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Transatlantic Womble Bond Dickinson Team Takes Part in German-American Chamber’s Gateway Award Event
May 08 2018
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Womble Bond Dickinson attorneys from the UK and US attended the 14th Annual Gateway Award, presented by the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern United States, Inc. (GACC South). The Womble Bond Dickinson team was joined by partners from WBD-UK’s alliance partner, the German law firm Redeker.
Womble Bond Dickinson attorneys Richard Collins, Stephen Pierce, and Patrick Strubbe represented the firm. Redeker attorneys who attended the event were Jürgen Lüders and Andreas Rosenfeld.
The Gateway Award is GACC South’s annual signature event in the Carolinas and it honors outstanding accomplishments in German-American business relations. This year’s Gateway Award ceremony took place on May 5th at the Carolinas Aviation Museum in Charlotte. The museum is the home of the “Miracle on the Hudson” A320-214 flown by Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger.
More than 100 people attended the event, which saw Lufthansa German Airlines (North Carolina) and Dräxlmaier (South Carolina) honored for their contributions to German-American business.
Womble Bond Dickinson joined BMW, Lufthansa and Roedl in sponsoring the Gateway Award event.
Richard Collins has experience of a broad range of commercial and contentious matters including disputes arising out of complex financial products, pensions disputes, professional negligence matters, shareholder disputes and substantial multi-jurisdictional contractual claims. He also leads the firm’s contentious procurement team.
Stephen Pierce focuses his practice on corporate finance work and, in particular, M&A and private equity transactions. He also advises on joint ventures and other shareholder arrangements, as well as corporate reorganizations and corporate governance and compliance issues.
Patrick Strubbe represents corporate clients, private equity groups and lenders in the US and abroad on a variety of complex cross-border business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, and strategic transactions. He also advises companies as outside general counsel on corporate governance, complex commercial contracts and general business law matters.
