AI Magazine Issue 2 2017

28 Acquisition International - February 2017 Buse Heberer Fromm was recently crowned with the Leading Advisors of the Year – Germany award. The firm’s Jossip Hesse is qualified as a lawyer as well as a tax advisor and partner, and in a special interview he reveals the firm’s specialisation in M&A plus many other areas where legal advice is greatly needed. ith his team, Jossip Hesse in particular advises on projects, M&A transactions (legal/tax DD corporate and tax (deal) structuring and documentation), corporate/group restructurings and real estate transactions as well as in complex tax litigation cases. As a full service law firm with more than 100 specialised attorneys and tax advisors, Buse Heberer Fromm has offices in many major German cities, such as Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Frankfurt, but partners with firms in Europe, Australia and the US. Buse Heberer Fromm is a full-service law firm and the majority of their clients are medium and large size companies, with national and international business activities in particular in the following sectors: private equity, energy, automotive, wholesale and consulting. The firm does much work in advising employers in the field of labour law, such as restructuring situations or where there are specific issues that need addressing. The firm’s major areas of expertise include: • Corporate law; • M&A Transactions; • Labour and employment law; • Tax law and restructuring; • Real estate and construction law; • Franchise law; • Renewable energy law and; • Dispute resolution. On receiving the Leading Advisors of the Year – Germany award, Hesse says it is indeed “an honour to receive and to be recognised” and it urges the firm “to be stronger”. As an advisor himself, he specialises in M&A transactions, as well as complex tax litigation cases. “I try to coordinate our highly and well trained specialist lawyers in order to make the team here stronger.” Hesse adds. Company: Buse Heberer Fromm Name: Jossip Hesse Email: [email protected] Web: buse.de Address: Harvestehuder Weg 23, 20149 Hamburg, Germany Phone: +49 40 41999 150 A Strong Team of Legal Experts W 1702AI24 A Strong Team of Legal Experts Regarding the staff at Buse Heberer Fromm, Hesse says that a good lawyer should not be the one who is only addressing risks. “A lawyer should provide an appropriate solution and enable the client to assess and manage opportunities and risks appropriately for the sake of client’s (business) success.” Buse Heberer Fromm can impart legal, and tax advice by lawyers with commercial lenses and a strong experience in the legal, tax and strategic interfaces. Considering the interface issues at a very early stage of a specific project or acquisition is regularly a stable basis for the project’s success. Hesse then impresses that they try and train lawyers at a very early age, and of course they needed to be treated well. “We put our trust in them, and give them their own responsibility to to let them grow and give them the support they need. We also want to get them into a direct client relationship, rather than just working in the back office.” In terms of clients the firm serves, Hesse is currently dealing with a group of companies in the field of new media, and they are now approaching a merger. “We assist with the pre-deal restructuring of the target-group, in order to realise the next steps over a two-month period where a strategic investor from Switzerland will join the circle of shareholders.” “We advise a lot of production companies, and trading companies of the German “Mittelstand” with its “Hidden Champions,” in sectors such as manufacturing, automotive, healthcare and not-for- profit organisations” Looking to the future, Hesse reveals that he wants the firm to grow and to be more perceived as a legal and tax interface advisory firm. “However, the main aim for the future is to become a stronger branch and to expand the team between the different legal practice areas, and to get potential clients to know about this” he concludes. “We put our trust in them, and give them their own responsibility to let them grow and give them the support they need.”