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Please note the following press release. This press release is available at our homepage.A HEUKING team led by Cologne-based Partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe advised on the indirect IPO of Dr. Lübke & Kelber GmbH via a contribution to Lübke Kelber AG (formerly Deutsche Geothermische Immobilien AG) by way of a capital increase in kind.By acquiring Dr
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Please note the following press release. This press release is available at our Website.Effective February 1, 2024, Dr. Klaus-Georg Baier will join HEUKING as Senior Counsel. He will reinforce the established Health Care team at the Munich office with a focus on Regulatory, Transactions, and Compliance and will in particular support Partners Boris Dürr and Dr. Oliver Treptow, who are already advising in this field
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Please note the following press release. This press release is available at our homepage.Aquila group, advised by HEUKING, sells majority stake in Aquila Capital Investmentgesellschaft to CommerzbankA team led by Dr. Michael Dröge, HEUKING Partner at the Hamburg office, legally advised Aquila Capital Group on the sale of a 74.9% stake in its subsidiary Aquila Capital Investmentgesellschaft to Commerzbank
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Business law firm HEUKING will appear on the market with a streamlined logo in the future, thus increasing the visibility of the brand.The logo will omit three of the name partners and be abbreviated to HEUKING. The word/figurative mark comprises two components: the (unaltered) figurative mark and the larger HEUKING lettering. The new appearance of the corporate design and the brevity and clarity of the logo reflect the firm’s emphasis: it is entrepreneurial, dynamic, and goal oriented
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Please note the following press release. This press release is available at our homepage.Heuking advises Stille AB, a company listed on the Swedish stock exchange, by entering into an agreement to acquire Fehling InstrumentsA Heuking-team led by Kristina Schneider. Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Cologne office and Dr
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Heuking advises ARTUS group on its acquisition of SI.TEQ groupA Cologne-based Private Equity team led by Dr. Pär Johansson and Kristina Schneider comprehensively advised ARTUS group on the acquisition of SI.TEQ group from its previous shareholders, led by rigeto.SI.TEQ group has been operating since 2005 and is a prominent provider of property damage restoration services in northern Germany and Bavaria
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Heuking advises Swedish BHG Group on sale of its majority stake in online store gartenmoebel.deA Heuking Team led by Düsseldorf Corporate/ M&A Partner Dr. Martin Imhof advised the listed BHG Group AB, headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, on the sale of its majority stake in AH-Trading GmbH.Located in Xanten, AH-Trading operates the online stores gartenmoebel.de and loungedreams.com
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Heuking advises founder of myBus on takeover by Vix TechnologyA team led by Dr. Jörg Schewe, Partner at Heuking in the Hamburg office, advised the founder and majority shareholder of the myBus Group, Malte Metzing, on the sale of his company to Vix Technology.myBus is known for its state-of-the-art fleet management and passenger information system for local public transport as well as its cloud-based ticketing solution
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Heuking advises Labquality Oy on the acquisition of P.R.I.S.M.A.-CRO Clinical Research Organisation GmbHA team led by Dr. Jörg Schewe, Heuking Partner at the Hamburg office, advised Finnish Labquality Oy on the acquisition of P.R.I.S.M.A.-CRO Clinical Research Organisation GmbH.P.R.I.S.M.A. is a German company specialising in clinical trial services for the pharmaceutical and biotech industry. P.R.I.S.M.A
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Heuking presence at Expo Real 2023 in MunichSince 1993, Munich has hosted EXPO REAL, the international B2B trade show for real estate and investment. From October 4 to October 6, 2023, our legal experts will once again have a presence at Expo Real. As usual, the representatives of our Real Estate and Construction practice group will be available to discuss initiatives in the areas of real estate transactions, project development, and public procurement law at the Heuking booth 312 in hall B1
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HEUKING advises the family office Wirtgen Invest on the acquisition of the Motel-One hotel development at Schillerstraße 3 in Munich from Concrete Capital A team led by Heuking-partner Dr. Peter Vocke provided legal and tax advice to the family office Wirtgen Invest on the acquisition of the Motel-One hotel development at Schillerstraße 3 in Munich from Concrete Capital
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A team led by Heuking Partner Dr. Peter Vocke advised a French subsidiary of HES International B.V. on the sale of the Dillinger Hafen-Umschlagsgesellschaft mbH (DHUG) to the SHS-Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co. KGaA. DHUG operates a dry bulk and break bulk terminal in Dillingen/Saar and is an important logistic provider for local and international customers in the steel industry, the energy and construction sector. HES International B.V
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A team led by capital market experts Dr. Mirko Sickinger, LL.M. and Sven Radke, LL.M. of Heuking’s Cologne office advised TRM Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (TRM) on the sale of a major portion of its shares in FORTEC Elektronik Aktiengesellschaft, Germering (FORTEC). In 2012, the two capital market experts had advised TRM on the acquisition of the shareholding and a related voluntary public takeover offer. TRM has held more than 30% of the shares in FORTEC since 2012
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A team led by Hamburg-based Private Equity partner Dr. Peter Christian Schmidt legally advised funds advised by DPE Deutsche Private Equity Management III GmbH on selling their majority stake in SERCOO Group to Elevion Group, a technical building equipment and energy service provider. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price
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Effective September 1, Christina Nitsche will commence working at Heuking’s Munich office. She joins the firm from Peters, Schönberger und Partner, where she also held the position of Salaried Partner. Christina Nitsche possesses extensive experience in the field of Commercial Disputes, with a particular focus on multinational matters. As a leading advisor in Advertising and Media Agency Contracts, she represents renowned advertising clients in Media Buying. Ms
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Heuking Partners Dr. Robert Güther, Ariane Neubauer, and Astrid Reich from the Berlin office legally advised teckpro AG, a provider of analysis, sales, and consulting solutions for the finance and insurance industries, on its acquisition of IT service provider iS2 Intelligent Solution Services AG from die Bayerische insurance group
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A team led by Heuking M&A partner Dr. Mathias Schröder provided comprehensive advice to MCon Group AG on the sale of its Managed Services division to CONVOTIS Group. The Managed Services business, which included MCon’s German and Moroccan subsidiaries, provides Infrastructure-as-a-Service services to clients across many industries including automotive. MCon Group AG was established in the year 2010 in St. Gall, Switzerland
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Heuking Partners Dr. Robert Güther, Ariane Neubauer, and Astrid Reich from the Berlin office legally advised teckpro AG, a provider of analysis, sales, and consulting solutions for the finance and insurance industries, on its acquisition of IT service provider iS2 Intelligent Solution Services AG from die Bayerische insurance group
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A team led by Heuking Partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Cologne, legally advised and supported Exasol AG on a capital increase. Exasol AG (ISIN DE000A0LR9G9) successfully placed 2,443,887 new shares with institutional and qualified investors. The issue was carried out as part of a private placement by way of an accelerated bookbuilding process excluding subscription rights and by partially utilizing authorized capital. The new shares were placed at a price of EUR 2
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A team from Heuking’s Hamburg office led by Equity Partner Dr. Henrik Lay and Salaried Partner Christoph Prochnau advised Leadvolution GmbH on its partnership with Vogel Communications Group. Hamburg-based Leadvolution partnered with the corporate VC that offers special expertise in advertising and lead qualification. With 790 employees and some EUR 100 million in sales, Vogel Communications Group is a leading provider of specialist communication and information
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A team led by Heuking partner Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Cologne, legally advised and supported Delignit AG and, as transaction counsel, Pareto Securities AS, the accompanying bank, in connection with a capital increase. With an issue volume of EUR 8 million, the capital increase was placed in full, and the offering was oversubscribed. Delignit AG (ISIN DE000A0MZ4B0) is a leading manufacturer of ecological, hardwood-based products and system solutions
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A team led by Cologne-based Private Equity partner Dr. Andreas Lenz advised Munich-based investor Lenbach Equity Opportunities II GmbH & Co KG (“LEO II.”) on its acquisition of Cologne-based recruiter promedi Personalmanagement GmbH from RIW group. The acquisition went into effect on July 31, 2023. promedi Personalmanagement GmbH, based in Cologne, is a full-service staffing firm focusing on the medical professions and geriatric care, as well as care and education
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A team led by Dr. Patrick Müller, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Düsseldorf office, advised Essen-based company builder Crealize Ecomsystem GmbH on a seed funding round of cereal startup Spacies GmbH, founded by Carsten Hinzer and Rouven Kosel. In addition to an internationally acclaimed rapper, several business angels also invested in Spacies. Founded in 2021, Spacies GmbH, headquartered in Essen, sells cereals made mostly of rice flour and whey protein
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A team led by Dr. Michael Dröge and Katharina Waszczynski, both Partners at Heuking’s Hamburg office, legally advised shareholders of auxalia GmbH on a sale of shares in the business. Reorganizing its shareholder structure, auxalia GmbH sold shares in the company to Sophora Unternehmerkapital GmbH. The previous shareholders will retain a partial stake in the company. For auxalia, the new setup builds a future-oriented foundation for successful corporate development
