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A Heuking team led by Dr. Peter Zimmermann legally advised a fund company of Art-Invest Real Estate on the acquisition of a residential quarter in Erfurt from project developer AOC Stadtentwickler GmbH by way of forward funding. The Coloria residential project will feature 155 apartments with almost 12,900 square meters of space and nine commercial units covering about 1,800 square meters
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Philipp Börger and Ariane Neubauer of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Berlin office advised DeathTech startup Emmora on its seed funding round with a seven-figure investment volume. Via the eponymous digital service platform, Emmora offers advice, services, and a large, competent network of local partners from the funeral industry. Considering itself a holistic companion for the topics of death, mourning, and life, Emmora is operating all across Germany
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A team led by capital markets law expert Dr. Mirko Sickinger, LL.M., Partner at the Cologne office of business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised on the sale of about 95 percent of the shares in TUFF Group AG, Frankfurt am Main. The shares of TUFF Group AG are listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s regulated market
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Smart contracts, data & process mining, technology-based transactions – digital transformation has led to significant changes in business, public administration, and society as a whole. Almost every industry is experiencing the digital transformation. Our law firm offers a holistic, cross-disciplinary approach to advising our clients in Digital Transformation to enable businesses to seize the opportunity and to implement digitalization strategies in a legally compliant manner
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A team led by Stuttgart-based Partner Dr. Rainer Herschlein legally advised managing majority shareholder Felix Alber on the sale of his shares in Radeberger Fleisch- und Wurstwaren Korch GmbH to Rieker Finanz group. Felix Alber will retain 40% of the shares and will continue to be responsible for the operational business as General Manager of Radeberger Fleisch- und Wurstwaren Korch GmbH. The transaction is subject to the approval of the German Federal Cartel Office
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With a team led by M&A lawyers Boris Dürr and Christian Schild, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Frankfurt Stock Exchange-listed mic AG on its acquisition of faytech AG, a leading manufacturer of touch solutions and touch technologies in the industrial environment. As all shares in faytech AG are acquired by way of a cash and a share component, mic AG will carry out a capital increase in kind after closing the transaction
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A team led by Dr. Marc Scheunemann, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised CA Immo on the acquisition of an office property in Düsseldorf’s city centre. The architecturally sophisticated office building at Kasernenstrasse 67 was previously the headquarter of Handelsblatt Media Group and comprises approximately 10,400 square meters of rental space
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A team led by Dr. Peter Christian Schmidt legally advised funds advised by DPE Deutsche Private Equity (DPE) on its investment in Berlin-based DARE group (DARE), a leading deconstruction/demolition specialist. Supported by DPE, DARE will invest in expanding local capacities and actively consolidate the nationwide market
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A Heuking team led by Dr. Frank Baßler, Partner at the firm’s Stuttgart office, legally advised nowinta Real Estate GmbH on the sale of the “Großes Loch” inner-city site in Kempten to ehret+klein. Located in the heart of Kempten, the approximately 2,250 square meter site will be used for the construction of a mixed-use building comprising about 5,820 square meters. In addition to 156 residential units, it will hold 21 serviced apartments and one commercial unit
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With a team led by Christoph Prochnau and Dr. Michael Dröge (both Hamburg office), Heuking legally advised solar-konzept International GmbH, a joint venture co-founded by Aquila Capital, on the sale of solar development company solar-konzept Italia Srl (SK Italia). In addition to Aquila Capital, a group of operating shareholders are also invested in the joint venture, including solar-konzept International GmbH’s general managers Nikolaus von Einem and Christoph Schmitt
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A team led by Dr. Armin Freiherr von Grießenbeck advised Consent Retail Invest GmbH on the acquisition of "Barbarossa-Center," a retail park in Gelnhausen, as part of an asset deal. The center is located in the suburbs of Frankfurt and offers about 6,400 square meters of rental space and a parking lot with 230 spots for customers. In addition to grocery chain Tegut, other anchor tenants include discount grocer Norma, and nonfood discount store Thomas Phillips
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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 and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft on funding the investment in First Climate AG by investors advised by HANNOVER Finanz GmbH and the existing shareholders. First Climate is a leading provider of climate protection solutions and renewable energy
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A team led by Dr. Henrik Lay, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised Deka Immobilien on matters of tax law relating to its acquisition of the “Cubes” office building for the portfolio of open-ended mutual property fund Deka-ImmobilienEuropa. The property was sold by Axa IM Alts on behalf of a client. Located at Cecilienallee 6-7 in Düsseldorf, the office building comprising a leasable area of almost 15,000 square meters and 225 parking spaces was completed in 2012
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A Heuking team led by Dr. Michael Sörgel advised electroplating specialist MTV NT GmbH on the sale of its production site in Solingen to Sunfire GmbH. The plant specializes in the electroplating of large industrial workpieces. Sunfire will be starting to manufacture its pressurized alkali electrolyzers for hydrogen projects on the 100 MW scale in the future. The production facility will be converted with the help of local experts in the coming months
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Dr. Isabel Langenbach, Mag. rer. publ., was appointed Professor of Public Law and Public Procurement Law at the Federal University of Public Administration effective January 1, 2022. As an interdepartmental state institution of the federal government, the university is responsible for the education of federal civil servants. As a successful and dedicated lawyer, Prof. Dr. Langenbach was a member of Heuking’s public procurement team. Her career began 12 years ago in the department of Dr
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A team led by Stuttgart-based Partner Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer legally advised Storskogen Deutschland GmbH on the acquisition of A & K - Die frische Küche GmbH, a leading ultra-fresh ready meal producer and meals-on-wheels distributor for food service institutions, via its subsidiary Casino Services. The company will be part of Storskogen’s Products business unit in the Industry segment
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Dr. Anne de Boer from Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek together with a team led by Damian Maloney of Beauchamps have assisted the German company Schütz GmbH & Co KGaA in the acquisition of GEM Plastics Limited, an Irish company which is a specialist manufacturer of jerrycans and drums. Schütz GmbH & Co KGaA is a leading manufacturer of high-quality transport packaging
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With a team led by Dr. Henrik Lay, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Union Investment on matters of tax law relating to its acquisition of the Hanse Trio building complex in Rostock’s “Am neuen Werftdreieck” district from project developer LIST Develop Commercial. The acquisition with a purchase price in the mid double-digit million euro range was made on behalf of open-ended mutual property fund immofonds 1, which is exclusively distributed in Austria
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An M&A team led by Dr. Ali Sahin, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised Swedish Storskogen group on the acquisition of a 95 percent stake in SF Tooling Group, a manufacturer of high pressure die casting tools and carbon fibre tools in the automotive and aerospace industries, from CGS III (Jersey) L.P. Storskogen plans to further expand SF Tooling Group’s strong market position
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A team led by Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer comprehensively advised Belgian HR specialist Copus Group NV on all legal and tax matters in relation to the acquisition of Germany’s Primus Personaldienstleistungen GmbH. The transaction is subject to the usual closing conditions. Primus Personaldienstleistungen has extensive experience in recruiting skilled workers in Eastern Europe, which Copus wants to utilize
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A team led by Dr. Anne de Boer advised eROCKIT AG on a digital share issue. The legal support included the draft of the securities information sheet including the licensing procedure at BaFin and the documentation for the digital issue with the involvement of the paying agent. Based in Henningsdorf near Berlin, eROCKIT AG is the holding company of eROCKIT Systems GmbH, which manufactures and sells the pedal-controlled eROCKIT electric motorcycle
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A team led by Sonja Groht and Marion Sangen-Emden, both Partners at Heuking’s Düsseldorf office, legally advised publicly listed Elmos Semiconductor SE (‘Elmos’) on the sale of its 200mm wafer fabrication activities (‘FAB’) at the Dortmund site to Silex Microsystems AB (‘Silex’). As part of the transaction, Elmos will transfer all relevant assets, contracts, and employment relationships directly linked to wafer manufacturing to a newly founded, stand-alone foundry operation
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A team led by Dr. Henrik Lay, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised Union Investment on matters of tax law in relation to the acquisition of the Cäcilium office building in Cologne by way of a share deal. The building was acquired for the holdings of special real estate fund UII German Prime Select. Constructed in 2009, Cäcilium benefits from an excellent location in Cologne city center
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Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, one of the major German commercial law firms, is the first law firm in Germany to develop its own whistleblower system. It aims to support businesses, authorities, municipalities, and associations with a comprehensive range of legal and technical services to meet the requirements of the EU Whistleblower Directive and of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
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A team led by Markus Lennartz, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, legally advised 1&1 Versatel Deutschland GmbH on entering into an agreement with 1&1 Mobilfunk GmbH on the lease of fiber optic connections and data centers with an initial term until the end of 2050. 1&1’s network combination of fiber optic connections and cloud-based OpenRAN architecture allows for particularly short transmission paths
