Ashurst has advised Houlihan Lokey Germany AG on the acquisition of all assets relating to the European Real Estate Capital Advisory business of Mellum Capital GmbH. As part of the transaction, Mellum's two managing directors, Heinrich Hauß and Markus Reule, will join Houlihan Lokey.
The transaction strengthens Houlihan Lokey's Real Estate Capital Advisory offering in Europe and expands its existing platform through the expertise of the Mellum team. The acquisition comprises all assets attributable to Mellum's European Real Estate Capital Advisory business.
Ashurst provided comprehensive legal advice to Houlihan Lokey on the transaction.
The Ashurst team was led by partner Florian Hirschmann (Private Equity) and Dr Matthias Annweiler (Counsel, Private Equity, both Munich), supported by Tino Duttinè (Partner, Tax), Andreas Mauroschat (Partner, Employment), counsels Miriam Staatz (Tax), Lukas Müller (Employment) and Juditha von der Heydt (Employment) as well as associates Vida Malakooti-Dehkordy (Private Equity, all Frankfurt), Dr Issouf Sako (Private Equity, Munich), Johanna Kunze (Employment), Robin Meier (Tax) and Melissa Sinik (Tax, all Frankfurt).
The London team included Philip Linton (Partner, Disputes & Investigations), Nicholas Gardner (Partner, Tax), Ruth Buchanan (Partner, Employment), Sophie Suri (Counsel, Tax), David Pemberton (Senior Associate, Employment) and Wilfried Spencer (Tax).
