Flick Gocke Schaumburg has appointed seven equity partners and nine associated partners with effect from January 1, 2021. They all have developed their careers at Flick Gocke Schaumburg. At the beginning of the new year, Dr. Sven-Eric Bärsch, Dr. Daniel Dreßler, Matthias Full, Dr. Nils Häck, Dr. Florian Holzner, Dr. Tanja Schienke-Ohletz, and Rainald Vobbe will become equity partners.

Advisors from Kienbaum, ESCP and Flick Gocke Schaumburg have teamed up to evaluate the German Act on Equal Participation of Women and Men in Leadership Positions in the Private and the Public Sectors (German abbreviation: FüPoG) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. Their independent evaluation report was published on November 18, 2020, at the same time as a statement by the federal government on the act’s effectiveness.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg has advised the tech entrepreneur Lukasz Gadowski on various financing rounds of the Berlin-based solar start-up Enpal.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg has advised the Nemetschek Innovation Foundation on the structuring and negotiation of an agreement to found and fund a new research institute at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

With effect from January 1, 2021, German publisher Dr Otto Schmidt Verlag is taking over significant parts of the portfolio of Handelsblatt Fachmedien GmbH from the Handelsblatt Media Group. Flick Gocke Schaumburg advised Dr Otto Schmidt Verlag on this transaction.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg advised Uwe Reifenhäuser, owner and CEO of TREIF Maschinenbau GmbH, on the sale of the company to the stock-listed Marel Group.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg advised H.I.G. Capital on the management participation program in connection with the acquisition of the Danish wheelchair manufacturer TA Service A/S.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg is saddened to announce the death of one its founding partners, Rudolf Gocke, who passed away at the age of 82 on July 19, 2020.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg has advised OMEGA Real Estate Group on the sale of its property and facility management business to the real estate service provider Savills. The closing of the transaction is still subject to approval by the German Federal Cartel Office.

Supported by Flick Gocke Schaumburg, the founders and minority shareholders of the Brainpool Group, Jörg Grabosch and Dr. Andreas Scheuermann, have reached an agreement with the Banijay Group on their exit from Brainpool. The sale of their shares means that Banijay will become Brainpool’s sole shareholder.

This year’s “Germany’s best lawyers” ranking, published exclusively in cooperation with business newspaper Handelsblatt, ranks 40 lawyers from Flick Gocke Schaumburg among the best in their profession in nine practice areas.  Christian von Oertzen was named “Lawyer of the Year 2020” in the Succession Planning and Foundations category.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg has advised Hirtz & Co. KG on the sale of the entire business operations of HiCo Medical Solutions to pfm medical ag by way of an asset deal.

The JUVE Tax Handbook 2020 names Flick Gocke Schaumburg as one of Germany’s leading consultants in eight tax law disciplines – including four top-tier positions in corporate tax, criminal tax law, tax disputes and high-net-worth individuals. The firm also ranks in the upper tiers for VAT, financial taxes, transaction taxes and transfer pricing.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg has been advising Hypoport AG on its change of legal form to a European Company (Societas Europaea, SE). The change of legal form was resolved at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting in mid-January 2020 and became effective as of its entry in the commercial register on April 1, 2020.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg has been advising residential property developer Nexity on the acquisition of a majority stake in Pantera AG. Nexity is acquiring 65 percent of Pantera’s share capital. At the same time, both companies agreed on strategic cooperation arrangements which include a focus on establishing new housing standards.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg has been advising Deutsche Bahn AG on the sale of its subsidiary Ameropa Reisen to the multi-family holding company Liberta Partners.

Flick Gocke Schaumburg has notched up another stage win in the legal dispute over the repayment of interest from participation rights for the investors of the insolvent Infinus Group. The Higher Regional Court of Koblenz today rejected the appeal filed by the insolvency administrator and ruled that the interest on profit participation rights paid out was not free of charge within the meaning of section 134 of the German Insolvency Code (InsO) (file number 3 U 321/19).

Flick Gocke Schaumburg advised Frankfurt School of Finance & Management on the sale of the property at Adickesallee 36-38 to Commerz Real, a company of Commerzbank Group.