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CERHA HEMPEL partners Dr. Thomas Trettnak (M&A, Restructuring) and Christoph Reiter (IT/TMT, M&A) also joined this year’s conference and besides the conference itself held various meetings with a number of befriended lawfirms and colleagues active in both the Tech and M&A sector. Both Thomas and Christoph are cautiously optimistic that Europe as a tech hub will be resilient enough and be able to compete on a global scale going forward, thereby offering both capital and know-how for great opportunities in business and investments. At the same time, in particular the EU should curb its overregulation in industries like the tech industry that could suffer as a result.

💪 As one of my former law-firm colleagues involved in this transaction put it: "These last weeks were tough (even for a transaction lawyer)" ...but here we are 🎉 : 💰 Aleph Alpha raised a Series B in the amount of USD 500 million from a consortium of a total of seven new investors as well as existing investors from previous rounds. The consortium is led by the Ipai - Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence, Bosch Ventures and the companies of Schwarz Group. Other new investors include Berlin-based Christ&Company Consulting, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and SAP, as well as Burda Principal Investments. Existing institutional investors participate in addition, completing the oversubscribed round. 🖥 Aleph Alpha stands at the forefront of the industry, specializing in the development of transparent and reliable generative AI applications. The company is dedicated to delivering cutting-edge solutions to both businesses (B2B) and government entities (B2G), ensuring that their AI applications are not only innovative but also trustworthy in fully sovereign environments. 🤠 As a seed investor who has been with Aleph Alpha since 2020, we eagerly anticipate the promising developments ahead and commend the team for forging robust partnerships. We remain committed to contributing to the ongoing success of this pioneering visionary in the European GenAI landscape. Jonas Andrulis 🤠 Claude Ritter Tobias Haar, LL.M., MBA Dr. Minkus Fischer Gerhard Wacker Sabine Röth Fynn Minkus

🎉 Proud to share that we have authored an article on ESG Integration in Infrastructure Investments for the special 30th edition of LPEA Magazine Insight/Out! 🌱🏗️ We explore how Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations are revolutionizing infrastructure investments, driving sustainable development, and creating long-term value. #ESGIntegration #infrastructureinvestments

Off to Munich, Germany, invited by friends from German law firms and clients for a series of business meetings and of course the famous Octoberfest (my debut)🇩🇪 Germany still being one of Denmark’s largest trading partners🇩🇰 Looking forward to discussing the latest trends within #mergersandacquisitions #privateequity #venturecapital and the #tech scene #Magnusson

Our Head of Registry Practice, Ieva Tarailiene, and Mindaugas Glodas, our CEO, have returned from Corporate Registers Forum Conference 2023 with valuable insights to share. Discover key takeaways on business registries in our slider! 💡 #BusinessRegistry #FinancialIntegrity #Transparency #AML #FinancialCrimes

𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | Lennart Crain, specialist in public and private M&A, public company representation and private equity, has contributed a chapter about the Netherlands to ‘Panoramic: Public M&A 2024’, published by Lexology and edited by Contributing Editor Eric Swedenburg (Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP). In the chapter, Lennart discusses the framework and recent trends of public M&A in the Netherlands. He covers corporate, contractual, regulatory and other aspects of friendly and hostile public offers. #mergersandacquisitions #lexology

I am pleased to share with you the interview that Andrzej Boboli conducted with me in the latest issue of The Legal Industry Reviews. Reading this article will give you a better understanding of the main challenges facing working for VC funds and start-ups, and I am sure you you will get a lot of useful tips out of it. BTW. I highly recommend every issue of The Legal Industry Reviews!

Our TMT senior partner, Ricardo Barretto Ferreira, together with the Corporate and M&A practice area partners, Alessandra Souza and André de Godoy Fernandes and the former associates Lorena Pretti Serraglio and Bruna Bigas, are the co-authors of this snapshot article about tech M&A purchase agreements in Brazil, published by the Lexology platform. Read the full text at https://lnkd.in/d78NtdGZ #AzevedoSette #PublicaçãoJurídica

Strategies, insights, & foresight: Indotek Group’s Eleonora Galloni at CNCC Investor Day Eleonora Galloni, Indotek Group’s Italian Country Head, will be a featured roundtable speaker at the CNCC INVESTOR DAY & LEGAL FORUM in Milan October 18, at Palazzo Visconti. Joining the panel discussion "Investments and Retail Real Estate", Eleonora will contribute strategic insights on investment strategies, retail real estate challenges, and the legal complexities within both global and local market trends. The major topics of the conference include "Investors' Strategies and Perspectives: Impacts and Trends in the Global Context" and "Legal Activity in Retail Real Estate: Challenges and Opportunities," promising a comprehensive exploration of the retail real estate sector. #CNCCInvestorDay #LegalForum #RetailRealEstate #InvestmentStrategy #IndotekGroup #GlobalTrends

GP Bullhound and North Ridge Partners (NRP) have announced an exclusive collaboration today. This collaboration will enable NRP to support GP Bullhound's clients across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, while GP Bullhound will extend support to NRP's clients across Europe, the UK, and North America. This partnership represents the formalization of a multi-year relationship between our firms, reinforcing our mutual strength in providing global coverage for technology investors and strategic consolidators. Hugh Campbell, Co-founder and Managing Partner at GP Bullhound, said: “Technology has always been global, and so are we. Our partnership with NRP represents a milestone in our mission to support exceptional technology companies as they scale worldwide. We’re excited to collaborate with a like-minded and highly successful partner to accelerate our strong track records in these regions and provide the highest quality investment and advisory services to tech companies.” Read more at: https://lnkd.in/eskmiPua