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With a team led by Dr. Oliver Böttcher and Kristina Schneider from the Cologne office, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Compleo Charging Solutions AG on its merger with wallbe GmbH. Closing of the transaction and the merger of the operating businesses of Compleo and wallbe are expected by the end of April
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Hamburg-based lawyers Dr. Volker Voth and Christoph Prochnau of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Hanjo Runde in employment law and corporate law relating to the SieMatic’s General Manager upcoming move to HanseYachts AG as CEO. Runde, who joined SieMatic’s management team in December 2019, will fulfill his contract at SieMatic until the end of November. From December 2021, he will take up his work as CEO at HanseYachts AG in Greifswald, alongside Dr. Jens Gerhardt and Sven Göbel
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With a team led by Alexander Weber, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised brutkasten GmbH on the acquisition of the VentureCapital Magazin business unit from GoingPublic Media AG. Since 2000, the VentureCapital Magazin platform (magazine, www.vc-magazin.de, Private Equity Flash newsletter) informs investors, entrepreneurs, and intermediaries about trends, transactions, and backgrounds around private equity, entrepreneurship, and technologies
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In a landmark decision, the Federal Court of Justice removed the basis for most lawsuits filed by investors in closed-end funds. In a decision announced on March 26, 2021, the Federal Court of Justice held that founding shareholders were not liable under the general principles of culpa in contrahendo if they provided information with an incorrect, incomplete, or misleading prospectus prior to investors joining the fund
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Effective April 1, 2021, Dr. Henrik Lay (44) will join Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek as Equity Partner. The lawyer and tax advisor will reinforce the transactional, but in particular the tax law practice in Hamburg. Henrik Lay joins Heuking from AHB (Arends Hofert Bergemann) Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater. Previously, he practiced at Watson Farley & Williams after having started his career at Latham & Watkins. Admitted as a lawyer and tax advisor, he is also a Certified Specialist Lawyer in Tax Law
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With a team from several offices led by partners Dr. Johan Schneider and Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised internationally operating Joh. Friedrich Behrens AG on the sale of its business operations in an asset deal together with a share deal for numerous foreign subsidiaries. The buyer is a subsidiary of Great Star Europe AG, Switzerland, which prevailed over numerous interested investors in a highly complex international bidding process
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek and a team led by Alexander Weber legally advised Russmedia Equity Partners on the acquisition of a stake in white label dating provider ICONY GmbH. ICONY GmbH operates the ICONY network, which gives companies the opportunity to offer dating or matchmaking services under their own brand and/or domain. Numerous media companies and domains are using this network. ICONY was formed from the metropolis.de and flirt.de community platforms. The ICONY network has over 2
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Thalia has acquired Lehmanns Media GmbH group from Lafayette Mittelstand Capital. Lehmanns Media, which is particularly operating in the B2B sector, is one of the largest and leading specialist information retailers with a broad range of specialized services for modern media procurement. Specialist information retailing and the B2B sector are gaining ever more strategic importance for Thalia
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A Heuking team led by Markus Lennartz and Klaus Weinand-Härer advised InfraRed Capital Partners on legal and tax matters relating to a majority investment in Deutsche GigaNetz GmbH. InfraRed’s partnership with Deutsche GigaNetz GmbH creates the opportunity to build the next generation of high-quality fiber infrastructure in Germany
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A team led by Dr. Jörg Schewe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised EasyPark Group on the proposed acquisition of PARK NOW Group, a joint venture of BMW Group and Daimler Mobility AG, and managed the transaction globally on the buyer side. The proposed acquisition of PARK NOW Group enables EasyPark Group to take the next strategic step in becoming a global digital pace-setter in mobility services, and enable them to reach more cities, operators and users
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A team led by Michael Neises, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Frankfurt office, advised Shareholder Value Beteiligungen AG and the foundation Share Value Stiftung on the mandatory takeover offer and the delisting offer to SMT Scharf AG’s shareholders. Frankfurt-based Shareholder Value Beteiligungen AG (ISIN: DE000A168205) is a company listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s Open Market that specializes in value investing for its own account in SMEs in German-speaking countries
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A team led by Stuttgart-based partner Dr. Peter Ladwig comprehensively advised the shareholders of OMIKRON Data Quality GmbH (in the market also known as “FACT-Finder”) on the sale of all of their shares to investment company GENUI and supported the client during the transaction
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Business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek recorded revenue of EUR 189.9 million in fiscal 2020, just EUR 4.8 million below last year’s high level. With 2019 revenue amounting to EUR 194.7 million, the decline is therefore 2.5 percent. “Considering an extraordinarily challenging year, the revenue decline of only a few percentage points – particularly coming from a very high level – is a sound result. In addition, we have managed to reduce costs and are enjoying a stable earnings situation
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A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised 4basebio AG (in the future 2invest AG) on the spin-off of its genomics and DNA manufacturing business to 4basebio SE and the subsequent relocation of its headquarters to Cambridge (England). The new 4basebio SE was subsequently listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the London Stock Exchange. Despite the challenging structure, the carve-out was implemented in just six months
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A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Cologne office, legally advised FCR Immobilien AG on a segment change from Scale to Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s Regulated Market (General Standard). The Heuking team also assisted FCR Immobilien AG in a related cash capital increase with subscription rights for existing shareholders and a public offering. That placement has now been completed
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A team led by capital markets expert Dr. Thorsten Kuthe legally advised The Grounds Real Estate Development AG on successfully placing its first convertible bond in the amount of EUR 12 million with significant oversubscription. The listed company’s shareholders were granted subscription rights. The transaction was accompanied by Quirin Privatbank AG. The Grounds Group realizes residential projects in German metropolitan regions
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A team led by Dr. Katharina Prasuhn advised energy company RDG GmbH & Co. KG (RDG) on the acquisition of oil production operations from Wintershall Dea GmbH. After all relevant authorities had approved the acquisition, the transaction was closed on February 5, 2021
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With a team led by Partner Dr. Rainer Herschlein, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Wagner Fernmeldebau Holding GmbH on the acquisition of a majority stake in Benzina Kommunikation GmbH of Freiburg. The seller’s sole shareholder and general manager is M. Benzina who will remain with the company even after closing of the transaction. The company name will also remain unchanged
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A team led by Dr. Peter Christian Schmidt, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Hamburg office, legally advised the majority shareholder of ECOROLL AG on the sale of all shares to PINOVA. The seller’s shareholders are a North German family office and the management of ECOROLL AG. ECOROLL AG is a leading supplier of tools and machines for mechanical surface finishing of metal components
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The China Business Law Journal has recognized a transaction led by Heuking attorneys Dr. Bodo Dehne and Sen Gao as one the "China Deals of the Year 2020". Every year the international China Business Law Journal identifies the landmark China-related deals. Among this year’s winners is the acquisition of the European apt Group by the Chinese Mengtai Group, which won a structured and competitive bidding process with the support of Heuking. Dr
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A team led by Dr. Michael Sörgel, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Düsseldorf office, legally advised Böhme & Weihs GmbH Industrieholding’s shareholders, Prof. Dr. Norbert Böhme, Rüdiger Weihs, Norbert Seeliger, and Joachim Wendel, on the sale of a majority stake to proALPHA. Prof. Dr. Norbert Böhme and Rüdiger Weihs will continue to hold shares in the company and to manage the company jointly with Christian Zoll
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Ariane Neubauer will reinforce the Venture Capital practice in Berlin as an Equity Partner – Gesine Dechow increases the number of notaries working at Berlin’s office to five Effective February 1, 2021, Ariane Neubauer will reinforce the Corporate and Venture Capital practice at Heuking’s Berlin office. Ariane Neubauer (36) joins Heuking as an Equity Partner from Noerr, where she started her career ten years ago and practiced as an Associated Partner most recently
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A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised PANDION AG on placing its 2021/2026 corporate bond. Due to high demand, the issue volume was increased to EUR 45 million. The bond, this year’s first issue in this segment, met with high demand from institutional and private investors and was significantly oversubscribed. Cologne-based PANDION AG has been developing, realizing and marketing high-quality residential projects since 2002
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A team led by Dr. Ali Șahin, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised TECNO-PLAST Industrietechnik GmbH and the shareholder family on the sale to Indutrade group. Complementary businesses in the group will create additional potential for TECNO-PLAST’s expansion while a decentralized and entrepreneurial group approach will ensure the company’s independent development. The founding family arranged the company’s succession with the transaction
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A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised CR Capital AG on stock corporation law in connection with the distribution of a stock dividend and an associated rights issue. In addition, CR Capital AG was advised on the transaction by Munich-based law firm Velte Kalveram with a team led by Peter Kalveram, who regularly advises the company. On December 10, 2020 CR Capital AG’s annual meeting resolved the distribution of a dividend of EUR 0