Private Equity/ Venture Capital

Competent PE/VC teams in all German economic centers

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek is a large independent 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, associations, public corporations and discerning private clients use our expertise in a wide variety of legal fields. 3

Practice Groups

The members of our „Private Equity/Venture Capital“ Practice Group are among the leading transaction lawyers advising national and international financial investors (private equity and venture capital funds, family offices, investment clubs as well as business angels) through all phases and on all types of participation in companies. 4

“We supplement our solid legal knowledge with a comprehensive overview of all economic topics associated with the specific transaction.”

We structure and negotiate all forms of private equity investment for our clients: LBO/MBO transactions, minority interests, forms of mezzanine financing and growth financing (particularly business angel and venture capital investments). Transactions connected with reorganization cases are also included. 5

Our advice

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 special topics. The full service approach of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek provides for special expertise in all industries and legal fields. 6

“Comprehensive advice before, during and after the transaction.”

Advice on the acquisition We offer comprehensive legal and tax advice on M&A transactions: • Structuring the transaction • Due Diligence • D  rafting and negotiating transaction documents • N  egotiating 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.

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 housekeeping” measures. 7

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 systems enable us to provide support for international transactions as well. 8

“Our clients value the fact that our partners act as their fixed contact, who is also leading the entire transaction.”

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

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“Particularly our law firm‘s full service approach is important to clients.“

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

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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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