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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
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HEUKING provided comprehensive legal advice to Frankfurt-based FinTech start-up Donnerstag.ai during its seed financing round. The company secured financing of EUR 4.3 million. The main investor in the round is Speedinvest, with QED Investors, Crestone VC as well as experienced business angels. Donnerstag.ai intends to use the funds from the seed financing to drive forward the further development of its platform, accelerate growth and strengthen its equity base. Donnerstag
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HEUKING legally advised STINAG Stuttgart Invest AG on the planned delisting of its shares and the announced public takeover bid by Brasserie Holding SA. The mandate was handled by a team led by Partners Jens-Hendrik Janzen and Dr. Thorsten Kuthe. STINAG Stuttgart Invest AG has resolved to apply to revoke the inclusion of its shares in trading
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HEUKING legally advised get.de Partners GmbH comprehensively in its role as lead investor in the seed funding of Düsseldorf-based software start-up maesn GmbH. maesn develops and markets software for integrating and automating data and processes and also provides consulting services in software-enabled process automation. As part of the financing round, existing convertible loans were converted into equity. In addition, get
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In its most recent issue, WirtschaftsWoche named HEUKING one of the top law firms in foreign trade law. Anna Coenen, Salaried Partner at HEUKING’s Düsseldorf office, is highlighted as a top lawyer. Handelsblatt Research Institute surveyed 1,600 lawyers at 180 law firms about their most renowned peers in foreign trade law for the ranking, which was then finalized by a jury of experts
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HOERBIGER has sold its reed valve business to Dutch industrial holding company Nimbus. The contract was signed on November 11, 2025; the transaction remains subject to customary regulatory approvals, including antitrust clearance. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price. A multi-office HEUKING team led by Partners Prof. Dr. Georg Streit, Dr. Ulrich Jork, and Dr. Marc Scheunemann legally advised HOERBIGER on the transaction. In-house at HOERBIGER, Group General Counsel Dr
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On November 12, 2025, Erfurt Labor Court prohibited trade union ver.di from striking at Sophien- und Hufeland-Klinikum gGmbH also in the main proceedings. ver.di demands that Sophien- und Hufeland-Klinikum gGmbH (Weimar) enter into a collective bargaining agreement. To enforce this, ver.di had called on the hospital’s employees to participate in several warning strikes in 2024
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Following a broader leadership transition at ProSiebenSat.1, HEUKING legally advised former Chief Financial Officer Martin Mildner on employment law matters. In October, the media group’s Supervisory Board resolved to appoint an entirely new Executive Board. Mildner, who had served as CFO since May 2023, sought advice from Dr. Andreas Walle, Partner in the employment law practice, and Jonas Trompeter, Senior Associate, both from HEUKING’s Hamburg office, regarding his departure
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A HEUKING team led by Charlotte Schmitt advised the shareholders of Performtec on legal and tax matters in connection with their successful exit. HEUKING had previously advised the shareholders on their 2018 investment in Performtec, led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein. Performtec GmbH, headquartered in Kirchheim unter Teck, has specialized in the development and production of professional wheel and rim washing systems since 2002
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HEUKING legally advised Aachen-based AI start-up OSPHIM on its financing round. OSPHIM GmbH is developing an innovative assistance platform for production systems with a particular focus on plastics manufacturing. Its goal is to advance the industry sustainably through data-driven technologies and validated AI methods, delivering tangible value for customers
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HEUKING legally advised DEAG Deutsche Entertainment AG on the issuance of its new 2025/2029 corporate bond. The EUR 75 million bond was fully placed and significantly oversubscribed. The new notes (ISIN NO0013639112) carry a fixed annual coupon of 7.75%. Strong demand from institutional and retail investors underscores capital-market confidence in DEAG’s growth strategy
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HEUKING has entered into an exclusive partnership with the newly established DefenseTech Incubator.NRW, becoming its official Legal Partner. Through this cooperation, HEUKING will provide comprehensive legal and strategic support to emerging technology companies and start-ups in the defense and securitysector — guiding them in their development, financing, and market entry. The DefenseTech Incubator.NRW supports founders whose innovations strengthen national and European security architectures
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HEUKING is advising Dutch operator VIA Outlets on the scheduled expansion of its factory outlet center (FOC) in Zweibrücken, Rhineland-Palatinate. The project will add about 9,000 square meters of retail space to the existing approximately 20,000 square meters, which already make the FOC Germany’s largest master-planned outlet center
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The Berlin-based start-up reverse.fashion GmbH has successfully completed a pre-seed financing round. The young company develops AI-based technologies for the automated sorting of used textiles, thereby making an important contribution to the sustainable transformation of the fashion and textile industry. HEUKING provided legal advice on the six-figure financing. KISORA was the lead investor, with H&M Group among the other investors. reverse.fashion was founded by Mario Osterwalder, Dr
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A multi-office team led by HEUKING Partner Dr. Rainer Herschlein and Salaried Partner Benedikt Raisch advised VR Equitypartner (VREP) on legal and tax matters in the sale of software developer Evolit Consulting GmbH to Berlin-based FLEX Capital. VREP has supported the company’s establishment and expansion as majority shareholder since 2019, also advised by Dr. Rainer Herschlein and Benedikt Raisch