Venture Capital Lawyer of the Year in Germany Heymann & Partner Rechtsanwälte Titus Walek Partner Tel: +49 (69) 768063-60 t.walek@heylaw.de www.heylaw.de
Heymann & Partner was founded in 2005. It currently has approximately 20 technology sector. lawyers, nine of which are partners. Since its establishment, Heymann & Part“Given the particular importance the technology developed or used by the ner has grown to a leading law firm in Germany in various legal fields. potential target company has for its valuation, our venture clients strongly benefit from this combination of expertise in the fields in corporate transactions The focus of the firm’s practice is centred on corporate transactions (private on the one side and technology-law related questions on the other side.” equity, venture capital and M&A), restructuring, IP and outsourcing. It is not a Since Mr Walek qualified in 1999, he has been working on M&A, private full service firm, and does not intend to become one. Therefore, it has a network equity and venture capital transactions. Recent transactions in the field of of corresponding lawyers and law firms which it consults occasionally and so venture capital include Mr Walek advising Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital manages as would be the case in a large integrated law firm. in connection with its investment in Docuware AG, as well as advising Atlantic Heymann & Partner is an independent law firm which does not belong to any Bridge on its investment in metaio GmbH. A recent transaction in the field of international alliance or other formal network. However, it has established excel- private equity involved him advising Investcorp in connection with its sale of lent working relationships with first tier law firms from abroad which enables the Armacell to Charterhouse. Mr Walek is also a member of the German Corporate firm to offer first class services to its clients in multi-jurisdictional transactions. As Law Association (Gesellschaftsrechtliche Vereinigung). a matter of fact, the majority of the transactions advised by its corporate team are Speaking of the German VC and private equity deal market, he commented: cross-border transactions. “As a result of the continuing European crisis, investors seem to remain The firm regularly represents financial and strategic investors on the full range reluctant to engage in big ticket transactions. By contrast, medium-size deals in of corporate transactions, including: minority participations; (leveraged) buyGermany are fuelled by the strong reputation of Germany’s technology-oriented outs; and joint ventures, with a special focus on technology-driven transactions. Mittelstand and the investors’ need for potentially profitable investment opTitus Walek, Heymann & Partner partner, noted: “We are utilising the special portunities with a calculable risk profile. For the German VC market we expect expertise of our IP team, which has an outstanding reputation in the German that targets in the internet and software sector will continue to attract investors’ market, for the specific needs and requirements of corporate transactions in the attention for the foreseeable future.”
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