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A HEUKING team led by Partner Dr. Marc Scheunemann and Salaried Partner Dr. Tilman Spancken legally advised the Luxembourg insolvency administrator on the sale of four shopping centers from the Highstreet VIII fund. The properties sold are Shopping-Plaza Garbsen, Stern Center Sindelfingen, City Rondell in Villingen-Schwenningen, and Vechte Arkaden in Nordhorn. The buyers include both regional project developers and portfolio investors as well as supra-regional shopping center operators
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A HEUKING team led by Dr. Pär Johansson advised Education partners GmbH, a portfolio company of Odewald KMU II, on the acquisition of Berger Bildungsinstitut GmbH. Berger Bildungsinstitut GmbH is a certified education provider offering continuing vocational training, retraining, and corporate training programs across Germany. Its courses are primarily delivered digitally and focus on commercial and technical fields; essentially on qualifications in CAD, SAP, and PLC
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HEUKING is adding two new Equity Partners to its Hamburg office: Patrick Narr and Dr. Karsten Alex will join the firm on February 16, 2026, bringing with them a well-coordinated team that will further strengthen the Corporate/M&A and Real Estate practice groups. All five lawyers are joining from Norton Rose Fulbright LLP. In addition to Patrick Narr and Dr. Karsten Alex as Equity Partners, Dr
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With a Cologne-based team led by Dr. Pär Johansson, HEUKING advised HiOffice Group GmbH, a portfolio company of funds advised by ODEWALD KMU III, on the acquisition of fach.digital GmbH (Germany) and, working alongside Austrian counsel at bpv Hügel, on the acquisition of Morawitz Consulting GmbH (Austria). fach.digital GmbH and Morawitz Consulting GmbH are among the leading specialized providers of digital (social) recruiting for skilled professionals
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A cross-location HEUKING team led by Dr. Philipp Jansen advised HL Display AB on the legal aspects of concluding an agreement to acquire the Deinzer Group, a full-service provider of tailor-made POS display solutions for retailers and brand suppliers. The completion of the acquisition is subject to the usual closing conditions, including approval by the competition authorities
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The venture capital (VC) team led by Düsseldorf-based HEUKING partner Dr. Patrick Müller provided legal advice to the HealthTech start-up hellomed Group GmbH in a successful Seed II financing round. hellomed raised a total of around €6 million, which will be used to expand its digital medication management solution (hellomedOS)
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In its ruling of January 12, 2026, the Regional Court of Düsseldorf ruled in the first instance that two companies of the Supratec Group and five managing directors infringed the German part of European patent EP 2 473 258 B1. The defendants have appealed against the ruling of the Regional Court. A decision on the patent nullity action filed by Supratec with the Federal Patent Court in Munich is still pending
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The Düsseldorf-based DeepTech start-up Co-reactive, developer of technology for converting CO2 into cementitious additives, was advised by HEUKING on the legal aspects of its successful seed financing round. A total of EUR 6.5 million was raised during the financing round and existing convertible loans (CLAs) were converted. The lead investor in this round is High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). Other investors include NRW
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Swiss investment company Nolex AG has acquired Holzmedia GmbH to build on the company’s strong growth in recent years and further expand its international sales activities. Of the previous owners, Manuel Holz and Peter Möller, the latter will remain involved in the business as general manager and shareholder, ensuring continuity in Holzmedia’s management. A HEUKING team led by Stuttgart-based Partner Dr
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HEUKING legally advised LAVA ENERGY GmbH (LAVA ENERGY) comprehensively on the acquisition of a nationwide portfolio of energy plants from GETEC Group. The transaction was led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein and Dr. Emanuel Teichmann. By acquiring the portfolio, LAVA ENERGY is further broadening its capabilities as an integrated energy partner for industrial and commercial customers
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Deka Immobilien has acquired the “Gerling Garden” office and hotel complex in central Cologne on behalf of its public real estate fund Deka-Immobilien Europa from a joint venture between Quantum and PROXIMUS. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. A HEUKING team led by Dr. Henrik Lay legally advised Deka Immobilien on the tax aspects of the transaction
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A HEUKING team led by M&A lawyers Boris Dürr and Marcel Greubel has advised Solarpark Blautal GmbH (“SPB”) on the sale of its 90% stake in stock-listed centrotherm international AG (“centrotherm”) to private equity Investor Ardian. Ardian acquired the majority stake in centrotherm via Ardian Semiconductor, an innovative private equity platform focused on investments in the semiconductor industry
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A Hamburg-based HEUKING team led by Partners Dr. Henrik Lay and Christoph Prochnau advised the shareholders of Carano Software Solutions GmbH on its acquisition by CarWise. The acquisition provides CarWise with direct access to the German market, complemented by a local team of experienced professionals and an established customer base
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A HEUKING team with members from several offices, led by Christoph Prochnau, legally advised HWP Handwerkspartner GmbH on the acquisition of a majority stake in Huiskamp group. The partnership reinforces HWP’s capabilities in civil engineering and infrastructure construction and creates synergies with the group’s existing business units. Huiskamp group, headquartered in Bad Bentheim, has been active in the field of digital network infrastructure for many years
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A HEUKING team with members from several offices, led by Dr. Alexander Schott, legally advised G. Heinemann Medizintechnik GmbH comprehensively on SHS Capital’s acquisition of a minority interest in its endoscopy group and supported the transaction. The endoscopy group comprises EMOS Technology GmbH, Innoview GmbH, ILO electronic GmbH, and Micon Medizintechnik GmbH. Closing is expected shortly
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TestSolutions GmbH, a portfolio company of Patrimonium Private Equity and COI Partners, has acquired the business operations of ASQA Software Quality Assurance GmbH by way of an asset deal. Operations will be continued seamlessly at the Berlin site, and jobs are expected to be retained. TestSolutions was legally advised by a team led by Hamburg-based HEUKING Partner Dr. Peter Christian Schmidt
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A team led by Dr. Katharina Prasuhn, partner at the Munich office of HEUKING, advised the shareholders of Keystone Photonics GmbH on the sale of their shares FormFactor, Inc. Keystone Photonics is a pioneer in optical probing technology for silicon photonics (SiPh) and co-packaged optics (CPO) wafer testing
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HEUKING advised Hauck Aufhäuser Digital Custody GmbH (HADC), a subsidiary of Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Bank (HAL), in obtaining BaFin authorization to provide crypto custody services. After the successful conclusion of the authorization procedure under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), HADC is now permitted to continue offering the custody and administration of crypto-assets such as Bitcoin throughout Europe
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A HEUKING team led by Dusseldorf M&A / PE Partner Dr. Martin Imhof advised the Spanish private equity house Everwood Capital SGEIC, S.A. on the acquisition of all shares in CITIUS EXPRESS GmbH through its portfolio company Castril Logistics, S.L. The transaction was structured as a share deal. Everwood Capital manages highly specialized investment vehicles, including the Transport and Logistics Fund, which invests in SME companies in the transport and logistics sector
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HEUKING advised Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG (dwpbank), a leading provider of securities services in Germany, in a BaFin notification procedure to extend its licensed services to include crypto-asset services. With the wpNex platform, dwpbank has been offering its client institutions a productive solution for trading digital assets since summer 2024
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Effective January 1, 2026, HEUKING will admit six lawyers from its own ranks to Equity Partnership. In addition, the firm will appoint two Senior Counsel, four Salaried Partners and four Counsel. “We are very pleased that 16 colleagues are once again taking an important career step with us. The number of appointments, their distribution across different practice areas and offices, and the diversity of the group illustrate the enormous potential of our younger colleagues
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HEUKING legally advised London-based Vidac Pharma Holding PLC on the inclusion of its shares in trading on the Open Market of Düsseldorf Stock Exchange, in the Primary Market segment, as well as on the public offering of shares and the drafting of the related securities prospectus. On December 1, 2025, all 56,946,204 ordinary shares of the company were admitted to trading on Düsseldorf Stock Exchange
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Effective January 1, 2026, Patent Attorney Dr. Christian Heine will join HEUKING’s patent team as a Salaried Partner. With his arrival, HEUKING continues to expand its patent practice and its Life Sciences offering. Dr. Heine spent 15 years as an Equity Partner at KEENWAY Patentanwälte (formerly KNH Patentanwälte) in Düsseldorf, where he handled numerous patent filings and led opposition and court proceedings. Under his leadership, the firm expanded successfully
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A HEUKING team led by M&A Partners Boris Dürr and Christian Schild legally advised PRIMEPULSE SE comprehensively on the sale of its stake in TeleAlarm Europe GmbH and its European subsidiaries to ASSA ABLOY Deutschland GmbH. TeleAlarm group is a leading provider of hardware and software solutions that help the elderly and people with physical disabilities to live independently in their own home, or in a care home environment
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Stuttgart Regional Court has discontinued the criminal proceedings against former ALNO AG CEO Max Müller and former CFO Ipek Demirtas. The discontinuation was ordered pursuant to Section 153a Code of Criminal Procedure and became final after the fulfillment of conditions that were negligible in amount. As no conviction was handed down, both former ALNO board members continue to be presumed innocent. HEUKING, represented by a team led by Prof. Dr