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A team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised DATAGROUP SE on the acquisition of 68 percent of the shares in Diebold Nixdorf Portavis GmbH from Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated. With the acquisition, DATAGROUP expands its existing business with high-quality cloud services and IT operating services in the financial sector. DATAGROUP also aspires to use the merger to achieve faster growth. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price
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A team led by Prof. Dr. Georg Streit advised HANS IM GLÜCK Franchise GmbH on the sale of burger chain Hans im Glück. Former majority shareholder AML Invest Treuhandgesellschaft mbH sold and transferred its stake in HANS IM GLÜCK Franchise GmbH to an investor group. The group includes GAB Grundstücks-, Finanzierungs-, Verwaltungs- und Beteiligungs GmbH, an existing minority shareholder, and the founders of bakery chain Backwerk, Dr. Dirk Schneider and Dr. Hans-Christian Limmer
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A team led by Dirk W. Kolvenbach advised the globally active company WuXi Biologics on the acquisition of a sterile filling and freeze-drying plant from Bayer AG. The plant is designed for the filling and freeze-drying of the blood-coagulation medication Kovaltry®. The plant will be operated on the premises of the Chempark in Leverkusen. For this purpose, a long-term sublease agreement for the use of the building was concluded
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A team led by Dr. Armin Frhr. von Grießenbeck, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Munich, advised Flughafengesellschaft München mbH and its wholly-owned subsidiary LABCAMPUS in a new hotel project on the Munich airport grounds. A “long-stay boarding house,” an apartment hotel with 230 units, is to be built in the “AirSite West” area. The management contract was signed two days ago, on December 17, 2019
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A team led by Munich-based Partner Prof. Dr. Georg Streit advised ATP Auto-Teile-Pöllath Handels GmbH, a leading European supplier in the automotive parts aftermarket, on the merger with Swiss Automotive Group (SAG). The transaction is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities. Closing is expected in spring 2020. Under the leadership of SAG, the two companies will combine their strengths in purchasing and e-commerce. ATP‘s market development will remain unchanged
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek supported financial investor LEO II. Fonds, which was advised by DUBAG Group, on the acquisition of Gesellschaft für Reisevertriebssysteme GmbH (GfR), Bochum, from the portfolio of insolvent Thomas Cook Group. At its Bochum headquarters and Berlin offices, GfR, previously a wholly owned subsidiary of insolvent Thomas Cook Touristik GmbH, provides numerous renowned tourism portals with services covering all aspects of professional travel customer management
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With a team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein and Dr. Frank Baßler, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised AHG Autohandelsgesellschaft mbH on the acquisition of Entenmann Group with four car dealerships in the Stuttgart area. Entenmann Group sells the BMW and Mini brands including sub-brands BMW i and BMW M in Esslingen, Göppingen, Kirchheim/Teck, and Ostfildern. Last year, the group generated sales of about EUR 120 million with 180 employees, all of whom are to be taken over
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A team led by Dr. Johan Schneider, Managing Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised the insolvency administrator of Bertels Textilhandels GmbH, Hamburg-based lawyer Dr. Hagen von Diepenbroick of the law firm of Münzel & Böhm, on the sale of the assets and shares in non-insolvent Berra Handelsgesellschaft mbH to WIND GmbH, a member of Sendler group. The contract has already been notarized, with the transfer to take effect on January 1, 2020
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A team led by capital market law expert Dr. Mirko Sickinger advised Hevella Capital GmbH & Co. KGaA on a public takeover offer to the shareholders of NeXR Technologies SE (formerly Staramba SE). The advice included in particular the drafting of the bidding documents and the associated notifications and documents under securities law and takeover law as well as the support at the approval procedure at the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin)
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A team composed of members from several offices, led by Dr. Michael Dröge, Fabian G. Gaffron, Dr. Jörg Schewe, and Christoph Prochnau, comprehensively advised Aquila Holding GmbH (Aquila Capital), an independent, globally operating alternative investment manager, on its strategic partnership with Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure Co. Ltd. (DEI), Japan. As part of the transaction, DEI will acquire a 40% minority stake in Aquila Capital. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price
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Effective January 1, 2020, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s eleven Salaried Partners will be admitted to Equity Partnership and seven lawyers will be appointed Salaried Partners. “We are going into next year with no less than eleven new equity partners from within the firm. The new peers will contribute to our continued success, just like they have done as Salaried Partners in the past,” said Dr. Pär Johansson, Managing Partner for Human Resources
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With a team led by Partner Dr. Rainer Herschlein, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek comprehensively advised Kälte Eckert GmbH, a portfolio company of VR Equitypartner, on the acquisition of a majority stake in Günther Kältetechnik GmbH as part of an add-on transaction. The stake was sold by Jörg Günther, sole shareholder and General Manager. He will remain on board even after the transaction has been closed. The company name will also remain unchanged. The takeover is part of the growth strategy
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Project developer and operator i Live Group, in partnership with Mainzer Aufbaugesellschaft (MAG), sold a micro-apartment complex to be newly built in Darmstadt to Commerz Real Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft. A team led by Dr. Frank Baßler advised i Live Group on the transaction. In an asset deal in the form of forward funding, Commerz Real initially acquires the property with an obligation to build. A joint venture between i Live and MAG will then construct the turnkey property
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek adds a Salaried Partner in White Collar & Criminal Compliance at its Hamburg office. After two and a half years of practicing at criminal law boutique Langrock Voß & Soyka, Dr. Sabine Ottow (39) returns to Heuking. Ottow has been a Salaried Partner at Langrock Voß & Soyka since 2017 where she defended clients in several white collar and criminal compliance cases and advised on complex compliance matters
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Expedeon AG (Heidelberg, Germany) signed an agreement with Abcam plc (Cambridge, UK) to sell its immunology and proteomics businesses for EUR 120 million. The sale is subject to shareholder approval at an extraordinary general meeting on December 19, 2019. A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised Expedeon on the sale relating to aspects of German law including an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting. All shares in the subsidiary Expedeon Holdings Ltd
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With a team led by Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised the shareholders of vtours on the sale to Hotelplan Group. vtours GmbH in Aschaffenburg and vtours international AG in Switzerland will continue to operate independently. The parties agreed not to disclose the acquisition price. The transaction closed on November 12, 2019
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Stuttgart-based Partner Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer advised Photonics Systems Holding GmbH with a team on the acquisition of EPP Electronic Production Partners GmbH. The acquisition strengthens Photonics Systems Group’s activities in the electronics sector and creates the conditions for continued growth. The closing of the transaction is scheduled for the end of November 2019. A supplier in the electronics sector, EPP is headquartered in Gräfelfing
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A team led by Dr. Peter Vocke, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised LEG on the sale of a portfolio of 272 apartments and a commercial unit in the cities of Wuppertal, Bielefeld, Gelsenkirchen, and Lünen. The total rental space is 19,800 square meters. The buyer is Coreo. The residential portfolio is almost fully rented out. The deal is Coreo’s first apartment acquisition in North Rhine-Westphalia
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Duisburger Hafen AG, together with its international partners COSCO SHIPPING Group, Hupac SA and HTS Group, is developing the largest container terminal in the European hinterland on the site of the Port of Duisburg, thereby expanding the port into the central European anchor point of the New Silk Road. A team of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek led by the Düsseldorf-based partner Dr
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A team led by Cologne-based Partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe advised SeniVita Social Estate AG on issuing two new SME bonds totaling up to EUR 30 million. SeniVita intends to use the proceeds from the issue to refinance the 6.5 percent 2015/20 convertible bond of EUR 45 million due in May 2020 and to finance its current business activities. SeniVita expects to issue a 2019/23 four-year bond of up to EUR 20 million with an annual interest rate of 7 percent
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With a team led by Dr. Oliver Böttcher from the Cologne office, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised management on the acquisition of NOBILIS Group GmbH, one of Germany’s most renowned companies for high-quality fragrance and perfume brands
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A team led by Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer advised HMP, a leading provider of healthcare events and education, on the acquisition of Provascular GmbH. The company announced the establishment of HMP Europe to better leverage growth opportunities on the European market. The agreement with Provascular includes a strategic alliance with the conference organizer, CongO GmbH
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The team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe and Madeleine Zipperle from Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Cologne office accompanied mwb fairtrade Wertpapierhandelsbank AG on issuing Euroboden GmbH’s “Euroboden III Bond.” The placement of EUR 40 million was terminated prematurely due to oversubscription after three days. At a term of five years, the bond carries a 5.5 percent coupon, due semi-annually. About one third of the demand emanated from Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s DirectPlace
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With a team led by Dr. Oliver Böttcher from its Cologne office, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Fontus Invest GmbH and part of its management on the acquisition of an equity interest in EBG compleo GmbH. EBG compleo GmbH is a leading provider of charging stations for electric vehicles. Since developing and selling the first charging station under the EBG compleo name ten years ago, the company has experienced rapid growth
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Effective January 1, 2020, Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg, LL.M. (54) and Dr. Alexander Jüngst (37) will join Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Cologne office as Equity Partners. Moving from Görg to Heuking, they will be accompanied by Associates Dr. Kerstin Goeck and Maximilian Spitzhorn-Storck. Renowned M&A partner von Rosenberg has many years of experience in advising on German and cross-border M&A transactions. His clients include large private equity funds and corporations in the energy sector
