European Union

/Overview

Nixon Peabody has advised on strategic transactions, handled ground-breaking litigation, and provided advice on thorny regulatory matters involving European clients in all 27 countries in the EU. These clients range from fashion houses in Italy, logistics companies in France, advanced manufacturing businesses in Germany, computer technology enterprises in Romania, and Danish medical device producers. 
We also work with clients on transactions, disputes, and regulatory matters throughout the EU. Companies operating in these jurisdictions face legal challenges that require specific knowledge of local and regional procedures, regulations, and customs.  Our network of lawyers, built through deep, long-term connections, helps us to provide our clients with seamless, effective, and cost-efficient service from trusted local counsel.

/Representative Experience

• Major Germany-based leading science and technology company on over ten acquisitions, dispositions, and other corporate transactions during the past five years
• Republic of Hungary and four Hungarian cultural institutions in an action challenging Hungary’s possession of more than 40 works of art
• Netherlands-based, leading independent bottler of soft drinks and fruit juices for retailers and top-brands in Europe and the US, in a number of transactions including its $1.25 billion acquisition worldwide bottling business and the subsequent acquisition of a concentrate manufacturing business
• Milan, Italy-based company on the sale of its pure gas business to Massachusetts-based company, a provider of products and systems that purify, protect, and transport critical materials used in the semiconductor device fabrication process
• Diversified financial services firm, and its affiliates, in connection with multiple transactions in the US and around the world, including matters relating to its investment in an Italian soccer team 
• Prominent French logistics company on a significant acquisition of a pure player in contract logistics and value-added warehousing services founded in the United States in 1930
• Advised a wide array of European companies regarding the various American sanctions regimes 
• Danish energy company with a major dispute with a counterparty