On 21 May 2008, the general shareholders’ meeting of GfK AG (based in Nuremberg, Germany) approved with a majority of more than 99% the company’s conversion to a European company (Societas Europaea, SE).
Hengeler Mueller provided comprehensive advice to GfK on corporate and labour matters, including advice on the general shareholders’ meeting. The Hengeler Mueller team included partners Wolfgang Grobecker, Gerhard Lang (both Corporate, Munich) and Christian Hoefs (Labour, Frankfurt) as well as associates Philipp von Bismarck (Munich), Athina Mavroudi and Philipp Kärcher (both Frankfurt).
