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On November 16, 2024, the commercial law firm HEUKING elected a new management team at its partnership meeting. Every three years, the election of the management committee is on the agenda. Boris Dürr, Philip Kempermann and Martin Reufels were elected as Managing Partners for the upcoming term of office
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A HEUKING team, led by Dr. Philip Kempermann, advised Thalia Bücher GmbH on the acquisition of business operations of buecher.de as well as Weltbild customers out of insolvency proceedings.Through this acquisition, buecher.de customers are able to continue using their accounts seamlessly. Additionally, both buecher.de and Weltbild customers will retain access to their purchased tolino ebooks via the tolino cloud, even after Weltbild ceased operations and buecher.de GmbH & Co
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A HEUKING team led by Partner Dr. Marc Scheunemann advised Turpaz Industries Ltd. ("Turpaz"), on the acquisition of a German company in the flavors sector. On November 7, 2024, a wholly owned subsidiary of Turpaz signed an agreement to purchase 100% of the shares in Schumann & Sohn GmbH ("Schumann"). The purchase price amounts to approx. EUR 10.7 million. The transaction was completed at the time of signing and financed through bank financing
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A HEUKING team led by Dr. Alexander Schott advised Visionet Deutschland GmbH on the acquisition of all shares in Rödl Dynamics GmbH, a subsidiary of Rödl & Partner group. This acquisition strengthens Visionet’s local presence in Germany and solidifies its position as a leading digital solutions provider in Europe. HEUKING’s role included advising on the due diligence process, as well as drafting and negotiating all related contracts
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A HEUKING team led by Cologne-based Partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe legally advised Biofrontera AG on a significant capital increase. The issuance of 3,038,431 new ordinary shares raised gross proceeds of about EUR 3.3 million, effectively doubling the company’s share capital. The capital increase was resolved at an extraordinary general meeting held on April 4, 2024.As a result of the successful transaction, the major shareholder, Deutsche Balaton group, increased its stake to 61.2%
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A team led by HEUKING partner Michael Neises, Frankfurt, and Christopher Görtz, Cologne, provided legal and tax advice to TecDax-listed Eckert & Ziegler SE on the spin-off of Pentixapharm AG and the subsequent IPO of Pentixapharm Holding AG on the regulated market of the Frankfurt stock exchange. This is the first spin-off transaction in the regulated market (with securities prospectus) with additional IPO capital increase
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A HEUKING team led by Stuttgart-based Partner Dr. Peter Ladwig legally advised USU Software AG comprehensively on the sale of a majority of its shares in USU GmbH to U.S. private equity investor Thoma Bravo as well as on the preceding restructuring of USU group. USU GmbH consolidates the product business of USU group, offering IT management solutions for controlling diverse IT environments and workflows to customers worldwide
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Dr. Philip Kempermann, Managing Partner for IT and Data Protection at HEUKING, has been elected to the board of the Federal Association of Business Law Firms (BWD) in Germany. The BWD, established on March 29, 2022, now represents over 50 leading business law firms, with HEUKING proudly being one of its founding members.The BWD is committed to promoting the professional, strategic, and forward-thinking interests of German business law firms
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A HEUKING team, led by Stuttgart-based Partner Dr. Rainer Herschlein, advised Lütze Group on legal and tax matters relating to its sale to U.S.-based Amphenol Corporation. The team structured and coordinated the entire bidding process, while also leading the negotiations for the German part of the transaction. The sale of the U.S. subsidiary, Lutze Inc., had already been finalized on May 1, 2024. Following the sale, the transfer of shares to Lütze Consulting GmbH & Co
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During the annual meeting of the World Services Group (WSG) in Costa Rica last week, Dr. Mathias Schröder, LL.M., a partner at the Munich office of the business law firm HEUKING, was elected to the board of the international network. In addition, three other positions on the board were newly filled during the meeting.Since October 2022, Regina Glaser, LL.M., has been a member of the Europe Regional Council of the WSG
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A team led by HEUKING Partner Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg, LL.M., comprehensively advised CVC Capital Partners Fund VII on the resale of its 20% minority stake in DKV Mobility Group SE to the owner family, marking the end of a five-year partnership. The advice included matters related to stock corporation law, transaction financing, as well as regulatory aspects regarding banking supervision and merger control
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A HEUKING team, led by stock corporation and capital markets law experts Dr. Mirko Sickinger, Partner, and Lena Pfeufer, Salaried Partner, both based in Cologne, advised SMT Scharf AG on the acquisition of 52.7% of its shares by Yankuang Energy Group Company Limited. The team also guided the company through the subsequent transition of its shares to the Regulated Market of Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard)
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A team from HEUKING, led by Dr. Martin Schellenberg, successfully represented the federal states in the contract award proceedings for refugee payment cards.The bidding contest over the refugee payment card has reached its conclusion. The Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court has ruled in favor of the federal states, allowing them to award the contract. Consequently, the contract can now been awarded to secupay AG, a Saxony-based company
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As member of a distinguished committee of experts, Dr. Wolfram Sandner, real estate law partner at HEUKING’s Stuttgart office, is involved in developing proposals aimed at streamlining and simplifying approval processes through amendments to the Baden-Württemberg state building Code
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A HEUKING team, led by Hamburg-based Partner Dr. Peter Christian Schmidt, provided comprehensively advised advisory services to KI group GmbH on legal and tax matters relating to its sale of xgeeks GmbH to Synvert, a portfolio company under the Maxburg Capital III fund, managed by Maxburg Capital Partners.Cologne-based KI group GmbH unites entrepreneurs and software developers under one roof, focusing on the tech and startup sectors
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A team from HEUKING, led by Munich-based Partners Boris Dürr and Prof. Dr. Georg Streit, legally advised FLOWFRAME SE comprehensively on its acquisition of all shares in Pfeifer group through a structured bidding process. In addition to acquiring 100% of Pfeifer group’s shares, FLOWFRAME also redeemed the group’s outstanding financing with creditor banks. The transaction successfully closed at the end of August
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Please note the following press release. This press release is available at our homepage. HEUKING advises on the seed funding round of a DeepTech startup from the Ruhr area PMR Tech GmbH, a DeepTech startup based in Bochum, successfully completed its seed funding round, securing a mid-six-figure investment. The company specializes in developing highly efficient hydrogen-oxygen gas generators, positioning itself at the forefront of innovative energy solutions
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Please note the following press release. This press release is available at our homepage. HEUKING welcomes new Salaried Partner to the Düsseldorf officeEffective September 1, 2024, Dr. Timo U. Piller will join HEUKING’s corporate law practice in Düsseldorf as a Salaried Partner, bolstering the teams led by Partners Dr. Guido Hoffmann and Dr. Marc P. Scheunemann
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HEUKING advises Nolex AG on the acquisition of Maibach Verkehrssicherheits- und Lärmschutzeinrichtungen GmbH A multiple office HEUKING team, led by Stuttgart Partner Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer, advised Nolex AG on legal and tax matters in relation to its acquisition of Maibach Verkehrssicherheits- und Lärmschutzeinrichtungen GmbH
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HEUKING advises group.one on the acquisition of Shore GmbH A team from the law firm HEUKING led by Dr Pär Johansson and Tim Remmel advised group.one on the acquisition of Shore GmbH. The German start-up Shore GmbH is an innovative company with ten years of expertise that specializes in simplifying business processes through digital service systems
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Please note the following press release. This press release is available at our homepage. HEUKING successfully represents German federal states in payment card contract award proceedings before Karlsruhe Public Procurement Chamber A HEUKING team led by Dr Martin Schellenberg successfully represented several German federal states in the payment card contract award proceedings before the Karlsruhe Public Procurement Chamber
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Please note the following press release. This press release is available at our homepage. HEUKING advises group.one on the acquisition of Shore GmbH A team from the law firm HEUKING led by Dr Pär Johansson and Tim Remmel advised group.one on the acquisition of Shore GmbH. The German start-up Shore GmbH is an innovative company with ten years of expertise that specializes in simplifying business processes through digital service systems
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Please note the following press release. This press release is available at our homepage. HEUKING advises SGT German Private Equity on acquiring three internet payment service providersA cross-office team led by HEUKING Partners Dr. Thorsten Kuthe and Dr. Kai Erhardt legally advised SGT German Private Equity GmbH & Co. KGaA on the acquisition of majority stakes in three internet payment service providers
