We provide comprehensive adivce on small cap and mid cap transaction, with focus on corporate transaction (esp. private equity, M&A, joint ventures) as well as real estate transactions. Our transactional advisors have in particular a proven track record in Mittelstand transaction, both on sell and buy side.
Key areas
- Legal due diligence of companies, shares in companies as well as real estate assets and other assets prior to acquisition
- Structuring of the acquisition structure (also cross border)
- Structuring and negotiations of all transactional documents (in particular sale and purchase agreement, share deal, asset deal, shareholders’ agreement, reinvestments)
- Post merger/acquistion integration (in particular adaption of corporate governance & compliance)
- Structuring and negotiations of joint ventures.
Track Record M&A und Private Equity
Our lawyers have advised inter alia on the following transactions:
- Acquisition of a mittelstand company by PE investor
- Acquisition of a mittelstand company by PE investor with re-investment of seller
- Acquisition of a minority stake in family owned company by PE investor
- Acquisition of family owned company by strategic Investor with advisory board function of seller
- Acquisition of international portfolio company of a PE investor by strategic investor
- Acquisition of a mittelstand company by private investor
- Carve-Out of business unit of portfolio company of PE investor, sale to strategic investor, lease-back
- Carve-Out of business unit of a large group and sale to PE investor
- Sale of mittelstand company to PE investor
Track Record Real Estate Transactions
Our lawyers have advised inter alia on the following transactions:
- Acquisition of real estate (office) in a large German city by single family office of private investor accompanied by asset manager (asset deal)
- Acquisition of retail park by real estate fund in German middle center accompanied by asset manager (asset deal)
- Acquisition of real estate portfolio (office) in various major German cities by sovereign wealth funds accompanied by international asset manager (mixed asset and share deal)
- Acquisition of real estate (retail) in a central inner city location in a large German city by real estate funds accompanied by an international asset manager (share deal via Luxembourg)
- Acquisition of a development project (residential) in a newly developed area of a major German city by real estate funds accompanied by an international asset manager (asset deal)
- Joint venture in a major German city to develop a new hotel with the participation of a single family office and a real estate fund
- Joint venture in a major German city to develop a new quarter with the participation of a single family office and a real estate fund
- Sale of real estate (office) in a German city by a single family office (share deal)
- Sale of real estate (office, retail, residential) in a newly developed quarter of a major German city by real estate funds accompanied by an international asset manager (asset deal)
- Sale of hotel portfolio of German private equity investor (mixed asset and share deal)
- Sale of real estate (logistics) in major German city of real estate funds accompanied by international asset manager (share deal)
- Sale of development project (residential) in German metropolitan area by German federal state to projectdeveloper for development of new urban district (asset deal)