MUNICH, 2 April 2009 – The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised technical assurance and consulting company Germanischer Lloyd AG in its merger with Noble Denton. The completion of the transaction is subject to approval by the respective antitrust authorities.
The merger of Germanischer Lloyd AG with Noble Denton will form a fully integrated company which will provide assurance, inspection and consulting as well as project management to clients in the oil and gas, renewables and energy installation markets on a worldwide scale.
Germanischer Lloyd AG, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, is an international ship classification society and a leading provider of technical assurance and consulting services to the oil and gas and renewables markets. The company has more than 5,500 employees at 208 locations worldwide.
Noble Denton is a leading provider of life-cycle marine and offshore engineering services to the oil and gas industry. The company is headquartered in London and has 900 employees worldwide.
The Milbank team representing Germanischer Lloyd, which is held by Mayfair, included Corporate/M&A partners Peter Nussbaum (lead, Munich) and Stuart Harray (London) as well as Corporate/M&A associates Michael Pujol, Ludger Schult, Stefan Kroeker, Camille Lamy and Axel Wahl (all Munich) and Phil Gledson and Katherine Soanes (both London). Munich Tax associate Thomas Kleinheisterkamp and London Tax associate Matthew Mortimer also participated in the deal. Milbank has advised Mayfair on several other projects in the past, such as its investment in German listed Puma AG.
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