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A Heuking team led by Dr. Helge-Torsten Wöhlert, Munich, legally advised French state-owned IN Groupe on the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Berlin-based printing ink specialist Gleitsmann Security Inks GmbH from Germany’s hubergroup Deutschland GmbH
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Repeating last year’s win, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek was again awarded the title of Germany’s Best Law Firm in 2023. At the “Law & Innovation” Leaders League Alliance Summit in Paris, a top-class jury recognized the work of German legal experts in the field of Corporate / M&A. Boris Dürr, Dr. Helge-Torsten Wöhlert, Dr. Anne de Boer, Dr. Arnold Büssemaker, Dr. Verena Hoene and Cécile Corbet personally accepted the award on behalf of the law firm in Paris
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A team led by Heuking partner Dr. Oliver von Rosenberg, LL.M., has provided comprehensive legal advice to Stock Spirits Group, a portfolio company of CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII, on the acquisition of Hamburg-based Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen GmbH & Co. KG. The transaction is, inter alia, still subject to the approval of the German and Austrian antitrust authorities. BORCO-Marken-Import Matthiesen GmbH & Co. KG has been family-owned since its foundation in 1948
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A team led by Heuking Partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Cologne, legally advised and supported IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG and Pareto Securities AS in connection with DEAG’s EUR 50 million corporate bond issue. DEAG Deutsche Entertainment Aktiengesellschaft successfully completed the placement of its Corporate Bond 2023/2026 with an issue volume of EUR 50 million. The issue was oversubscribed by a significant margin. Structured as a Nordic bond, the corporate bond has a term of three years
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It’s a landscape architectural pioneer project right in the center of Hamburg – 4,700 trees and other woods are currently being planted on five new floors of the St. Pauli Bunker to create a public garden at a height of 58 meters. With its spectacular greening, the former Flak Tower IV is considered a role model for the necessary climate adaption of international megacities
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A team led by Heuking’s Hamburg-based Partner Dr. Johan Schneider legally advised Hawita group’s shareholder Haskamp on the Neumark transaction. Hawita group was acquired by Group De Ceuster; Hawita group’s private shareholders sold their shares as part of the deal
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A Private Equity team from Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised investment firm Odewald KMU II on its sale of Langer & Laumann group to Norvestor. In 2018, Odewald KMU II {invested in Langer & Laumann as part of a growth financing and succession plan. During the joint ownership with the founders and other co-shareholders, management and shareholders implemented numerous growth initiatives
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With a team led by M&A attorneys Dr. Mathias Schröder, Fabian Becker and Peter Schäffler, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised proLogistik Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in AIS alfaplan GmbH
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A team led by Dr. Jörg Schewe, Partner at Heuking’s Hamburg office, advised ENEXIO Power Cooling Solutions India Private Limited (ENEXIO India/EI), a subsidiary of BGR Group, Chennai, on its acquisition of ENEXIO Germany’s ACC business from ENEXIO Management GmbH
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A team led by Dr. Alexander Schott legally advised the shareholders of SanTec GmbH & Co. KG and SanTec Instandsetzung GmbH & Co. KG comprehensively on the sale of all shares to ARTUS Bautrocknung- und Sanierungsgruppe and assisted with the transaction. Sebastian Meyer, founder and previous sole general manager, will remain a partner in the company by retaining a continuing interest and will continue to work as general manager of SanTec group
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A team led by Salaried Partner Christoph Prochnau from Heuking’s Hamburg office advised startup HYLI on its pre-seed funding round. The Hamburg-based startup attracted well-known business angels from the Sales, HR, and Legal sectors. Talks with additional potential investors are set to be concluded in the next few months. HYLI GmbH is an interactive platform for retirement planning, advance directives, and a self-determined end of life
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Mark Rossbroich (32) will join Heuking’s Cologne office as Salaried Partner and reinforce the Corporate and Private Equity practice effective June 12, 2023. Mark Rossbroich is dual-qualified as a lawyer in Germany and as Solicitor (England & Wales). He comprehensively advises financial and strategic investors and businesses in national and cross-border (private & public) M&A/PE transactions as well as startups and their investors through all growth phases (VC)
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A team led by Ariane Neubauer, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Berlin office, advised female health startup DR. VIVIEN KARL on its pre-seed financing round. DR. VIVIEN KARL attracted Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures as lead investor. In addition, the company gained the support of Tina Müller, former CEO of Douglas, who will now also become a member of DR
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A team led by Salaried Partner Christoph Prochnau from Heuking’s Hamburg office again advised HelloBetter on the expansion of its Series A funding round. MassMutual Ventures (MMV), HealthCap, Sparrow Ventures, Hevella Capital, and Expon Capital invested another EUR 7 million in the Hamburg-based startup. With this expansion, the volume of the Series A funding round – despite the challenging market environment for venture capital financing – has now increased to a total of EUR 20 million
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A team led by Dr. Frank Metz, Partner at Heuking’s Munich office, advised Greater Munich Real Estate Fund (GMREF) on the acquisition of a commercial property from Herecon Projekt GmbH. Greater Munich Real Estate Fund (GMREF), an open-ended real estate special fund launched by its investment manager ehret+klein Capital Markets GmbH, acquired a commercial property in an attractive location in Germering near Munich from HERECON Projekt GmbH
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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 and Sparkasse Rhein-Nahe on funding the continued development of a service group for building technology by RENNER (formerly VIVENTEC). Existing acquisition financing was significantly increased and supplemented by an additional anchor lender, Sparkasse Rhein-Nahe, which acts as agent and collateral trustee
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Cologne-based Heuking partners Ulf Christiani and Susanne Christine Monsig advised the City of Euskirchen on matters of public procurement law in the Europe-wide public procurement procedure for the construction of its new City Hall. The public procurement law experts assisted the city in designing the negotiated procedure and drafting the general contractor agreement and supported it throughout the procedure until the contract award
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With a Frankfurt-based team led by Partner Thomas K. W. Schrell, business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised CLARUS Films on debt refinancing. The comprehensive refinancing replaces existing credit facilities with a financing solution from strong regional banking partners providing both flexibility and resources for continued growth at lower cost
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A team of law firms, led by Munich-based Heuking Partner Boris Dürr, advised CANCOM SE on the acquisition of K-Businesscom-Group and all its subsidiaries. The merger will create one of the leading IT corporations in the DACH region. In the future, customers of both enterprises will benefit from the combined expertise for IT and digitalization solutions
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A team led by Munich-based M&A Partner Boris Dürr advised Schön Klinik SE comprehensively on all legal aspects of the acquisition of the imland hospital group. For Schön Klinik Group, this is the largest acquisition in the company's more than 35-year history. The acquired imland Kliniken treat around 90,000 patients per year with approximately 2,300 employees and 800 planned beds and most recently generated sales of around 200 million euros
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On April 5, 2023, the Federal Association of Crypto Securities Registrars (Bundesverband der Kryptowertpapierregisterführer e.V.) was founded. Christopher Görtz, attorney for capital markets law at Heuking in Cologne, was elected Chairman of the Board of the association. Mr. Daniel Wernicke, Co-CEO of NYALA Digital Asset AG and managing Director of the founding member Smart Registry GmbH was elected as Deputy Chairman of the Board and Mr
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Cologne-based Heuking capital markets experts Dr. Mirko Sickinger, LL.M. and Sven Radke, LL.M. adised Vidac Pharma Holding PLC on its listing on Hamburg Stock Exchange’s High Risk Market segment. Established in 2021, London-based Vidac Pharma Holding PLC is the holding company of Vidac Pharma LTD, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Israel
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SITA, the world's leading specialist in air transport communications and information technology, participated as new investor in Volocopter’s Series E Financing Round and becomes Volocopter’s preferred digital and IT systems partner for Vertiports. A team lead by Dusseldorf based Heuking Partner Dr. Martin Imhof legally advised SITA on its successful investment and the conclusion of a strategic partnership agreement with Volocopter. Volocopter is a pioneer in urban air mobility (UAM)
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M&A specialists Dr. Andreas Lenz (Cologne) and Dr. Rainer Herschlein (Stuttgart) headed a team that advised the shareholders of folding carton producer Buchmann Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (Buchmann) on selling the company to WEIG group. As an owner-managed firm for about 120 years, Buchmann develops and produces folding cartons with over 330 employees at its Annweiler plant. In 2022, Buchmann generated sales of around EUR 190 million
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A team led by Heuking Partner Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten advised international financial investor CoBe Capital on legal and tax matters in relation to the acquisition of L’Oréal Deutschland GmbH’s natural cosmetics business, including the acquisition of LOGOCOS Naturkosmetik GmbH & Co. KG. Closing of the transaction has already occurred
