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The expertise of a major corporate law firm meets the spirit of young entrepreneurs. Top-class advisors work together closely at SMP to help their clients achieve maximum commercial success.
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The expertise of a major corporate law firm meets the spirit of young entrepreneurs. Top-class advisors work together closely at SMP to help their clients achieve maximum commercial success.
Schnittker Möllmann Partners (SMP) advised the Berlin-based AI company Rasa on its latest financing round.
Seeing corporate law firms as commercial enterprises, SMP establishes a top level of business management and appoints former CEO of Bucerius Law School as the firm's CEO
Press
As of 1 April 2019, Hariolf Wenzler will join Schnittker Möllmann Partners (SMP) as the firm's CEO. Before joining SMP he was with Baker McKenzie where he oversaw the firm's EMEA business development.
SMP Funds Briefing:
Update on harmonized “pre-marketing” concept: EU trialogue parties agree on liberal approach, but introduce a new “notification light” regime
Briefing
Some time has passed since the European Commission proposal on a harmonized "pre-marketing" concept was published on 12 March 2018. This SMP Fund Briefing provides an update on the compromise now reached by the EU trialogue parties.
SMP Transactions Briefing: Making an insolvent GmbH “disappear” by way of statutory merger (Verschmelzung)
Briefing
In a statutory merger (Verschmelzung) pursuant to the German Transformations Act (Umwandlungsgesetz, "UmwG"), a corporate entity (the merging entity) transfers the entirety of its assets and liabilities to another corporate entity; in exchange, the (former) shareholders of the merging entity typically receive shares in the surviving entity.
SMP Transactions Briefing:
Cross-Border Conversion
Briefing
A company incorporated under the laws of a Member State of the European Union or European Economic Association (Member State) can change its legal form and continue to exist under the laws of another Member State by means of a cross-border conversion by way of a change of legal form (Cross-Border Conversion).
SMP advises flaschenpost on the formation of a European Stock Corporation (SE)
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Schnittker Möllmann Partners (SMP) advised the Münster-based company flaschenpost on its transformation from a German Stock Corporation (AG) into a European Stock Corporation (Societas Europaea – SE).
Simplify complex legal issues. Our specialist know how to do that. The founding partners at SMP all come from leading law firms and, together, boast more than 125 years of experience in our three core disciplines.
For us, teamwork means mutual respect and being fair and open with each other. And we don't need any hierarchies to do it.
