Heussen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

HEUSSEN, a full-service commercial law firm with offices in Munich, Stuttgart, Berlin and Frankfurt, was able to further strengthen its position this year and is represented by lawyers in all major practice areas. Partner Tobias Scholl from the Stuttgart office was named "Lawyer of the Year in Baden-Württemberg" for insurance law, and Dr Hermann Waldhauser from Munich was named "Lawyer of the Year in Bavaria" for IT and technology law. In addition, two lawyers were newly admitted, increasing the total number to 34. For the first time, Clemens Richter (Real Estate) from the Munich office was recognised, as was Rene Lubinski for Litigation from the Frankfurt office in Banking and Finance Law.

WirtschaftsWoche (WiWo) has once again searched for the top law firms in Germany for public procurement law. And for the fifth time, partner Uwe Carsten Völlink and HEUSSEN's public procurement law practice are among the best. For the list of the top law firms and lawyers for public procurement law 2022, the Handelsblatt Research Institute (HRI) asked more than 1,200 lawyers from 148 law firms about the most renowned colleagues in their eyes. The selection was then presented to a jury of experts, who filtered out the list of 50 law firms and 70 highly recommended lawyers from the nominees.

The Austrian group of companies KeKelit GmbH based in Linz has sold DW Verbundrohr ("Multitubo") to the French Elydan based near Grenoble.

In the latest survey by WirtschaftsWoche on the "most renowned law firms and lawyers for compliance," Dr. Franz Clemens Leisch was recommended particularly frequently by the lawyers surveyed. He and the team are thus among the top addresses for compliance in Germany.

Die Terra Quantum AG mit Sitz in Zürich, eines der global führenden Unternehmen für Quantentechnologie, hat in einer Finanzierungsrunde 60 Mio. US-Dollar eingeworben. Dies ermöglicht weitere Investitionen in die Forschung und Beschleunigung der internationalen Expansion und untermauert die führende Marktposition von Terra Quantum bei der Entwicklung von Quantencomputeranwendungen.

Zurich-based Terra Quantum AG, one of the world's leading quantum technology companies, has raised $60 million in a financing round. This enables further investment in research and acceleration of international expansion and underpins Terra Quantum's leading market position in the development of quantum computing applications. HEUSSEN advised the financing round with Clemens Richter, partner in the corporate department and specialized in capital rounds, together with Florian Gunz Niedermann, also specialized in corporate and partner at Walder Wyss Attorneys at Law in Zurich.

HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH has strengthened its Frankfurt office with Wolfgang K. Meding as a partner in corporate and transactional law as of 1 January. Wolfgang K. Meding previously worked for many years as a lawyer and partner at BUSE in Frankfurt. His practice focuses on corporate law, distribution law and project business in connection with the People's Republic of China.

With Nicole Alexander-Huhle (42), HEUSSEN is further expanding its Corporate and Real Estate practice groups at its Munich office. Ms. Alexander-Huhle, who advises clients on investment and regulatory law as well as on the implementation of sustainability issues in the financial services sector, joined the firm as a partner in June. She previously worked for several years as an in-house lawyer and head of the legal department of a real estate and capital management company.

ABG Capital, newly founded investment manager of the ABG Real Estate Group, has acquired a multi-story office building in Munich's Sonnenstraße from Patrizia AG together with pension funds. The investors are planning a comprehensive modernization of the main building called "Franz" as well as the construction of an additional new building in the inner courtyard. The total investment volume is around EUR 70 million, the purchase price around EUR 40 million.

HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH has strengthened its Frankfurt office with Wolfgang K. Meding as a partner in corporate and transactional law as of 1 January. Wolfgang K. Meding previously worked for many years as a lawyer and partner at BUSE in Frankfurt. His practice focuses on corporate law, distribution law and project business in connection with the People's Republic of China.

Die HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH hat sich am Standort Frankfurt zum 1. Januar mit Wolfgang K. Meding als Partner im Gesellschafts- und Transaktionsrecht verstärkt. Wolfgang K. Meding war zuvor lange Jahre als Rechtsanwalt und Partner bei BUSE in Frankfurt tätig. Seine Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte liegen im Gesellschafts-/ Unternehmensrecht, dem Vertriebsrecht sowie im Projektgeschäft in Zusammenhang mit der Volksrepublik China.

ABG Capital, newly founded investment manager of the ABG Real Estate Group, has acquired a multi-story office building in Munich's Sonnenstraße from Patrizia AG together with pension funds. The investors are planning a comprehensive modernization of the main building called "Franz" as well as the construction of an additional new building in the inner courtyard. The total investment volume is around EUR 70 million, the purchase price around EUR 40 million.

WirtschaftsWoche (WiWo) has once again searched for the top law firms in Germany for public procurement law. And as in the previous selection processes in 2014, 2018 and 2019, HEUSSEN's public procurement law practice and partner Uwe-Carsten Völlink are also among the best this year.

HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft has expanded its corporate team in Munich with the experienced lawyer Clemens Richter. Clemens Richter, who was previously a partner in a Munich commercial civil law firm for many years, specializes in corporate law and at the interfaces to capital market law, construction and real estate law, private clients and, last but not least, IT. His profound know-how in transactions, also in connection with capital rounds and there with reference to PE and VC funds, and his extensive experience in the field of claim defence in capital market law issues excellently complement HEUSSEN's advisory services.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has strengthened the position of platforms such as Cyando (share hosting platform) and YouTube (video sharing platform). The German Federal Court of Justice had submitted various questions to the ECJ on the interpretation of Union law. The ECJ's answers mean that such platforms regularly do not have to be liable for copyright infringements by their users insofar as they have no knowledge of them (judgment in joined cases C-682/18 "YouTube" and C-683/18 "Cyando").