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germany no . of offices two no . of attorneys 50 major practice areas legal advice date founded 1908 cologne company type german partnership website www.oppenhoff.eu oppenhoff & partner is a german commercial law firm specialised in the provision of legal advice to entrepreneurs and enterprises operating internationally . it has its seat in cologne is an independent partnership and is not affiliated to any network or other alliance . 1 contents 1 history 2 main practice areas 3 notable mandates 4 references 5 notes 6 external links history edit the office oppenhoff & partner was founded in 1908 in cologne under the name becker str hmer and lang . walter oppenhoff joined the firm in 1930 as named partner led it through the world war ii inter alia as the alien property custodian of coca cola and expanded the firm in the post war years . the following office partners boden oppenhoff und schneider have exerted a considerable influence on the german laws governing the legal profession . in 1989 they successfully fought for the right to set up nationwide partnerships before the federal court of justice of germany resulting in the establishment of the partnership oppenhoff & r dler in the mid 1990s . in the year 2001 the firm merged with the english commercial law firm linklaters . since january 2008 oppenhoff & partner has returned to being an independent partnership situated in cologne with about 150 employees including 65 lawyers . in 2013 the firm expands to a second office in frankfurt . 2 3 partners of the preceding partnership oppenhoff & r dler set up the walter oppenhoff foundation in honour of its founding member of the same name . main practice areas edit oppenhoff & partner s main practice areas are corporate law mergers & acquisitions tax law employment law corporate insurance real estate law intellectual property law information technology & communications it & c public law regulatory litigation and arbitration antitrust law compliance group notable mandates edit advised us automotive group johnson controls on the acquisition of westfalia profiltechnik in germany july 2008 . advised international engineering and construction group balfour beatty on the acquisition of the german rail construction schreck mieves group june 2008 . advising m. dumont schauberg the fourth largest german newspaper publisher on the takeover of berliner zeitung the highest circulated daily newspaper in the capital january 2009 . frowein & co. beteiligungs ag a company specialised in company holdings in small and medium sized businesses has taken over the s.i.m.e.o.n. group in tuttlingen . s.i.m.e.o.n. a medical engineering company supported by oppenhoff & partner december 2008 . a partner of the firm advised schaeffler group during their takeover attempt of continental ag . 4 references edit eiskalt coca cola und das deutsche reich . eine deutsche erfrischungsgeschichte . film about walter oppenhoff and coca cola wdr 1999 notes edit history on the firm s home page phoenix of the year oppenhoff & partner links cologne reopens under oppenhoff banner salz j rgen february 13 2010 die schattenm nner wirtschaftswoche in german 2010 7 40 46 . external links edit official site oppenhoff & partner homepage walter oppenhoff foundation retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oppenhoff % 26 partner & oldid 692524984 categories law firms of germanylaw firms established in 1908companies based in colognehidden categories cs1 german language sources de articles with topics of unclear notability from january 2015all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles needing additional references from january 2015all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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