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Effective May 1, 2026, Dr. Niclas v. Woedtke, MBA (45), will join HEUKING as an Equity Partner at the Hamburg office. He will further strengthen the firm’s Venture Capital/M&A and Health Care & Life Sciences practices. Niclas v. Woedtke joins from Taylor Wessing, where he advised on Corporate/M&A and established himself as a leading practitioner in venture capital transactions in the biotech sector. Prior to that, he worked at Boehringer Ingelheim and Otto Group
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Dr. Martin Imhof, Partner at HEUKING, has once again been recognized as one of the world's leading specialists in India-related transactions. The India Business Law Journal has recognized him in its prestigious International A-List for another year, honoring his extensive expertise and longstanding experience in the Indian market. The annual International A-List comprises the top 100 India experts worldwide
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A HEUKING team led by partners Mark Rossbroich, LL.M. (King's College London) and Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg, LL.M. (Georgetown University Law Center) has provided comprehensive legal advice to investor Legian Investment Partner AG on its acquisition of the Health Dialog business unit from vitagroup AG. As part of a responsible succession arrangement by the previous majority shareholder and SAP co-founder Dr
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A HEUKING team led by Munich-based M&A Partners Boris Dürr and Christian Schild comprehensively advised Luxempart S.A., a Luxembourg-based publicly listed investment company, on its acquisition of a majority interest in VALEARA group, a leading provider of outpatient mental health services. The sellers were private equity investor GENUI and the company’s founders
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A HEUKING team led by Dr. Alexander Schott advised ad pepper media International N.V. on the sale of its 60% stake in ad agents GmbH. The buyers are the existing minority shareholders. The transaction has already been completed. On the in-house side, the transaction was once again managed by General Counsel Marco Pallucchini Wrede
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Effective April 1, Dr. Michael Matthiessen (50) will join HEUKING’s Berlin office as Counsel in the employment law team led by Dr. Utz Andelewski. Dr. Matthiessen is a Certified Specialist Lawyer in Employment Law and joins the firm from ADVANT Beiten, where he has served as Salary Partner. Matthiessen advises and represents employers in out-of-court disputes involving both individual and collective employment law. His practice focuses on advising companies in the healthcare sector
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1AVista Reisen GmbH, one of Germany's leading river cruise operators, is setting the course for the future and arranging its corporate succession. A team led by HEUKING partner Dr. Marc Scheunemann and salaried partner Dr. Timo Piller advised the shareholders on the succession arrangements and the entry of VR Equity Partner as a strategic investor, providing both legal and tax counsel
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Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG), together with private equity fund DBAG Fund VII, which it advises, is selling its stake in Kraft & Bauer Holding GmbH to Syngroh Capital, the investment vehicle of the Grohe family. A HEUKING team led by Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg, LL.M. (Georgetown University Law Center), advised Deutsche Beteiligungs AG and DBAG Fund VII on legal and tax matters in connection with the transaction and supported them throughout the contract negotiations
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In fiscal 2025, business law firm HEUKING generated revenue of EUR 211.8 million, representing an increase of just under 5 percent year over year and marking the highest revenue in the firm’s history. Following a moderate decline in the previous fiscal year, HEUKING surpassed its prior record from 2023 (EUR 205.1 million). Revenue per lawyer (RPL), a key profitability metric, exceeded EUR 515,000
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A team led by HEUKING lawyers Michael Below and Wolfram Sandner has secured a late-stage victory for bookseller Thalia before Münster Higher Administrative Court in connection with coronavirus-related restrictions. The court held that provisions restricting access to retail stores in North Rhine-Westphalia in May 2021 were invalid
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HEUKING advised Düsseldorf-based technology group Rheinmetall on structuring and negotiating their up to EUR 1.5bn syndicated bridge facility. The bridge financing serves as interim financing for the acquisition of NVL (Naval Vessel Lürssen), the military division of the Lürssen Group
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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