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in finance law who advises credit institutions, alternative lenders such as
debt funds and borrowers in national and international financing
transactions. His practice focuses on acquisition and company financing as
well as credit facility restructuring. He has advised companies such as
SAF-Holland during its attempted takeover of Haldex AB. He recently
assisted in the restructuring of the A.T.U Group and on the refinancing of
the Basler Fashion Group and advised publishing house Passauer Neue Presse
on its acquisition of the newspaper Donaukurier.

The new Senior Counsel

Dr. Tom Billing (43), lawyer in Berlin. Tom is a specialist in sales and
distribution law, general terms and conditions, e-commerce und commercial
litigation who advises German and international companies on structuring
and optimising their distribution systems and on dispute resolution issues.
He advises companies such as OBI on the full range of franchise law issues
and a British construction machinery manufacturer belonging to the Volvo
Group on a legal dispute with a German authorised dealer, for example. His
main practice areas include advising on general terms and conditions,
especially in the field of e-commerce, as well as banking and payment
transaction law. This involves matters such as structuring e-commerce
platforms and cooperations between credit institutions, payment providers
and online retailers on the introduction of new payment methods. Tom also
advises banks, including German savings banks (Sparkassen), on proceedings
brought by consumer associations regarding general terms and conditions.

Helge Heinrich (40), lawyer in Brussels and Munich. Helge advises companies
and public sector bodies on EU State aid law matters. His practice focuses
on regional State aid in connection with "greenfield investments" in
Central and Eastern Europe, primarily for companies from the automobile
industry, State guarantees, issues related to State financing of public
hospitals (including for the City of Munich) and infrastructure
investments. He also advises on national and international transactions in
the field of antitrust law, especially on merger control issues (including
for the ALBA Group) and the development and implementation of competition
compliance programmes and assists clients in antitrust-related claims for
damages (EP: Electronic Partner, HUK-COBURG, Outokumpu, etc.).

The new National Partner

Alexandru Ene (39), lawyer in Bucharest. Alexandru is an expert in
litigation and compliance who advises international companies from diverse
lines of industry on investing and operating in Romania. He has advised