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A team led by Dr. Hermann Ali Hinderer, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised Swiss industrial group Artum AG on the acquisition of an interest in EppsteinFOILS GmbH & Co. KG from investment firm CornerstoneCapital among others. Jointly with the long-standing general manager Dirk Mälzer, Artum intends to continue EppsteinFOILS GmbH & Co
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Effective immediately, Dr. Philip Kempermann is taking over the IT division in the management of commercial law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek. Dr. Peter Ladwig, who has been responsible for IT and Digitalization in management since November 2018, is handing over the IT division to Kempermann. Dr. Johan Schneider, previously responsible for Organization and Business Processes, will additionally take over the Digitalization division. Dr
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A team led by Boris Dürr, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised private equity investor AUCTUS on taking out a majority stake in Berlin-based Mirabelle Holding GmbH. AUCTUS had founded Mirabelle Holding GmbH jointly with two co-investors with sector experience to establish a supra-regional nursing home group. In the course of the investment, Mirabelle Holding GmbH concluded contracts for six new nursing homes in Magdeburg, Bad Harzburg, Meiningen, Kassel, Eisenach, and Leuna
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A team led by Jens-Hendrik Janzen, Partner at the Stuttgart office, legally advised STINAG Stuttgart Invest AG on the acquisition of 145 micro-apartments on the site of the “Böblingen/Sindelfingen Airfield” urban district by way of a share deal. The seller is Stuttgart-based KIAG Immobilien GmbH. The new building with more than 6,000 square meters of floor space consists of 145 micro-apartments, a childcare center, and an underground garage with more than 120 parking spaces
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A team led by Boris Dürr, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised mic AG on the acquisition of Pyramid Computer GmbH. With the takeover, mic AG, listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s Scale segment, will increasingly focus its business on Pyramid, a manufacturer of self-service terminals, thus accelerating Pyramid’s growth rate
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Wirtgen Invest acquired residential quarter CHARLIE LIVING on Zimmerstraße in Berlin Mitte from TROCKLAND group in an off-market transaction. A team led by Dr. Peter Vocke, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised Wirtgen Invest on the acquisition. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The residential ensemble consisting of four buildings offers 243 apartments, 48 serviced apartments, and commercial space in the heart of Berlin
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Effective January 1, 2021, Dr. Utz Andelewski (47) will join Heuking’s Berlin office as an Equity Partner. He will be joined by his team comprised of Dr. Christopher Wiencke (33), Salaried Partner, Dr. Christoph Fröb (31, Senior Associate), and Stephan Nakszynski (29, Associate). The entire team will further strengthen the employment law practice around the Berlin partners Astrid Reich and Joachim Littig
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Advised by a team of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek led by Dr. Marc Scheunemann, Dusseldorf, and Prof. Dr. Georg Streit, Munich, the international fashion group Esprit succeeded in taking an important step towards restructuring. Heuking developed and implemented a comprehensive restructuring concept with Esprit group, which was assisted by Detlef Specovius (Schultze & Braun) as general representative (CRO) and KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. The court-appointed custodian Dr
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Dr. Götz G. Karrer, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, legally advised Neste on expanding its commitment at SunFire in an additional funding round. Publicly listed Neste Oyi, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel fuel and sustainable aviation fuel and an expert in drop-in solutions for renewable chemicals, had already acquired a stake in German cleantech company SunFire in March 2020. SunFire is a leading developer of high temperature electrolysis processes
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A team led by Dr. Frank Baßler, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Stuttgart office, successfully advised WW Barrierefreies Wohnen GmbH & Co. KG aA (BAWOAG) on the acquisition of a property at Lake Seilersee in Iserlohn from Wohninvest group in an asset deal. The site extends over 50,000 square meters and comprises a four-star hotel, a multi-story parking lot, residential buildings, office buildings, several riding halls, stables, and development areas
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SALTO Systems, co-advised by Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, has acquired GANTNER Electronic Group, a pioneer in contactless electronic access management and time recording systems, from the private investment house Ardian. The Spanish SALTO Systems is a global leader in the development and manufacture of cutting-edge electronic access control solutions, particularly in security critical sectors
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A team led by financing law partner Michael Neises advised AHG GRUPPE GmbH on negotiating and concluding a syndicated loan agreement to redesign its financing structure. In addition to refinancing existing loans, the consortium, consisting of various savings banks, provides in particular funds under the syndicated loan agreement for AHG GRUPPE’s continued expansion. At more than 40 companies, AHG GRUPPE, based in Horb am Neckar, is one of Germany’s largest car dealerships
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7C Solarparken AG successfully concluded a capital increase with issue proceeds of some EUR 10.3 million. A team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised 7C Solarparken on the capital increase. The issue proceeds from the capital increase are designed to contribute to financing of strategic 2020-2022 plan, which provides for portfolio growth. The capital increase was carried out by issuing 2,900,000 new shares in exclusion of shareholders’ subscription rights
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A team led by Dr. Carsten Schrader, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised Allgemeine Südboden Grundbesitz AG on the sale of the projected office building “Neue Balan Haus 27” in Munich to Union Investment. Closing is scheduled for the beginning of March 2021. This is one of this year’s largest single transactions on the German office real estate market. Covering an area of some 8.5 hectares, a campus has been created on the site of the former Infineon headquarters at Balanstraße
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A team led by Dr. Peter Christian Schmidt, Partner at the Hamburg office of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, legally advised the shareholders of Elanity Network Partner GmbH on the sale of Elanity to MCL IT GmbH, a portfolio company of One Equity Partners. Founded by Andreas Waltje and Peter Schröder in Hanover in 2000, full-service system house Elanity has 40 employees in Hanover, Hamburg, and Uelzen
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Funds advised by Deutsche Invest Mittelstand acquired Sundwiger Messingwerk GmbH & Co. KG and The Miller Company from Diehl Stiftung & Co KG. A team led by Dr. Jörg aus der Fünten, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised Deutsche Invest Mittelstand on the cross-border carve-out transaction. Sundwiger Messingwerk GmbH & Co. KG and The Miller Company, Inc. are suppliers of strip made of special bronze and brass alloys such as sheet metal and wire
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Osiander, the traditional Tübingen-based bookseller, and Thalia Mayersche, created in mid-2019 when Thalia and Mayersche Buchhandlung merged, are establishing a strategic partnership via a joint sales company. The new long-term partnership aims to strengthen the competitiveness of German booksellers in relation to multinational corporations by cooperating in the areas of IT, web store, and procurement
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In mid-September, billing service provider AvP Deutschland GmbH, advised by Heuking had filed for insolvency at Düsseldorf Local Court, which appointed Dr. Jan-Philipp Hoos as preliminary insolvency administrator. At the end of September, additional companies of AvP group, AvP Dienstleistung GmbH and holding company AvP Service AG, filed for insolvency
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On October 13, 2020, following a Europe-wide invitation to bid, Oldenburger Land Control Center awarded the contract for a new digital documentation system. The system will control the data flow from rescue workers to treating physicians. The new technology enables rescue workers to quickly and efficiently record all necessary information on a tablet and transfer it to the relevant hospital
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A Cologne-based team comprised of Dr. Pär Johansson and Tim Remmel advised dogado GmbH, a portfolio company of private equity fund Triton, on the acquisition of Profihost AG. dogado group includes the alfahosting, checkdomain, easyname, and busymouse brands. At more than 170 employees and about 250,000 customers, the group is a leading cloud hosting provider for business customers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
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On October 7, 2020, Hamburg’s oldest wooden ship returned to the port of Hamburg. A 137-year-old pilot schooner, No. 5 Elbe certainly had an eventful history, but its most exciting day came on June 8, 2019: After having just been lavishly restored at EUR 1.7 million with federal funding, pilot schooner No. 5 Elbe collided with a container feeder ship at around 3 p.m. Fortunately, a German Life Saving Association vessel was nearby so that all 43 passengers were saved
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In mid-September, billing service provider AvP Deutschland GmbH, advised by Heuking had filed for insolvency at Düsseldorf Local Court, which appointed Dr. Jan-Philipp Hoos as provisional insolvency administrator. At the end of September, additional companies of AvP group, AvP Dienstleistung GmbH and holding company AvP Service AG, filed for insolvency
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A team led by Dirk W. Kolvenbach and Michael Pauli has provided legal advice to MarketAxess on the acquisition of the Regulatory Reporting Hub of Deutsche Börse Group. MarketAxess is acquiring the business via its wholly owned subsidiary in the Netherlands, Trax NL B.V
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In an off-market transaction and on behalf of a Dutch family office, DERECO sold a nursing home in Velbert-Langenberg including the neighboring hotel to one of Patrizia AG’s healthcare funds. A team led by Dr. Sönke Görgens, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised on the transaction. DERECO had acquired the two properties in the historic center of Velbert-Langenberg on a turnkey basis from Hochtief in 2010 and has since held them in its asset management portfolio
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A team led by Dr. Mathias Schröder, Partner at law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Munich office, advised Curavas GmbH on establishing the company and on its first funding round. As part of a capital increase, several well-known investors took out holdings in Curavas GmbH in the funding round
