PwC Legal advises Klaus Ortner on a cross-border merger from England to Germany
Stuttgart, May 10th 2019
PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal AG Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft (PwC Legal) advised BVO Vertrieb Limited on its cross-border merger from England to Germany.
BVO Vertrieb Limited was founded in England in 2004. In order to avert the impending negative consequences of Brexit, the company wanted to be changed into a German limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, or GmbH). Since the English High Court of Justice still refuses to implement this transnational change of legal form despite the European Court of Justice’s opposite case law, BVO Vertrieb Limited has merged into the newly founded BVO Ortner GmbH. PwC Legal advised the company on preliminary considerations and implemented the merger in a very short period of time.
About BVO Ortner GmbH
Mr Klaus Ortner is shareholder and managing director of BVO Ortner GmbH. He has held a number of management and leadership positions at major companies for many years. For more information, visit:
www.unternehmensberatung-ortner.de
Advisors to BVO Ortner GmbH
PwC Legal
Dr Steffen Schniepp (Corporate/M&A, Stuttgart), Dirk Krome (Corporate/International Business Reorganisations, Stuttgart) Sven-Fabian Protz (Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt am Main)
About PwC Legal Business Solutions:
In our global, rapidly changing business world, cooperation, restructuring, transactions, financing and social responsibility are topics that increasingly concern our clients. They need legal certainty for a wide range of complex tasks. That is why we advise them holistically and in close cooperation with PwC’s tax, human resources and finance experts and our international legal network in over 100 countries. Whether a globally active company, a public corporation or a wealthy private individual, every client has a personal contact at our firm who supports them responsibly in all matters of commercial law. In this way, we help our clients to secure their economic success in the long term.
PwC Legal Business Solutions in Germany. More than 370 lawyers at 18 locations. Integrated, tech-powered legal advice.
About PwC Germany:
Our clients face diverse challenges, strive to put new ideas into practice and seek expert advice. They turn to us for comprehensive support and practical solutions that deliver maximum value. Whether for a global player, a family business or a public institution, we leverage all of our assets: experience, industry knowledge, high standards of quality, commitment to innovation and the resources of our expert network in 149 countries. Building a trusting and cooperative relationship with our clients is particularly important to us – the better we know and understand our clients’ needs, the more effectively we can support them.
PwC Germany. More than 15,000 dedicated people at 20 locations. €3.05 billion in turnover. The leading auditing and consulting firm in Germany.
