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Competent PE/VC teams in all German economic centers
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek is a large independ-
ent German law firm. National and international
clients trust in the competence and experience
of our lawyers, tax consultants and notaries. We
represent the interests of mid-sized companies
and large corporations from industry, trade and
services. Further, institutional investors, associa-
tions, public corporations and discerning private
clients use our expertise in a wide variety of
legal fields.
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Practice Groups
The members of our „Private Equity/Venture Capital“ Practice Group are among the lead-
ing transaction lawyers advising national and
international financial investors (private equity
and venture capital funds, family offices, invest-
ment clubs as well as business angels) through
all phases and on all types of participation in
companies.
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We structure and negotiate all forms of private
equity investment for our clients: LBO/MBO
transactions, minority interests, forms of mezza-
nine financing and growth financing (particularly
business angel and venture capital investments).
Transactions connected with reorganization
cases are also included.
“We supplement our solid legal knowledge with a comprehensive overview of all economic topics associated with the specific transaction.”
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Our advice includes in particular the fields of
Corporate/M&A, Tax and Finance. In addition,
we cover all legal topics that arise within a private
equity transaction and can rely on the expertise
of our peers from other practice groups for spe-
cial topics. The full service approach of Heuking
Kühn Lüer Wojtek provides for special expertise
in all industries and legal fields.
Our advice
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Advice during the holding phase
After completion of the transaction, we are
pleased to provide advice on reorganization
measures (enterprise agreements, measures
in accordance with the German Transformation
Act and spin-off-transactions) and add-on
acquisitions as well as “corporate housekeep-
ing” measures.
Advice on the acquisition
We offer comprehensive legal and tax advice
on M&A transactions:
• Structuring the transaction
• Due Diligence
• Drafting and negotiating
transaction documents
• Negotiating acquisition financing and
financing agreements
• Negotiating M&A (guarantee) insurance
with M&A brokers and M&A insurers
• Advising on signing and closing
• Merger control
We also advise on all forms of management and
employee participations.
“Comprehensive advice before, during and after the transaction.”
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Advising during the exit
We provide comprehensive advisory services
at and in preparation of exits, be it as trade sale
or as an IPO, in particular:
• Vendor Due Diligence
• Legal and Tax Fact Book
• Data room support
• Drafting and negotiating
transaction documents
• Preparing M&A insurance to secure
the customary seller‘s liability
• Reinvestment, Vendor Loans
• Post-Closing Advice
International
Many years of experience and close contact
with foreign law firms in all relevant legal sys-
tems enable us to provide support for interna-
tional transactions as well.
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References
Management/Hannover Finanz –
sale of Runners Point to Foot Locker
Premium Equity Partners –
acquisition of Antennentechnik ABB Bad Blankenburg
Group of investors led by Apriori –
acquisition of injection mould specialist Amtec
Steadfast Capital –
sale of Kautex to Capiton
Odewald KMU –
sale of Klingel Group
Parcom Deutsche Private Equity –
acquisition of EAG/EAB
CoBe Capital –
acquisition of Warendorfer Küchen GmbH
Auctus –
add-on-acquisitions in Health Care
Alder –
acquisition of majority stake in Rail & Road Protec GmbH
CAPCELLENCE –
sale of Qundis to HgCapital
“Our clients value the fact that our partners act as their fixed contact, who is also lead-ing the entire transaction.”
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Parcom/Availon –
acquisition of Voith Industrial Wind Services
Maj Invest –
sale of Norafin to PINOVA Capital
LRP Capital –
sale of OLIGO to Uwe Braun GmbH
HMM Deutschland GmbH –
participation of Deutsche Telekom AG as minority
shareholder in HMM Deutschland GmbH
Vilauma GmbH –
participation of Vilauma GmbH as minority
shareholder in Peakwork GmbH
eCapital/BayBG –
financing round at Open-Xchange AG
Iris Capital –
financing round at Searchmetrics GmbH
Odewald & Compagnie –
sale of Kaffee Partner Group to Capvis
Odewald & Compagnie –
sale of BOA Group to AEA Investors
Geers Hörakustik AG & Co. KG –
takeover of HörGut Group by financial investors
“Particularly our law firm‘s full service approach is important to clients.“
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Additional information is available at www.heuking.de/PE, by email at [email protected], and for mobile devices under the QR Code.
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