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The commercial law firm HEUKING welcomed Marina Dolina, LL.M. as Counsel at its Munich office effective June 1, 2026. She is part of the team led by Dr. Oliver Treptow and strengthens the firm's practice in Corporate/M&A, Private Equity, and Health Care & Life Sciences. Marina Dolina brings several years of experience advising on domestic and cross-border corporate transactions
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A team led by Stuttgart-based HEUKING partners Dr. Peter Ladwig and Dr. Alexander Schott provided comprehensive advice to the shareholders of OMIKRON Data Solutions GmbH on the strategic integration into the DQE Group. Albert Pusch will remain on board as a shareholder and managing director. HEUKING's advisory services encompassed the structuring and negotiation of all transaction agreements as well as legal support throughout the sale process
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Under the lead of attorney Marc Dümenil, HEUKING successfully defended a mid-sized company against a lawsuit seeking payment of a contractual penalty in the five-figure range before the Regional Court of Bochum (Case No. I-15 O 67/25). Following oral argument during the course of the litigation, the Regional Court of Bochum recommended that the plaintiff withdraw the action. The plaintiff followed this recommendation and withdrew the lawsuit
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A HEUKING team led by partner Julia Cramer provided comprehensive legal advice to alphahill Asset Management GmbH on the legal structuring of the closed-end domestic special AIF "alphahill Club Invest 4 – Nature Capital." The advisory work focused on the regulatory structuring of the investment fund and its classification as an Article 8 fund under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)
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WirtschaftsWoche, in its current edition, has recognized HEUKING as one of the top law firms in the field of restructuring. Munich-based partner Prof. Dr. Georg Streit has once again been recommended as a top attorney in this practice area. Through a survey of more than 1,700 legal professionals across 190 law firms, the Handelsblatt Research Institute (HRI) compiled a list of the most distinguished attorneys in several fields, including restructuring
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A team led by HEUKING Equity Partner Dr. Mirko Sickinger and Salaried Partner Sven Radke is advising HELIOS SOLAR AG on its planned initial public offering on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Through the IPO, the solar specialist is seeking admission to the regulated market (General Standard) and aims to drive forward its expansion, including into the European market
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A Hamburg-based HEUKING team led by Patrick Narr provided legal counsel to the sole shareholder of Gebr. Kruse + Co oHG (Kruse Fleisch) on the entry of the Zertus Group as majority shareholder, guiding the client through the entire transaction process. For Zertus, a Hamburg-based investment holding company, the acquisition marks its entry into the international meat trade — a new area alongside its existing focus on confectionery, snacks, and functional nutrition
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A HEUKING team led by Mark Rossbroich, LL.M., provided comprehensive legal advice to Munich-based legal and compliance tech startup bayshore AI GmbH in connection with its USD 8 million seed round. The funding round was led by Earlybird Venture Capital, with participation from Lucid Capital, Booom, Heliad, and a group of strategic angel investors. Bayshore is built by lawyers and engineers. Paul F
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The business law firm HEUKING provided legal counsel to Martin Meier AG in connection with the acquisition of the trading business of the insolvent Ludwig Küblböck Baukeramik GmbH. The transaction encompasses the acquisition of key business divisions of the long-established building ceramics company. The HEUKING team led by Dr. Björn Biehl advised Martin Meier AG on all legal aspects of the acquisition
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Law firm HEUKING advised Main Capital Partners on the acquisition of SAE Applications for Digitalization GmbH, a leading Germany-based provider of CPQ and variant management software, by Main portfolio company Xait, a global provider of document collaboration and proposal software. The HEUKING deal team was led by partner Christoph Prochnau, alongside support from partners Kristina Schneider and Dr. Henrik Lay as well as senior associate Magdalena Köster
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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