Linklaters advised Vodafone on the contribution of its German fibre business to a joint venture with Altice Group

Linklaters advised Vodafone on the contribution of its German fibre business to a joint venture with Altice Group. Through the resulting largest fibre-optic alliance in Germany, the expansion of the fibre-optic infrastructure in Germany is to be further advanced and up to 7 million homes are to be deployed with fibre connections (FTTH) over a period of six years. During the expansion phase, up to € 7 billion are to be invested. Operational activities are expected to start in spring 2023 after receipt of regulatory clearances.

Linklaters’ cross practice team was led by Kristina Klaaßen-Kaiser and Andreas Müller.

Further team members are Iain Fenn (Partner, Mainstream Corporate, London), Jens Hollinderbäumer (Partner, Corporate/M&A, Berlin), Przemyslaw Lipin (Partner, Banking, Frankfurt), Christoph Barth (Partner, Antitrust & Investment Control, Düsseldorf), Daniel Pauly (Partner, TMT, Frankfurt), Ross Schloeffel (Partner, Energy & Infrastructure, London), Sebastian Daub (Partner, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Ann-Catherine Hoffmann (Counsel, Private Equity, Frankfurt), Jana Hager (Counsel, Public Commercial Law, Berlin), Christoph van Lier (Counsel, Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf), Julian Böhmer (Counsel, Tax Law, Düsseldorf), So Yeon Um (Counsel, TMT/IP, London), Nikita Selivanov (Counsel, Corporate Law/M&A, Frankfurt), Ashleigh Sinclair (Managing Associate, TMT/IP, London), Rupert Cheyne (Managing Associate, Corporate Law/M&A, London), Martin Otto (Managing Associate, Public Commercial Law, Berlin), Anna-Livia von Lüdinghausen (Managing Associate, Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf), Henrik Kilian (Associate, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Jamie McPhie (Associate, Energy & Infrastructure, London), Sascha Kiefer (Associate, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Max Robert Fuss (Associate, Tax, Frankfurt), Annelie Krasenbrink (Associate, Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf) and Ibrahim Toksöz (Associate, Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf).