Hengeler Mueller advises Swiss Life on AWD takeover

04. December 2007

The insurance company Swiss Life has agreed to form a strategic partnership with AWD Holding AG, an M-DAX-listed financial service provider, and has announced a public takeover offer to AWD shareholders.

Hengeler Mueller is advising Swiss Life on this transaction. The Hengeler Mueller team includes Maximilian Schiessl (M&A, Düsseldorf), Bernd Wirbel (M&A, London), Jochen Burrichter (Competition, Düsseldorf), Thomas Paul (Bank Regulatory Law, Frankfurt), Johannes Tieves (Financing, Frankfurt), Hermann-Josef Tries (Tax, Frankfurt) and Daniel Wilm (Insurance Supervisory Law, Düsseldorf) as well as associates Andreas Löhdefink (London), Alexander Rezori, Markus Röhrig, Christof Alexander Schneider, Christian Schwandtner and Eva-Maria Wild (all Düsseldorf).

Hengeler Mueller is working on this transaction together with the Swiss law firm Homburger (Lead partner: Daniel Däniker).