Private Equity/ Venture Capital

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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 pe@heuking.de, and for mobile devices under the QR Code.

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