One of our core areas of expertise is supporting corporate acquisitions, often with cross-border international aspects. We provide comprehensive assistance to entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial families, and family-owned businesses, both on the seller and buyer side, with a specialized team and utmost efficiency. This includes not only the actual acquisition or sale but also advising on the selection and, where necessary, establishment of acquisition or sale structures, financing the transaction, and potential re-investments.

We provide advisory services for senior, second lien and mezzanine financing. Our clients include financial investors, companies, as well as banks, mezzanine and debt funds. In addition to traditional LBO/acquisition financing, we also offer guidance on financing various types of real estate transactions, including promissory note loans and private placements as well as working capital financing, refinancing and the restructuring of corporate and LBO/acquisition financing.

We provide support to financial investors and companies in the restructuring of businesses, such as the restructuring of the liabilities side and debt-equity swaps. We also assist buyers, sellers, or trustees in the acquisition or sale of distressed companies or assets from insolvency administrators (distressed M&A) during times of crisis.

We advise on all aspects of German and European corporate law. In addition to preparing and representing clients at shareholders' meetings, we also assist in the preparation and implementation of complex corporate transactions, whether within the scope of M&A transactions, the implementation of buy-and-build strategies, post-merger integration or other corporate reorganizations, including cross-border mergers, spin-offs and changes in legal form.

A well-prepared data room is like the showpiece of an M&A process. We accompany our clients from investment to divestment and organize transaction-relevant documents of the acquired target companies from a legal perspective throughout the entire duration of the investment. In the event of a transaction, this allows for quick and flexible action on a structured basis.

Our main focus is advising on private equity transactions in the small and mid-market segments. Our in-depth understanding of private equity funds, their investors, portfolio companies and the industries in which they invest and operate enables us to best assist our clients in achieving their goals, whether in exclusive or bidding processes. We cover the entire range and lifecycle of an investment, from acquisition to exit, including optimized acquisition structures, acquisition financing and management participation. During the holding period, we support and implement add-on acquisitions as part of buy-and-build concepts, restructuring measures, refinancing, as well as recapitalizations, and if desired, we also provide ongoing corporate housekeeping services.

We assist private and institutional clients in domestic real estate transactions, particularly in the acquisition and sale of individual properties, entire real estate portfolios, or participations in real estate companies. In this context, we also provide advice on (re) financing and corporate matters.

In addition to our expertise in distressed M&A, another focal point of our practice is advising on transactions in special or disruptive situations, such as corporate successions, spin-offs of subsidiaries or business units from corporate structures (carve-outs) and other transitional scenarios.

In all types of corporate disputes, we stand by our clients with extensive experience, providing strong and protective representation.