Die Partner Dr. Matthias Kampshoff, Dr. Jan Hückel (beide M&A), Dr. Jens Ortmanns, Gregor Lamla (beide Immobilienrecht), Christian Krohs (Kartellrecht), Dr. Oliver Lieth (Finanzierung, alle Düsseldorf) sowie Dr. Kian Tauser (Steuerrecht, Frankfurt) haben Signa bei der Fusion zwischen den Warenhausketten Karstadt Warenhaus und Galeria Kaufhof beraten.

Matthias Kampshoff, Jens Ortmanns, Jan Hückel, Oliver Lieth, Christian Krohs, Kian Tauser, Gregor Lamla, Ulrich Flege, Sebastian von Lossow, Oliver Hahnelt, Nadine Hartung, Marc Oberhardt, Jessica Hanke, Heiko Kermer, Claus Färber, Dick Okada, Catharina Dickhäuser, Philipp Kutscher, Björn Biehl, Patric Urbaneck, Ulrike Witt, Jan Baale, Pierre-André Brandt, Sakai Shabo, Anja Zelfel, Mirjam Büsch, Dustin Schwerdtfeger, Sebastian Keding, David Schäfer, Florian Schiefer, Carina Kant, Marianne Thurm and David Henry advised a real estate group on a complex joint venture to merge Germany’s two leading department store chains.

Matthias Kampshoff, Jan Hückel, Jens Ortmanns, Gregor Lamla, Christian Krohs, Oliver Lieth and Kian Tauser advised an Australian firm on the sixth largest real estate M&A deal of the third quarter, worth approximately $2.7 billion.

Jeffrey Holdvogt and Sarah Engle authored an On the Subject on an Internal Revenue Service private letter ruling that allows an employer to provide a tax-free student loan repayment option through a 401(k) contribution.

Jeffrey Holdvogt and Sarah Engle authored an On the Subject on an Internal Revenue Service private letter ruling that allows an employer to provide a tax-free student loan repayment option through a 401(k) contribution.

Jeffrey Holdvogt said that an Internal Revenue Service private letter ruling allows an employer to add a 5 percent contribution to a participant’s 401(k) account if that participant verifies sufficient student loan repayments. “The benefit does not directly pay down an individual’s loan debt,” he clarified. Mr. Holdvogt and Sarah Engle recently authored an On the Subject on this private letter ruling.

Jeffrey Holdvogt and Sarah Engle authored an On the Subject on an Internal Revenue Service private letter ruling that allows an employer to provide a tax-free student loan repayment option through a 401(k) contribution. Mr. Holdvogt said that “the principles described by the IRS in the private letter ruling could be applied to other employer designs that provide different benefits.”

Diana Hund, Marie-Muriel Barthelet, Anne Febvre, Laurent Ayache, Camille Spegt, Antoine Vergnat, Côme de Saint-Vincent, Thibault Stumm, Romain Perray, Julie Uzan-Naulin, Laura Morelli, Charles de Raignac and Sarah Candelibes advised an online flight booking specialist on its acquisition of an online tour operator.

Diana Hund, Marie-Muriel Barthelet, Anne Febvre, Laurent Ayache, Camille Spegt, Antoine Vergnat, Côme de Saint-Vincent, Thibault Stumm, Romain Perray, Julie Uzan-Naulin, Laura Morelli, Charles de Raignac and Sarah Candelibes advised an online flight booking specialist on its acquisition of an online tour operator.