Projects

With a cross-border project team, Hofmann Klafsky & Fertig provided comprehensive tax due diligence advice to an international investor on the acquisition of all shares in a group of companies active in the online fashion retail sector. The German target acted as a holding company and also performed the procurement function for the group. The German … Continued

PPG Industries Lackfabrik GmbH acquired Cetelon Lackfabrik in 2021, manufacturer of coatings for automotive and light truck wheels. Cetelon was founded in Stuttgart in 1948 and has been part of the Berlac Group since 2011. The company employs around 95 people worldwide. Hofmann Klafsky & Fertig advised PPG on the integration of the acquired company … Continued

The seller was the sole member of an enterprise active in the car wash business, which was operated in the legal form of a partnership (GmbH & Co. KG). The partnership was organized as a so-called unitary partnership (Einheitsgesellschaft), according to which the sole shareholder of the general partner organzied as GmbH was the GmbH … Continued

PPG Industries Lackfabrik GmbH acquired in 2021 the previously family-owned business of Wörwag, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, representing approximately 1,100 employees worldwide and revenues of approximately €220 million in 2020. Wörwag specializes in the development of sustainable liquid, powder and film coatings. In addition to its three sites in Germany, Wörwag operates locations in the … Continued

Immomio, provider of a digital rental platform, and DIT, provider of tenant apps, are merging their companies as of Aug. 31, 2021 to form Germany’s largest proptech in the housing industry. The merger will form Germany’s largest proptech in the housing industry with over 1.4 million rental units under management. Together with a cross-practice project … Continued

Hofmann & Fertig advises a German subsidiaries of a New York Stock exchange listed Fortune 500 Company on the structuring of the acquisition of a family-owned group of companies. The family-owned company with around 450 employees specializes in the development and production of Coatings for the automotive industry. As part of the transaction, we have advised … Continued

Hofmann & Fertig has advised an Italian based group of companies in the food industry on the acquisition of a German cheese dairy. Our advice covered both the tax due diligence buy side as well as the real estate tax notifications resulting from the transfer of shares. In addition to tax law, our transaction team … Continued

Hofmann & Fertig advised a global Chinese HealthCare Technologies Company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on the tax due diligence of its German subsidiaries with a cross-practice project team. In addition to tax law, our transaction team also included attorneys from our partner law firms covering corporate, real estate, environmental and labor law.

Hofmann & Fertig advises high net worth individual with respect to the structuring and tax neutral transfer of various real estate assets under anticipated inheritance (vorweggenommene Erbfolge). In order to structure the transfer of the real estate assets properly the value of the real estate was determined for gift tax purposes pursuant to the Valuation … Continued

Hofmann & Fertig advises the partner of a medium-sized family-owned partnership operating in the legal form of a GmbH & Co. KG with respect to the structuring and execution of business assets under anticipated inheritance. The children of the partner assumed all shares in the partnership as well as all other business assets such as … Continued