We advise both investors and the respective companies in private-equity and venture-capital transactions.

Our lawyers advise leading financial investors on their investments in all business phases - from early-stage investments, risk-capital financing and growth financing to investments in established companies, in management buyouts (MBO), management buyins (MBI) as well as minority participations. Of course, we also provide assistance in financial investors' exit processes.

Conversely, we help companies optimize their financing structures. This includes participation by financial investors as well as third-party equity or mezzanine financing. And, of course, we also support the management in the design and negotiation of contracts with financial investors in MBO and MBI situations.

Key areas of activity
- Target companies' legal / tax due diligence processes;
- Design and negotiation of participation agreements, shareholders' agreements and by-laws as well as sale and purchase agreements in the case of MBO and MBI structures;
- Advice on debt financing in the case of MBO and MBI structures;
- Design and negotiation of additional financing components such as mezzanine financing, loans etc.;
- Design and negotiation of managers' employment contracts;
- Restructuring after investment by a financial investor;
- Design and negotiation of contracts for additional financing rounds;
- Assistance in exit processes