Corporate legal advice for Companies, Shareholders and Investors.

HEYMLAW provides strategic corporate legal advice on complex corporate and commercial matters in the greater Munich area and throughout Germany. The firm’s practice focuses on strategic legal advice, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and the resolution of complex corporate disputes.

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 PE fund in several financing rounds (Series A, B, C und D) of a German Start-Up-Company, set-up of a joint venture company with an Italien E-Commerce provider and the subsequent sale of the remaining shares
  • Advising a listed US technology company on the acquisition of all shares in a provider of digital payment solutions owned 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 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 corporate governance matters
  • Long-standing corporate law advisor to listed international groups with complex multi-tier holding and ownership structures
  • Advising multinational groups on corporate reorganisations, restructurings and group-wide corporate 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/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.