Hengeler Mueller advises Fresenius on change of legal form into SE & Co. KGaA

31. March 2010

On 30 March 2010, the management and supervisory boards of Fresenius SE resolved to propose at its annual general meeting on 12 May 2010 the conversion of all preference shares into ordinary shares in combination with a change of the company’s legal form into a partnership limited by shares – Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (KGaA).

Hengeler Mueller is advising Fresenius on this transaction.

The Hengeler Mueller team is led by partners Maximilian Schiessl and Rainer Krause (both Corporate) and includes partners Reinhold Ernst (Capital Markets), Christian Hoefs (Labour) and Hermann-Josef Tries (Tax) as well as associates Dirk Busch, Martin Empt, Philipp Jansen, Oliver Rieckers, Cristina Villafrade, Matthias Wittschen (all Corporate), Cecilia Di Ció, Daniela Klar (Capital Markets) and Anne Isabell Krämer (Labour).