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Best Friends v. Mega Firms
Third CIS Local Counsel Forum
St. Petersburg
26 June 2008
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Best Friends v. Mega Firms
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Topics
A. What Do We Want? 3
B. How Do We Do It? 4
C. How Does the Best Friends Network Operate? 5
D. What Have We Achieved? 7
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Best Friends v. Mega Firms
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A. What Do We Want?
• Practice law on high-end transactions
• Retain individual freedom and autonomy
• Be adequately compensated
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Best Friends v. Mega Firms
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B. How Do We Do It?
• High quality of advice / hard work / full commitment
• True partnership / pure lock step system
• Emphasis on internal growth / homogenous structure
• No central management, instead sharing of administrative burden
• Effective best friends network
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Best Friends v. Mega Firms
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C. How Does the Best Friends Network Operate?
• Privileged, strong and non-exclusive relationship with those independent law firms
which are the market leader in their respective home jurisdiction
• Slaughter and May (UK), Bredin Prat (France), Bonelli Erede Pappalardo (Italy), Uría
Menéndez (Spain); well established relationships with leading independent firms in
other countries
• Full independence and equality
• Informal but effective / no institutions but truly integrated
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C. How Does the Best Friends Network Operate? (cont`d)
• Seamless service, flexible, efficient and tailored to the needs of the clients
• Strong personal ties
• Joint office in Brussels
• As a result: Ability to provide best service on top end cross-border transactions while
retaining total autonomy
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Best Friends v. Mega Firms
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D. What Have We Achieved?
• Leading German law firm working equally on domestic and international high-end
transactions
• High degree of personal independence with negligible administrative burden
• Very motivated and committed lawyers
• Satisfactory results
• In short: Happy and successful
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Hengeler Mueller: At a Glance
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Locations: Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Brussels, London
Lawyers (total) / Partners: 250 / 84
Clients: Major German, European and US entities
(in recent years):
• 22 of the DAX 30
• 31 of the EuroSTOXX 50
• 14 of the Dow Jones Industrial Index
• leading PE firms
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Hengeler Mueller: Executive Summary
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• Hengeler Mueller: Universally recognised to be one of Europe's pre-eminent
law firms
• Dedicated to absolute quality of legal advice and the highest standards of
service
• The prerequisite: a true and homogeneous partnership of professionals,
entrepreneurial in thinking and handling and international in education, training
and practice
• Establishment of Integrated Teams with pre-eminent firms in major jurisdictions
on international transactions that are result-oriented, cost-effective and tailor-
made for cross-border advice of the highest quality
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Hengeler Mueller: Practice Areas
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• Mergers & Acquisitions • Privatizations / PPP
• Corporate • Real Estate
• Private Equity • Energy
• Banking & Finance • Labour
• Capital Markets • Regulatory
• Competition • IP/IT
• Tax • Litigation/Arbitration/ADR
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Hengeler Mueller: Awards
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Law Firm of the Year 2007
Insurance Law Firm of the Year 2006
Competition Law Firm of the Year 2005 Law Firm of the Year (Germany)
M&A Law Firm of the Year 2004 2005/2006
Law Firm of the Year (Germany) Law Firm of the Year (Germany)
2005/2006/2007 2003/2004/2005/2007
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Hengeler Mueller: Media Coverage
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“the most prestigious and exceptional of business law “Sources praised its „successful model, which has ensured that it
firms in Germany” attracts the best clients and lawyers‟.”
“Client: „It is just about the only firm that gives me reason
to actually sit down and admire the perfection of its contract
drafting.‟”
“Hengeler Mueller set the legal market alight in 2007. “Clients were also keen to stress that the exceptional service offered
In advising on high- value transactions, spectacular IPOs by the group represented „exceptionally good value for money‟.”
and making a quick-fire success of the Munich office,
Hengeler has had a year like no other.”
“remarkably versatile firm . . .helped to shape most of the techniques
commonly used throughout the market . . .expertly guiding each
complex deal past any number of obstacles along the path to closing
. . .punctuality, precision, great business orientation and sharp
“What sets them apart is the „quality that they can offer on analytical skills”
a transaction‟.”
“Quick and solution-oriented, its lawyers always have an eye on the
“Despite there being more competitors nowadays, bigger picture and leave you feeling well looked after.”
Hengeler still heads the field with an enviable client list
and a plethora of substantial mandates to match.”
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Profile: Dr. Cord-Georg Hasselmann
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Cord-Georg Hasselmann practises business law, specialising in mergers and
acquisitions, corporate, privatisations and public private partnerships. His practice
involves acting for private companies as well as for the government, on a state as
well as on a federal level.
Cord-Georg Hasselmann also advises German and foreign companies investing in
Central and Eastern Europe. He further represents clients in major commercial
litigation and arbitration cases, both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Cord-Georg Hasselmann
Hengeler Mueller
Charlottenstraße 35/36
10117 Berlin
Germany
T: +49 30 20374-155
F: +49 30 20374-333
E: cord-georg.hasselmann@hengeler.com
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