Willkie advises GREENPEAK Partners on the foundation of atania

Frank­furt a. M./ Munich — Will­kie Farr & Gallag­her LLP has advi­sed GREENPEAK Part­ners in connec­tion with the forma­tion of the tax advi­sory plat­form atania and the part­ner­ship with the foun­ding part­ners AC Chris­tes & Part­ner and The Makery.

atania combi­nes regio­nal proxi­mity, profes­sio­nal specia­liza­tion and consis­tent digi­ta­liza­tion — inclu­ding auto­ma­tion and AI — with the aim of buil­ding an inde­pen­dent, tech­­no­­logy-driven group of leading tax advi­sory and audi­ting firms that serves medium-sized clients in Germany and beyond, offe­ring them the best possi­ble services from a single source.

AC Chris­tes & Part­ner has been support­ing medium-sized tran­sac­tions, audi­ting and tax projects for over 30 years and employs around 120 people at its offices in Hamburg, Munich and Düssel­dorf. The Makery has exten­sive expe­ri­ence in inter­na­tio­nal tax issues, corpo­rate tax law, company valua­tion and in advi­sing large SMEs and listed companies. 

GREENPEAK Part­ners, head­quar­te­red in Munich, is an invest­ment company that specia­li­zes in buil­ding and scaling medium-sized groups of compa­nies with a strong track record. The company has exten­sive expe­ri­ence in foun­ding, deve­lo­ping and expan­ding market leaders. To date, the GREENPEAK team has built more than 12 plat­forms, which toge­ther gene­rate annual sales of over 1 billion euros. 

Advi­sor GREENPEAK Part­ners: WILLKIE

The Will­kie team was led by part­ners Dr. Kamyar Abrar (Frank­furt) and Dr. Florian Dendl, Foto (Munich) with the support of part­ner Ludger Kempf (Frank­furt) and asso­cia­tes Andrej Popp (Frank­furt) and Dr. Maxi­mi­lian Schatz (Munich; all Corporate/M&A) and compri­sed part­ners Dr. Patrick Meiisel (Frank­furt, Tax) and Maxi­mi­lian Mayer (Munich, Finance), coun­sel Wulf Kring (Tax) and Martin Waskow­ski (both Frank­furt, Labor & Employ­ment Law), and asso­cia­tes Dr. Maxi­mi­lian Schlutz (Compliance/Regulatory), Melina Terwes­ten, Niklas Keller (both Corporate/M&A), Marcel Seemaier (Tax), Sascha Wink­ler (all Frank­furt, Labor & Employ­ment Law), Nils Hörnig, Fabiola Haas, Dr. Zeno Wirtz (Corporate/M&A) and Jannis Strot­mann (all Munich, Finance).

Will­kie Farr & Gallag­her LLP provi­des leading legal solu­ti­ons to complex, busi­­ness-criti­­cal issues that span markets and indus­tries. Our appro­xi­m­ately 1,300 lawy­ers in 16 offices world­wide provide inno­va­tive, prag­ma­tic and sophisti­ca­ted legal services in around 45 areas of law.
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