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A team led by Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer, Heuking Partner at the Stuttgart office, advised TRUMPF Venture II GmbH (“TRUMPF Venture”) legally and on matters of tax law in relation to closing a EUR 13 million Series D funding round of Munich-based medtech company iThera Medical GmbH (“iThera Medical”). In addition to TRUMPF Venture, existing investors such as Bayern Kapital participated again with funds from the Bavarian Growth Fund
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A team led by Frankfurt-based Heuking partners Klaus Weinand-Härer and Dr. Till Naruisch comprehensively advised Luxembourg-based global infrastructure investment company BBGI Global Infrastructure S.A. on the acquisition of a 49% equity interest in A7 project company Via Solutions Nord GmbH & Co KG from HOCHTIEF PPP Solutions GmbH. BBGI Global Infrastructure prevailed in a bidding procedure
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Effective January 15, 2023, Dr. Dr. Johannes Blassl will join Heuking’s Frankfurt office as Equity Partner. The crypto and compliance specialist joins the firm from Ernst & Young Law where he practiced as Senior Manager, Financial Services in banking and capital markets law. Johannes Blassl (37) advises banks and companies on capital markets law and regulatory issues while also focusing on the use of blockchain technology in the financial markets
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A Heuking team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at the Cologne office, and Dr. Bodo Dehne, Partner at the Düsseldorf office, legally advised publicly listed Vectron Systems AG on the acquisition of acardo group. acardo group is one of the leading providers of consumer activation in Germany. Based in Dortmund, the company is considered a pioneer in coupon marketing and implements several thousand promotions per year
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A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Heuking Partner at the Cologne office, legally advised Bitcoin Group SE on the acquisition of financial services provider Bankhaus von der Heydt. Closing of the transaction is subject to review and approval by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). Bitcoin Group SE is a holding company with a focus on innovative and disruptive business models and technologies in the fields of cryptocurrency and blockchain
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A team led by Heuking Partner Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack legally advised the owner of Witte Pumps & Technology GmbH in Tornesch near Hamburg on the sale of the well-established company to Maag Pump Systems AG, Oberglatt near Zurich. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price. Witte manufactures gear pumps in Germany and provides aftermarket parts and services to the chemical, plastics and polymer industries, the food and beverage sector, and the pharmaceutical industry
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A team led by Heuking Partner Dr. Peter Zimmermann advised Swiss Life Asset Managers on divesting an office complex, selling it to a fund managed by AEW. The buildings were sold as part of an asset deal for SL AM Aurum GmbH & Co. KG. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The two-part building at Clever Straße 36 and adjacent Mevissenstraße 3 had been completely revitalized earlier this year, preserving the listed facade and staircase
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Corporate and capital markets law experts Dr. Mirko Sickinger, LL.M., Partner, and Lena Pfeufer, Salaried Partner, advised the Supervisory Board of va-Q-tec AG on concluding a Business Combination Agreement between va-Q-tec AG and EQT Private Equity
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With a Frankfurt-based team led by Partner Thomas K. Schrell, business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Volksbank eG – Die Gestalterbank on refinancing the majority shareholding in Xortec GmbH by funds advised by Beyond Capital Partners GmbH and by the former owners. The refinancing of existing corporate transactions under the umbrella of Xortec GmbH enabled the investors to release contributed equity and to optimize the financing structure with a balanced financing mix
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Dr. Anton Horn and Dr. Sabine Dethof, lawyers at Heuking’s Düsseldorf office, successfully represented Egger Holzwerkstoffe Brilon GmbH & Co. KG in a patent dispute. In collaboration with patent attorneys from the law firm of Cohausz & Florack, they now also successfully concluded nullity proceedings before the Federal Court of Justice. EGGER had filed an action for nullity requesting that a patent held by Rehau Automotive SE & Co
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Dr. Detlef Raasch will join Heuking as Salaried Partner effective January 1, 2023, reinforcing the Patent Law team led by Dr. Anton Horn in Düsseldorf. The addition of the new team member is another sign of the consistently pursued expansion of the Patent Law practice. Dr. Raasch is a Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney and comes from the law firm of FARAGO Patentanwälte (Munich / Aachen)
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A team led by Dr. Johan-Michel Menke, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Hamburg office, advised lawyer Olaf Spiekermann as insolvency administrator of WHG Rahn GmbH on the sale of the company’s business operations to Saarbrücken-based Klima Becker Gruppe GmbH, a member of Peter Gross Bau Holding GmbH
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A Private Equity team of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised European Directories Group, a portfolio company of Triton Partners, and its management led by CEO Daniel Hagemeier on the sale of dogado group to investors Cinven and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP). As a specialist for cloud-based hosting and digital marketing, dogado group is a leader in the hosting market in the German-speaking region of Europe
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Effective January 1, 2023, Heuking will admit nine Equity Partners to the firm’s partnership from its own ranks and additionally appoint 13 lawyers as Salaried Partners. Boris Dürr, Managing Partner for HR, is pleased with the again wide range of legal fields covered by the new Equity Partners and Salaried Partners. “This shows that our work with young talents across the different areas is working really well and that our firm continues to grow in many different areas of expertise
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A Turkey Desk team led by Dr. Ali Sahin and Dr. Erdem Şişmangil, LL.M, both Partners at Heuking’s Frankfurt am Main office, advised Turkish duty-free operator Setur on the award procedure to operate the duty-free and duty-paid areas at Cologne Bonn Airport. Following a Europe-wide invitation to bid, Cologne Bonn Airport selected Setur as the new partner for its duty-free areas
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A team led by Dr. Johan-Michel Menke and Dr. Kai Bandilla, partners in Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek's Hamburg office, in cooperation with PwC, provided legal advice to Excelerate Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EE) (“Excelerate”) on the signing of a charter agreement with the German government for a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). The energy law advice was provided by Dr. Tobias Woltering, partner at the Düsseldorf office of Heuking
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A team led by Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg and Dr. Alexander Jüngst, both Partners at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Cologne office, advised metrofibre GmbH on its ruhrfibre partnership project with the City of Essen and leading globally operating infrastructure investor DIF Capital Partners
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A team led by Dr. Frank Baßler and Klaus Weinand-Härer, both Partners at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised ILG Capital GmbH on the acquisition of a local supply centre in Braunfels. The local supply centre with anchor tenants Tegut, Rossmann, and Schäfer Dein Bäcker was acquired for the account of an open-ended special AIF with fixed investment terms for professional and semi-professional investors, where ILG acts as asset manager
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Regina Glaser, Partner at business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Düsseldorf office, was elected to the five-member Europe Regional Council of World Services Group (WSG) at the end of October. The body is tasked with representing European interests within the non-exclusive international network and with bundling activities. Other members of the body are representatives from France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Poland
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A team led by Dr. Andreas Urban and Dr. Michael Sörgel, LL.M., both Partners at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, legally advised impuls GmbH on the sale of ImPuls AG. Founded in 1975, Krefeld-based ImPuls AG is a provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions for brand manufacturers and manufacturers of apparel, shoes, accessories, and textiles. ImPuls AG was acquired by Aptean, a global provider of mission-critical enterprise software solutions
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Heuking advises on contract award for construction of second LNG terminal in Lower Saxony Construction of the second LNG import terminal in Stade (Lower Saxony/Germany) began on October 12, 2022. Led by Ulf Christiani, the Cologne-based Heuking team advised the client, the port company of the state of Lower Saxony (NPorts), on awarding the construction services in an accelerated award procedure
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A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Cologne office, advised Viromed Medical AG in connection with its listing on Düsseldorf Stock Exchange. By way of a capital increase through contributions in kind, Viromed Medical AG, formerly Fonterelli SPAC2 AG, acquired 100 % of Viromed Medical GmbH, which operates in the distribution of products in diagnostics, therapeutics, and cold plasma technology
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A team led by Ariane Neubauer, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Berlin office, comprehensively advised apheris AI GmbH (Apheris) on closing its EUR 8.7 million seed extension round led by Octopus Ventures. New investors also include European HealthTech investment specialists Heal Capital, Berthold von Freyberg (Target Partners co-founder), and Mirko Novakovic (Instana founder). Additional funding was also provided by existing investors LocalGlobe, Dig Ventures, another
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Dr. Philip Kempermann LL.M., Managing Partner at Heuking, has won the “Lexology Client Choice Award 2022” in the “Data Privacy & Protection” category by UK online service International Law Office (ILO). For more than ten years, Philip Kempermann has been advising companies on implementing complex IT and data protection projects, in particular on introducing IT systems, the group-wide use and processing of (personal) data, and on introducing digital products
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A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe advised Cantourage Group SE (“Cantourage”) on its listing in Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s Scale Segment where the company’s entire share capital is traded. The free float of 15% corresponds to two million shares. Cantourage’s shares have been listed since November 11. Hauck Aufhäuser Investment Banking acted as the company’s exclusive financial advisor and listing agent
