Strategic legal advice for companies, shareholders and investors.
HEYMLAW advises on complex corporate and commercial matters with a particular focus on transactions, shareholder relationships, disputes and restructuring situations.
Corporate / M&A
Advising buyers, sellers, investors and management teams on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, business disposals, joint ventures and strategic investments.
Selected Topics
- Share Purchase Agreements (SPA) / Asset Purchase Agreement (APA)
- Investment & Shareholders’ Agreements
- Joint Venture Agreements
- Corporate Restructurings
- Management-Participation-Programs
Selected Representative Matters
- Advising the majority shareholder on the sale of the operating subsidiaries of a stock corporation to a listed company
- Advising a London based private equity fund in several financing rounds (Series A, B, C und D) of a Start-Up-Company in Berlin, the set-up of a joint venture with an Italien E-Commerce provider and the subsequent sale of all shares
- Advising a listed US technology company on the acquisition of all shares in a provider of digital payment solutions financed by several venture capital funds
- Providing ongoing legal advice to a listed US life sciences company in connection with multiple M&A-transactions involving German target companies
- Advising a German mid-market life sciences company on the carve out of a pharmaceutical development to secure further financing from a European life sciences venture capital fund
- Experience in more than 100 domestic and cross-border M&A transactions across the small-cap, mid-cap and large-cap segments)
Corporate Law
Ongoing advice to companies, shareholders, managing directors, board members and supervisory board members on corporate governance, shareholder relations and complex corporate matters.
Selected Topics
- Company Formations and Corporate Structuring
- Capital Measures and Equity Transactions
- Shareholders’ Agreements
- Corporate Governance
- Directors’ and Officers’ Duties
- Shareholders’ Meetings and General Meetings
- Group and Corporate Structure Matters
Selected Representative Matters
- Advising the principal shareholder of a listed stock corporation in relation to multiple contested shareholders’ meetings
- Advising executive management and supervisory board members on directors’ duties, liability management and governance matters
- Long-standing corporate law advisor to listed international groups with complex multi-tier holding and ownerships structures
- Advising multinational groups on corporate reorganisations, restructurings and group-wide governance projects
Corporate Litigation
Representation in shareholder disputes, management liability matters, post-M&A disputes and other corporate and commercial conflicts.
Selected Topics
- Shareholder Disputes
- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability
- Post-M&A Disputes
- Corporate Governance Disputes
- Commercial Litigation
- Injunctive Relief and Interim Measures
Selected Representative Matters
- Representing shareholders and companies in complex shareholder disputes and corporate conflicts.
- Advising and representing directors, managing directors and supervisory board members in liability-related matters.
- Advising shareholders and management in post-acquisition disputes following domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.
- Representing parties in disputes arising from joint venture arrangements and shareholder agreements.
- Advising companies and investors on corporate governance disputes and board-level conflicts.
- Assisting clients in urgent court proceedings, including applications for interim and injunctive relief.
Restructuring & Insolvency
Advising companies, shareholders and investors in restructuring, distressed and insolvency-related situations.
Selected Topics
- Corporate Restructurings
- Financial Restructurings
- Distressed M&A Transactions
- Crisis Management
- Insolvency-Related Corporate Law Issues
- Turnaround and Recovery Strategies
Selected Representative Matters
- Advising shareholders and management on corporate and financial restructuring projects.
- Assisting companies and investors in distressed acquisition and disposal transactions.
- Advising corporate groups on restructuring measures designed to stabilise business operations and preserve enterprise value.
- Representing shareholders, directors and investors in insolvency-related corporate law matters.
- Advising on negotiations with creditors, lenders and other key stakeholders in restructuring situations.
- Supporting management and investors in turnaround and recovery processes in complex corporate environments.
Succession Planning
Strategic advice on business succession, ownership transitions and long-term governance structures.
Selected Topics
- Business Succession Planning
- Share Transfers and Ownership Transitions
- Management Buy-Outs (MBO)
- Shareholder Arrangements
- Succession-Driven Corporate Restructurings
Selected Representative Matters
- Advising the heirs of a deceased entrepreneur and majority shareholder upon the management of ownership structures and shareholder rights until the successful sale of the business and the distribution of the sale proceeds
- Designing corporate structures to safeguard businesses against adverse events affecting their shareholders or owners.