Ashurst advised Robert Bosch GmbH and its subsidiary Bosch Thermotechnik GmbH on the establishment of a joint venture with ads-tec GmbH. The joint enterprise, ads-tec Energy GmbH, is active in the development, manufacturing and sale of products and services in the fields of energy management, energy storage, e-mobility and renewables, especially in the development and manufacturing of scalable lithium-ion battery storage systems including an associated IT management system. The implementation of the joint venture is subject to the approval of the relevant antitrust authorities.
The Ashurst team was led by Volker Germann (counsel). He was assisted by Anna-Maria Krekeler (associate, Frankfurt) and Felix Burkhart (senior associate, Munich, all corporate/M&A), counsels Dr Maria Held (antitrust, Munich), Juditha von der Heydt (employment, Frankfurt) and Philipp Beckers (dispute resolution, Munich), senior associates Lukas Müller (employment) and François Heynike (IP/IT, both Frankfurt). Advice on tax law was provided by partner Dr Martin Bünning and associate Carina Park (both Frankfurt), on banking law by partner Dr Detmar Loff and associate Christoph Klessing (both Frankfurt) and on insolvency law by Dr Dorothea Tachezy (counsel, Munich).
