Sven Riethmueller has a unique advantage over some of his American counterparts when it comes to representing international clients. As a native of Germany with an American education and address, and with experience as in-house counsel and as outside counsel ...
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Making a cross-border acquisition work is no small trick, particularly when most of the players involved are Chinese but the transaction is structured to look like a U.S.-style deal for capital markets. “You have two jurisdictions with two very different ...
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The deal made sense from its inception. In February 2002, two software companies decided to partner at the suggestion of their shared big-name clients — and ended up merging nine months later, closing the fifth largest private software transaction worldwide ...
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