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A team led by HEUKING partners Dr. Oliver Böttcher and Dr. Alexander Jüngst, both based in the firm's Cologne office, advised the shareholders of MBS Logistics Group in connection with the acquisition of the group by AD Ports Group. The transaction encompasses the freight forwarding and logistics operations of MBS Logistics in Germany, Switzerland, the Asia-Pacific region, and the United States. The joint ventures of MBS Logistics are not part of the transaction
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HEUKING, represented by Dr. Georg Jacobs and Marc Dümenil, secured a refund of the purchase price for synthetic diamonds in proceedings before the Essen Regional Court, Case No. 12 O 374/25. Our clients purchased jewelry from an Essen-based jeweler containing 42 stones described as “brilliants.” In reality, these were synthetic, i.e., artificially manufactured stones with a significantly lower market value than natural diamonds, also known as mined diamonds
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A venture capital team led by Düsseldorf-based HEUKING Partner Dr. Patrick Müller, LL.M. advised the North Rhine-Westphalia-based FemTech start-up Femi-ON on its seed financing round. Femi-ON, headquartered in Bonn, is developing an innovative medical device designed to relieve menstrual discomfort without hormones or medication. The seed financing round will support further product development and the company’s next growth phase
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Dr. Björn Biehl (44) will start in mid-May as an Equity Partner in HEUKING's Munich office. He will strengthen the firm's M&A, Private Equity, and Restructuring practices. Dr. Biehl was most recently a Partner in the Munich office of Greenberg Traurig LLP. Before that, he was a Partner at McDermott Will & Emery. Dr. Björn Biehl advises clients on domestic and international M&A and private equity transactions, as well as corporate restructuring and insolvency matters
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HEUKING provided comprehensive legal and tax advice to HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH on the acquisition of a mixed-use property in Landau in der Pfalz. The seller of the property is Schroder Real Estate Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH. The transaction was carried out on behalf of a real estate special fund managed by HIH Invest. The purchase price has not been disclosed
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A cross-office team led by Dr. Stefan Bretthauer successfully represented STRABAG AG, Cologne, before the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) in merger control proceedings concerning the acquisition of all shares in the Stumpp Group, Balingen, which operates in road construction and upstream markets in southern Baden-Württemberg. The acquisition was cleared by the Federal Cartel Office on March 2, 2026, subject to conditions
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A team led by Dr. Anne de Boer advised the sellers of Blasius Schuster GmbH & Co KG — the holding companies of Daniel Imhäuser and Petra Bellinger as well as Weimer Beteiligungsgesellschaft — on the sale to Munich-based private equity firm AUCTUS and on the significant reinvestment by Daniel Imhäuser. The Urban Mining Group is pursuing the development of a strong group of companies in the recycling and recovery sector
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Würth Elektronik ICS GmbH & Co. KG is acquiring 100% of the shares in the MRS Holding GmbH, based in Rottweil (Baden-Württemberg). A team led by Hamburg-based HEUKING partner Dr. Peter Christian Schmidt provided legal and tax advice to the shareholders of MRS during the contract negotiations. The subsidiary of MRS Holding GmbH, MRS Electronic GmbH & Co
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A cross-office team led by Stuttgart-based partners Benedikt Raisch and Alexander Schott provided comprehensive legal advice to investor 3TS Capital Partners on its investment in Berlin-based startup RR Technologies GmbH (Patronus). The financing round led by 3TS Capital totals 11 million Euro. HEUKING's advisory services encompassed legal due diligence as well as the negotiation of all transaction documents, in particular the investment agreement and shareholders’ agreement
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Dr. Johann von Pachelbel joined the Frankfurt HEUKING-office as Senior Counsel in the Dispute Resolution / Commercial practice group starting in May. He comes from K&L Gates LLP, where he served as a partner in the areas of international and domestic arbitration and litigation. Dr. von Pachelbel has extensive experience in complex commercial disputes, particularly under the rules of leading arbitral institutions such as the ICC, DIS, SCC, VIAC, Swiss Rules, and UNCITRAL
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HEUKING legally advised SPCR Invest GmbH and its affiliated companies, SPCR Media GmbH (SC Media House) and Creator Connect GmbH, on the sale of a majority stake to ECD International Holding GmbH, a portfolio company of Beyond Capital Partners Fund III advised by Beyond Capital Partners GmbH. Signing and closing took place in April 2026. Based in Munich, SC Media House is an influencer marketing agency specializing in creative, data-driven campaigns for brands
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BRYGHT GmbH, a start-up based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, that is developing a European infrastructure platform for the creator economy, has successfully entered into an investment agreement with Axel Springer. A Düsseldorf-based HEUKING team led by partner Dr. Patrick Müller provided comprehensive legal counsel to BRYGHT in connection with the transaction
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Aachen-based BioTech start-up BioThrust has successfully completed a pre-seed extension financing round. The start-up intends to use the raised capital to advance pilot studies for the further development of its ComfyCell bioreactor platform. The platform is designed to help accelerate the commercialization of cell and gene therapies, the widespread availability of which has been limited by high production costs and long innovation cycles
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HEUKING is the exclusive Legal Partner of Batch 5 of MotionLab.Berlin's Hardtech Innovation Accelerator. As part of this partnership, HEUKING partner Ariane Neubauer and HEUKING partner Dr. Henrik Lay will support the founders of the Hardtech Innovation Accelerator as their "Go-to Legal Partner" on all key legal and tax matters. MotionLab.Berlin's Hardtech Innovation Accelerator offers start-ups far more than access to prototyping labs, co-working spaces, and testing facilities
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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