News | March 11, 2024
This year, the commercial law firm SNP Schlawien has once again been awarded the "Digital DATEV Law Firm" label, which DATEV eG awards to innovative law firms that achieve a high level of digitalisation in their working methods. This makes SNP one of the few tax consultancy and law firms in Germany to have been awarded the coveted label.
News | February 29, 2024
The commercial law firm SNP Schlawien has advised the Mindcurv Group, which specialises in data and e-commerce, on its takeover by Accenture subsidiary Accenture Song. The team led by SNP partner Thomas Schmid was particularly active in the drafting and negotiation of contracts as well as the management, implementation and support of the due diligence process. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price of the transaction, which is still subject to approval by the relevant authorities.
News | December 22, 2023
The commercial law firm SNP Schlawien is representing the relocation agency mhomes in the appeal instance before the Bavarian Administrative Court (BayVGH) against the state capital of Munich. The City of Munich had previously taken legal action against mhomes with several notices of misappropriation.
News | December 08, 2023
In the 2023/2024 edition of Kanzleimonitor, SNP Schlawien is once again recognised as a "Leading law firm in employment law". Hans Losert is singled out by name for the third time in a row as a "Leading lawyer in labour law"
News | November 29, 2023
The commercial law firm SNP Schlawien has advised the German Red Cross, Mülheim an der Ruhr district association, on the construction of a new day care centre for children in the "Forum City Mülheim" shopping centre. The client is Commerz Real AG.
News | November 28, 2023
Homeowners' associations (WEG) in Germany entrust property management companies with billions of euros in maintenance reserves. A network of companies has now apparently invested several million euros in risky bonds to finance construction projects and properties - in some cases without the owners' knowledge.
News | November 17, 2023
At the 62nd conference of the ARGE Baurecht in Munich today, Nico Eichholtz, lawyer in SNP's Frankfurt office, was awarded the "Summa Cum Bau" prize for young talent.
News | November 08, 2023
The internet portal for employer ratings kununu has once again honoured SNP Schlawien with the Top Company Seal 2024.
News | November 06, 2023
SNP Schlawien is one of Germany's most renowned law firms in inheritance law. This is the result of a survey published in the current issue 45/2023 of WirtschaftsWoche, Germany's leading business magazine. In addition, Maria Demirci, partner at the Munich office, was honoured as a "highly recommended lawyer".
News | September 29, 2023
Peter Fabry and Peter Muth successfully brought a case before the BFH to clarify the term "shareholding" in the calculation of the participation threshold of section 8b (4) sentence 1 KStG for so-called free float dividends (10%). In its ruling, the BFH clarifies that the economic ownership of the shares is decisive.
News | September 13, 2023
The news magazine FOCUS has once again awarded Germany's leading lawyers in its special Law & Advice (issue 37/2023). This year, three lawyers from SNP Schlawien were recommended in their respective fields.
News | September 06, 2023
In particular, the rise in interest rates and the increase in material prices have significantly reduced the sales prospects of property developers and project developers for their properties in recent months. A number of well-known real estate companies have already had to file for insolvency or are about to do so. But consumers whose fixed interest rates are expiring are often no longer able to afford follow-up financing. This leads to both commercial and private real estate financing becoming non-performing. In this situation, the financing banks have to clarify a large number of legal issues. Even though each case has to be considered specifically, this article - without claiming to be exhaustive - is intended to provide a brief overview of the banks' options for action.
News | July 05, 2023
The commercial law firm SNP Schlawien has advised Deutsche Investment Kapitalverwaltung AG on the purchase of two residential and commercial buildings with a combined rental area of around 2,200 square metres in Cologne.
News | July 03, 2023
Business law firm SNP Schlawien has made a significant addition to its transaction team in Munich with the arrival of Dr Thomas Schmid, previously head of the German M&A and private equity practice at Orrick.
News | June 30, 2023
On 01.07.2023, the new foundation law will come into force, which can be described as a fundamental reform of the previous foundation law. Up to now, foundation law in the federal states was regulated in 16 different state foundation laws. In this article, Dr. Stefan Schlawien and Peter Fabry explore the question of whether it makes sense to structure business succession and inheritance in the form of a (family) foundation.
News | June 29, 2023
With the arrival of Maria Demirci as a partner at the Munich office on 1 July 2023, the commercial law firm SNP Schlawien has taken a significant step in the expansion of its private client practice in the areas of inheritance law and asset succession as well as family law. The new partner comes from the well-known Munich succession boutique RDS | Roglmeier Demirci Rechtsanwälte PartmbB.
News | June 28, 2023
The corporate law firm SNP Schlawien has advised the Swiss medical technology company Luciole Medical AG on the acquisition of Hamburg-based Spiegelberg GmbH & Co. KG. The seller was the private equity company SHS Capital; the purchase price was not disclosed. SNP was particularly active in the drafting and negotiation of the contract as well as the management, implementation and support of the due diligence process in the run-up.
News | June 27, 2023
With the label "Digitale DATEV-Kanzlei" (digital DATEV law firm), DATEV eG awards innovative law firms in tax consultancy that achieve a high rate of digitalisation in their working methods. SNP Schlawien is now one of the few tax consultancies in Germany to receive the coveted label, which only 4.6% of all DATEV members have so far.
News | June 22, 2023
The Handelsblatt (issue of 16.6.2023), in cooperation with the renowned American specialist publisher Best Lawyers, has once again chosen "Germany's best lawyers" or "lawyers of the future". In this year's ranking, a total of 17 lawyers from SNP Schlawien are recommended in their respective areas of expertise.
News | May 17, 2023
When separating from an employee by ordinary or even extraordinary notice of termination, serious formal errors are often made, which can nevertheless lead to the invalidity of the notice of termination given despite a legally recognised reason for termination. We have compiled the most common mistakes for you, which you as an employer should urgently observe.