardous Waste, Housing & Urban Development, Income Taxation, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Banking, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Taxation, International Taxation, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Law Enforcement Agencies, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Litigation & Appeals, Loan Workouts, Medicare & Medicaid, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Multidistrict Litigation, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee, Partnerships, Patent Litigation, Patents, Payroll Taxes, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee, Permits, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Public Finance, Real Estate Law, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Reorganizations, Reorganizations & Restructuring, Residential Real Estate, RICO Act, RICO Act, Sales & Use Taxes, Savings & Thrifts, Securities Law, Sexual Harassment -- Employee, Shareholders' Rights, Social Security -- Disability, Social Security -- Retirement & Survivors Benefits, Solid Waste, State & Local Agencies, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, State & Municipal Contracts, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Taxation Law, Technology Licensing, Title Insurance, Trade Associations, Trade Dress, Trade Regulation, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Unfair Competition, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Venture Capital, Veterans' Affairs, Victims' Rights, Wage & Hour Laws, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Water Pollution, Welfare, Wetlands & Wild Lands, Whistleblower -- Employee, White Collar Crimes, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee, Workouts, Wrongful Termination -- Employee