Hengeler Mueller advises Bosch on acquisition of a stake in HERE

04. January 2018

 

Bosch has acquired an indirect 5%-stake in HERE Technologies (“HERE”) from Audi, BMW and Daimler. The mapping service HERE inter alia provides data for automated driving.

Hengeler Mueller advised Bosch on the transaction in an integrated team with Best Friends law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. The Hengeler Mueller team was led by partners Thomas Meurer and Martin Ulbrich and included partners Bernd Wirbel (all Corporate/M&A), Alf-Henrik Bischke (Antitrust), Vera Jungkind (Public Law) (all Düsseldorf), Christian Hoefs (Labour, Frankfurt), Matthias Scheifele (Tax, Munich), counsel Patrick H. Wilkening and Andrea Schlaffge (both IP/IT, Düsseldorf) as well as associates Florian Hassner, Benedikt Statz, Jesco Lindner, Tobias Schneiders (all Corporate/M&A), Tobias Bieber (Antitrust), Deniz Tschammler (Public Law), Maximilian Tim Wosgien (IP/IT) and Vicki Treibmann (Labour) (all Düsseldorf). Dorsey & Whitney advised on US aspects of the transaction.