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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek is reinforcing its Information Technology and Data Protection practices when IT and data protection lawyer Dr. Hans Markus Wulf (48) joins its Hamburg office as a salaried partner on July 1, 2018. Wulf has been an equity partner at SKW Schwarz since 2015, where he had expanded the IT & Digital Business department at the Hamburg site since 2013
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As part of the merger, Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft Hautau GmbH & Co. KG sold 75 percent of the shares in Hautau GmbH to Mayer & Co group and continues to hold a 25 percent interest in Hautau. With the partnership, both family-owned companies are expanding their program allowing them to serve their customers even better in the future. Management and contacts for customers of both companies will remain unchanged. It is also planned to keep the companies’ independent market presence
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A team led by Frankfurt-based real estate law specialist Dr. Thomas Nickel advised the shareholders of Dreiturm GmbH on the sale of all their shares. The buyers are investors led by entrepreneur and consumer goods specialist Lars Börgel. Lars Börgel has taken over the corporate succession at Dreiturm GmbH as General Manager and co-shareholder. The shares in the company, which is more than 190 years old, were previously held by a family via two Canadian companies and one private individual
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Following Hessian Regional Labor Court‘s March 15, 2018 ruling (9 Sa 1399/16) that no employment relationship exists between Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (DFB) and Dr. Dittrich, the grounds for the judgement were issued today. The Regional Labor Court held that the agreement between the DFB and the soccer referees is not an employment relationship
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A team led by Private Equity lawyer Dr. Andreas Lenz, Partner at the Cologne office, advised Lenbach Equity Opportunities I SCSp, Luxemburg, on the acquisition of the business operations of Karl Miller GmbH & Co KG, Kirchberg. Karl Miller GmbH & Co KG, Kirchberg, has been operating in the field of metal processing and laser forming
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Dr. Rainer Herschlein and his team of lawyers comprehensively advised Frankfurt-based investment company VR Equitypartner GmbH and the other shareholders of vohtec Qualitätssicherung GmbH – BÖLLINGER GROUP Holding GmbH and the company’s two managing shareholders – on the sale of their shares to ELEMENT Materials Technology Herne GmbH and accompanied the transaction. The relevant agreements were signed on June 1, 2018. The sale is subject to antitrust approval
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A team led by Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack, Partner at the Hamburg office of law firm Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek, advised Satellite Solutions Worldwide Group plc - now named BigBlu Broadband PLC - on the acquisition of Sat Internet Services GmbH (including its Portuguese subsidiary and Italian-based OpenSky S.r.l.). The acquisition required shareholder approval. The transaction is mainly financed via a GBP 12 million share placement on London Stock Exchange and debt secured in Germany by HSBC
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A team led by Hamburg-based partner Dr. Johan Schneider advised Viessmann Group on the acquisition of insolvent wibutler GmbH in Munster, a manufacturer of smart home solutions. The acquisition complements Viessmann�s product range in the smart home sector. Both the wibutler brand and the development and production site Muenster, where management and jobs are retained, will be strengthened by the transaction. Viessmann Group is a manufacturer of energy systems
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Dr. Mathias Schroder, Partner at Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek�s Munich office, advised UGISense AG on another investment round, carried out by means of a cash capital increase in which existing and new investors participated. UGISense AG is a young and innovative company based in Dortmund and is active in the research and development of medicinal products and basic research. Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek has already successfully assisted UGISense AG in several investment rounds
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Right at the time when the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is applicable, Cologne-based VOV insurance company is offering a data protection policy for small and medium-sized enterprises. Dr. Stefan Joster and Dr. Lutz Keppeler, both lawyers at the firm's Cologne office, developed the policy together with VOV insurance company. Joester advised VOV on insurance law, and Keppeler advised the insurer on data protection law
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A team led by Dr. Peter Vocke advised Domicil Real Estate Group on the acquisition of nine building complexes with 210 residential units in Hanover in an asset deal. Quantum Immobilien Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH is the seller of the BEECHWOOD portfolio north-east of Hanover city center. The building stock, which was modernized between 2013 and 2016, dates from 1958 to 1961, has 99 underground parking spaces and 14 garage spaces and is fully leased out
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Supported by a team led by Hamburg-based partner Dr. Lothar Ende, AERTEC Solutions S.L. has acquired 100% of the shares in aviation supplier and service provider QualityPark AviationCenter GmbH. AERTEC, a global provider of aerospace engineering services headquartered in Malaga, Spain, is thus continuing its international expansion and strengthening its competitive position in the European aviation services market
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A team led by Dr. Kai Bandilla and Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack, both partners at the Hamburg office, advised Hesse-based WV Energie AG and Stadtwerke Bad Vilbel on the sale of project company KNK Wind GmbH for the planned Arcadis Ost 1wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The buyer is Belgian project developer and offshore wind farm operator Parkwind. The reason for the transaction was the contract awarded for the Arcadis Ost 1 project at the second German offshore wind auction
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The law firm of Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek and its experts in insurance law/reinsurance law are admitted as members of the international Insuralex network on May 15, 2018. All Insuralex members are considered leaders in insurance and reinsurance law in their respective countries. Membership in Insuralex enables Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek's insurance lawyers to closely work with law firms in other nations and to further improve the service provided to their clients
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With a team led by Stuttgart-based partner Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer, Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek advised a private equity fund advised by CGS Management AG on the acquisition of a majority stake in InnoLas Solutions GmbH. Jointly with previous owner Richard Grundmüller, who remains a shareholder in the company, CGS intends to develop InnoLas Solutions GmbH into a global laser machine manufacturer for micromachining as part of a buy and build strategy
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A team led by Boris Duerr, Partner at the law firm of Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek, advised Munich-based investment holding company Primepulse SE on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Katek GmbH including its subsidiaries in Austria and Hungary. The seller is Kathrein SE
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Marche Moevenpick Deutschland GmbH has taken over the restaurant and food service at the Wilhelma in Stuttgart with effect from May 1, 2018. The zoological-botanical gardens attract more than one million visitors each year. The price was not the only factor behind the decision to award the contract to Marché. It also offered the best catering and structural concepts. Marche is committed to offering regional, seasonal, sustainable, and organic food and beverages
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek comprehensively advised the shareholders of Leipzig-based company FIO Systems AG on the sale and partial contribution of all their shares to Hypoport AG. As part of the transaction, some of FIO SYSTEMS AG’s existing shareholders will assume Hypoport AG shares as part of a non-cash capital increase using authorized capital at Hypoport AG
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A team led by Cologne-based partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe assisted Serviceware SE in its IPO in the Prime Standard segment of Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company started trading on April 20. The offer was significantly oversubscribed. Total issue volume is EUR 88.9 million, of which the company will receive a gross amount of EUR 60 million
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A team led by the two Düsseldorf-based partners Dr. Peter Vocke and Dr. Michael Sörgel advised Lange Objektgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG and KILA I GmbH & Co. KG on the sale of an inner-city logistics park comprising about 26,000 square meters of usable space in Essen. The buyer is Schroder Real Estate Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH. The logistics park on Bamlerstrasse in the Krupp-Gürtel industrial estate consists of several building sections, which were entirely renovated in 2015 and 2017
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Effective May 1, 2018, insurance expert Dr. Jürgen Wolters (52) will join Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek at its Cologne office. The long-time former partner at Bach Langheid Dallmayr (BLD) had been a member of the Board of Management since January 2016 and Chairman of the Board of property and casualty insurance firm Die Haftpflichtkasse VVaG since 2017
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Effective April 1, 2018, Paribus group sold all shares in northrail technical service GmbH & Co. KG to a Railpool group company. At the same time, a long-term lease agreement on the target company‘s premises was concluded. Led by Partner Dr. Christoph Froning, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek provided comprehensive legal advice to Paribus group’s selling companies in concluding the purchase and lease agreements. Since 2009, northrail technical service GmbH & Co
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1&1 Telecommunication SE, a subsidiary of Drillisch AG, a member of United Internet Group, makes its some 12 million DSL and mobile customers a unique media offering: customers may watch 90 TV channels, 40 of which in HD, plus international TV channels, pay-TV packages for sports, music, movies, and documentaries on up to three devices. The entire setup is engineered and managed by Zattoo Europa AG, as recently announced by the cooperation partners on April 9, 2018
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Cologne-based partner Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten advised venture capital firm Iris Capital on an investment in enterprise performance management company Jedox AG. A consortium consisting of Iris Capital, eCAPITAL IV, and Wecken & Cie will be investing EUR 20 million in the software company. The funding will be used to accelerate Jedox’s global expansion and product development. Iris Capital is a European venture capital firm specializing in the digital economy
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Deleplanque & Compagnie SA (Maisons-Laffitte, France) and SUET Saat- und Erntetechnik GmbH (Eschwege, Germany) acquired 60 percent (Deleplanque) and 40 percent (SUET) respectively of German Strube group. The acquisition was in part effected by taking over the main assets (transferring restructuring) as part of the ongoing self-management of the assets of Strube GmbH & Co. KG and in part through the acquisition of the other major companies of Strube group from a trust company
