Hengeler Mueller advises Goldman Sachs/Whitehall on acquisition of LEG NRW

12. June 2008

On June 11, 2008, purchase vehicles controlled by several Whitehall Real Estate Funds have acquired LEG NRW, a state-owned residential housing company in North Rhine-Westphalia comprising some 93,000 residential real estate assets. Whitehall Real Estate Funds are managed by Goldman Sachs.

Hengeler Mueller advised Goldman Sachs/Whitehall on this transaction. The Hengeler Mueller team included partners Thomas Müller, Daniel Kress (both M&A/Real Estate, Frankfurt), Dirk Uwer (Regulatory, Düsseldorf), Christian Hoefs (Labour, Frankfurt), Alf-Henrik Bischke (Competition, Brussels) as well as associates Dr. Timm Ebner, Dr. Markus Lauer, Lars Freytag, Dr. Andreas Herr, Anne Isabell Krämer, Lars Voigt Maria Brauer, Judith Erren, Friederike Langguth, Michael Gey, Julia Thier (all Frankfurt), Dr. Simeon Held, Dr. Oliver Rieckers, Thoralf Herbold (all Düsseldorf) and Dr. Michael Boger (Brussels).