15 May 2011
RAUE LLP has successfully defended the Chambers of Industry and Commerce of Kassel and Cologne in lawsuits of some of their members. The landmark decisions are of fundamental importance to the exercise of functions of all German Chambers of Industry and Commerce.

In Kassel, a company questioned the compatibility of the mandatory membership of enterprises in German Chambers of Industry and Commerce with the German Constitution and with the Law of the European Union. The company further challenged the contribution system as well as the financial reserves of the Kassel Chamber of Industry and Commerce. However, the administrative court confirmed the mandatory membership as well as the contribution system and the accrued reserves of the Kassel Chamber of Commerce represented by RAUE LLP.

In a parallel procedure, a company sued against the decision of the Cologne Chamber of Industry and Commerce to publicly support a significant port development project. The administrative court followed the arguments of RAUE LLP and held that the Cologne Chamber of Industry and Commerce fulfilled its legal tasks and that it exercised the necessary objectivity and restraint.
 

 

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11 May 2011 
The renowned US peer-review guide Best Lawyers has awarded the title „Best Lawyer“ to eight partners of RAUE LLP:

• Christian v. Hammerstein (Energy)
• Jan Hegemann (Entertainment; Intellectual Property)
• Kornelius Kleinlein (Telecommunications)
• Wolfgang Kuhla (Health Care; Public Law)
• Gernod Meinel (Labor and Employment)
• Andreas Nelle (Investment Funds; Private Equity)
• Markus Plesser (Intellectual Property)
• Peter Raue (Intellectual Property)

Best Lawyer titles are awarded solely on the peer recommendations of leading colleagues in their respective practice areas.
 

 

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Berlin, 8 May 2012 
Raue LLP has advised orderbird on a financing round. The investment company ALSTIN acquired a share of EUR 2.4 million. The existing shareholders joined in the capital increase as well resulting in a total of investments of more than EUR 2.7 million.
 

 

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17 April 2012
RAUE LLP has advised Statkraft Markets GmbH regarding balancing interests and social compensation plan negotiations related to the closure of the gas-fired power plant unit IV in Emden, Germany. 

 

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27 February 2012 
Raue LLP has advised TOBI Windenergie GmbH & Co. KG on the acquisition of three wind turbine generators at its Groß Trebbow location. Seller was e.n.o. Energy in Rostock. TOBI is a municipal network of affiliated companies consisting of 14 municipal utilities in Lower Saxony and North Rhine Westphalia.  

 

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