“The firm’s association with allies Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe has proved a fruitful one, boosting all three practices’ standings in the various M&A league tables published last year”
IFLR 1000 2006
“The firm’s alliance with Gleiss Lutz in Germany and Stibbe in the Netherlands and Belgium further enhances local and cross-border work to clients”
Chambers Global 2004-2005
“The firm’s international strategy of building formal alliances with firms in the main European markets has been canny and carefully considered”
The Lawyer Awards 2003
Our alliance with Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe brings together three of Europe's leading law firms to advise clients on their major cross-border activities across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Each firm has a leading reputation in its home jurisdiction. Gleiss Lutz is a German law firm with offices across Europe. Stibbe is a full-service commercial law firm with offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, London and New York.
Joint teams from the firms work closely together across all major practice areas, pooling their expertise and know-how to ensure they provide the seamless service their clients require. Clients now come to our alliance because they know they will get a service that is completely integrated and consistently premium in quality.
Key features of our alliance:
- shared reputation for quality
- track record of cross-border mandates
- proven operational seamlessness
- market recognition
Deals and cases
The three firms have worked together on a number of major transactions, projects and disputes. These include:
- Carnival Corporation on its £3.5 billion acquisition of P&O Princess Cruises and the associated European Commission merger clearance
- TXU Europe on the £1.37 billion sale of UK gas and power supply business to E.ON/PowerGen and on the restructuring of its UK and European energy business
- PwC Consulting on the separation of PricewaterhouseCoopers' worldwide management consulting businesses in 50 countries and the subsequent US$3.5 billion sale of the consulting businesses to IBM
- ABF on its acquisition of Burns Philp's yeast business
- L'Air Liquide on its acquisition of Messer Griesham
- Procter & Gamble on its takeover of Wella
- Hagemeyer on its €610 million offering