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On 25 April 2024, after years of investigation, the public prosecutor's office in Frankfurt am Main imposed a fine of EUR 100 million on Continental AG in connection with the diesel emissions affair.

Die Staatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt am Main hat am 25. April 2024 nach jahrelangen Ermittlungen gegen die Continental AG eine Strafzahlung in Höhe von 100 Mio EUR im Zusammenhang mit dem Diesel-Abgaskomplex festgesetzt.

Raue has advised the majority shareholders of mediafellows GmbH on the sale of their shares to Pixelogic.

Raue hat die Mehrheitsgesellschafter der mediafellows GmbH bei der Veräußerung ihrer Anteile an Pixelogic beraten.

With the support of Raue, the non-profit Christian hospital association Agaplesion and Agaplesion Frankfurter Diakonie Kliniken gGmbH have filed an action for an injunction against the City of Frankfurt am Main with the Frankfurt Administrative Court.

mit Unterstützung durch Raue hat der gemeinnützig christliche Klinikverbund Agaplesion mit der Agaplesion Frankfurter Diakonie Kliniken gGmbH vor dem Frankfurter Verwaltungsgericht eine Unterlassungsklage gegen die Stadt Frankfurt am Main erhoben.

Raue advised Caeli Wind GmbH on its Series A financing round in the amount of EUR 11 million.

Raue hat die Caeli Wind GmbH bei ihrer Serie A Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 11 Millionen Euro beraten.

Raue successfully advised the shareholders of planworx AG on their merger with Purple Digital Storytelling. Shareholders in Purple Digital Storytelling include Holland Capital.

Raue hat die Gesellschafter der planworx AG erfolgreich bei deren Zusammenschluss mit Purple Digital Storytelling beraten. Gesellschafter von Purple Digital Storytelling ist unter anderem Holland Capital.

Raue comprehensively advised proptech start-up Tiko Real Estate Technologies ("Tiko") on its strategic acquisition of Housell,

Raue hat das Proptech-Start-up Tiko Real Estate Technologies („Tiko“) umfassend beim Erwerb von Housell,

Raue represents DocMorris in a landmark case against the North Rhine Chamber of Pharmacists regarding price advertising.

Prof. Dr. Jan Hegemann, a lawyer specialising in press law and freedom of speech matters as well as copyright and publishing law and a partner at Raue, has been appointed by the presidency of the German Federal Bar Association (BRAK) to the newly created Committee on Media Law.

Prof. Dr. Jan Hegemann, Rechtsanwalt im Presse- und Äußerungsrecht sowie im Urheber- und Verlagsrecht. und Partner bei Raue, ist vom Präsidium der Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (BRAK) in den neu geschaffenen Ausschuss „Medienrecht“ berufen worden.

Raue vertritt DocMorris in einem Grundsatzverfahren gegen die Apothekerkammer Nordrhein zur Preiswerbung.

Berlin, 20 October 2023 – In its judgment of 14 March 2023 (Case No. 11 U 20/22), the Frankfurt am Main Higher Regional Court dismissed the action brought by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association (Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels) against eBay,

Berlin, 18th December 2023 - Axel Springer and OpenAI have agreed on a global partnership to strengthen independent journalism in the age of artificial intelligence.

Berlin, 15 January 2024 - Raue has elected Associate Partner Dr Peter Roegele (Energy and Climate Change) to Equity Partner with effect from 1 January 2024. Former Counsel Dr Stephanie Wiesner, Dr Jörg Adam (both Healthcare and Life Sciences) and Dr Arne Dittloff (Commercial Administrative Law, Real Estate Law) have been appointed Associate Partners.

Berlin, 15 August 2023 - Raue, together with Büro Dr. Vogel, advised the pharmaceutical manufacturer DR. KADE on the sale of its former production site in Konstanz, Germany.

Berlin, 11 August 2023 – The law firm Raue successfully represented Berlin-based artist Götz Valien in proceedings before the Copyright Chamber of the Munich I Regional Court,

Berlin, 9 August 2023 - Raue successfully represented integration and Islamism expert Ahmad Mansour against the online magazine "Hyphen" and obtained a cease-and-desist order.

Berlin, 23 June 2023 – Raue has advised green energy company LichtBlick on its successful investment in wind farm project developer Eventus Wind. LichtBlick has acquired 50 percent of the shares in the Münster-based company, marking another milestone on the way to expanding its own generation portfolio.

Berlin, 26 April 2023 – Sonic Healthcare Germany has signed a binding agreement to acquire Medizinische Laboratorien Düsseldorf (MLD). MLD is one of the leading laboratories in the Düsseldorf area,

Berlin, 14 July 2023 - Raue advised the Hamburg-based hydrogen company HH2E AG on the investment of the infrastructure fund Foresight in the hydrogen project in Lubmin developed by HH2E. As part of the transaction,

Berlin, July 3, 2023 - Sonic Healthcare Germany has signed an agreement to acquire the Institute for Pathologie & Zytologie Rhein-Sieg. The institute cooperates with several hospitals and numerous phy-sicians in private practice in the region for quality-assured histological, cytological and molecular pathological diagnostics in almost all medical specialties.

Berlin, 4 April 2023 – Sonic Healthcare Germany has signed binding agreements to acquire the Diag-nosticum Group of laboratories. The Diagnosticum Group provides services in the fields of laboratory medicine, microbiology, pathology and human genetics at nine locations in south-eastern Germany.

Berlin, 21 June 2023 - Raue also advised EdTech startup Tomorrows Education GmbH on its Series A financing round.

Raue represented the three great-granddaughters and sole heirs of the estate of Rainer Maria Rilke (deceased 29 December 1926) in the sales negotiations with the German Literature Archive Marbach. Aim of the negotiations was to sell the entire Rilke archive, which is owned by the Rilke heirs and has been excellently processed, to the Literary Archives. The purchase price was raised from public funds (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Baden-Württemberg and the Berthold Leibinger, Carl Friedrich von Siemens and Wüstenrot Foundations).

Raue has advised TOBIS, one of Germany's leading independent production companies and film distributors, on the formation of a joint venture with LEGENDARY Entertainment, an American film studio.

Raue advised Berlin-based allmyhomes GmbH, a platform for the data-based marketing of owner-occupied apartments, on a joint venture in Austria. allmyhomes holds a 75 percent stake in AMH AT GmbH (in future allmyhomes Austria GmbH), which was founded together with allmyhomes Venture Partner AT GmbH, an association of local real estate experts from Austria.

Raue has elected Associate Partner Anna von Bremen to Equity Partner effective from 1 January 2023. In addition, Dr Peter Roegele has been appointed Associate Partner.

Berlin, 4 July 2022 – The law firm Raue has filed an action on behalf of the Berlin-based artist Götz Valien before the Copyright Chamber of the Regional Court of Munich against the Martin Kippenberger Estate, which manages the copyright estate of Martin Kippenberger and publishes the artist's catalog raisonné. The action is directed at prohibiting the estate from any exploitation of the so-called "Paris Bar" paintings without naming Götz Valien as co-author.

Berlin, 4. Juli 2022 – Die Rechtsanwaltsozietät Raue hat für den in Berlin lebenden Künstler Götz Valien Klage vor der Urheberrechtskammer des Landgerichts München I gegen den Estate Martin Kippenberger eingereicht, der den urheberrechtlichen Nachlass von Martin Kippenberger verwaltet und das Werkverzeichnis des Künstles herausgibt. Die Klage ist darauf gerichtet, dem Estate unter Androhung eines Ordnungsgeldes von bis zu 250.000 € jedwede Verwertung der sogenannten „Paris Bar“-Bilder zu untersagen, ohne Götz Valien als Miturheber zu bezeichnen.

Raue advised VALUES Real Estate on the acquisition of an office building with the Hilden Job Centre as main tenant for its VALUES Public Sector fund. The seller of the property is Auric Investment. Raue also advised VALUES Real Estate on the acquisition of a kindergarten for the institutional daycare fund VALUES Daycare Invest.

Raue hat VALUES Real Estate beim Erwerb eine Bürogebäudes mit dem Jobcenter Hilden als Hauptmieter für seinen Fonds VALUES Public Sector beraten. Verkäufer der Immobilie ist Auric Investment. Daneben beriet Raue VALUES Real Estate beim Ankauf einer Kindertagesstätte für den institutionellen Kita-Fonds VALUES Daycare Invest.

Raue comprehensively advised the Hamburg-based hydrogen company HH2E AG on an equity financing. With HydrogenOne and Foresight, two private equity investors are taking a stake in the green energy company HH2E. The HH2E founders and board members retain the majority of the shares.

Raue hat das Hamburger Wasserstoffunternehmen HH2E AG umfassend bei einer Finanzierungsrunde beraten. Mit HydrogenOne und Foresight beteiligen sich zwei Private Equity-Investoren an dem grünen Energieunternehmen. Die HH2E-Gründer und Vorstandsmitglieder halten weiter die Mehrheit der Aktien.

Raue hat Axel Springer in einem presserechtlichen Verfahren gegen Russia Today vor dem OLG Frankfurt a.M. erfolgreich vertreten.

Raue advises Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe AöR (BVG) on the tender and approval of the new digital call-bus sharing service for Berlin. BVG has now awarded the contract to the Via company for a service in eastern parts of the city.

Raue berät die Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe AöR (BVG) bei der Ausschreibung und Genehmigung des neuen digitalen Rufbus-Sharing-Angebots für Berlin. Die BVG hat nun den Zuschlag für ein Angebot in östlichen Teilbereichen des Stadtgebiets an das Unternehmen Via erteilt.

Raue Law Firm is awarding the Peter Raue Prize this October for the second year in a row. Applications are being now collected. The deadline for entries is May 31, 2022.

Die Kanzlei Raue vergibt diesen Oktober zum zweiten Jahr in Folge den Peter Raue Preis. Bewerbungen werden ab heute entgegengenommen. Einsendeschluss ist der 31.05.2022.

Raue comprehensively advised German Urban Air Mobility (UAM) provider Volocopter on its Series E funding round with a volume of 153 million euros. Volocopter intends to use the new the money raised to assist with the certification of Volocopter’s electric passenger air taxi and to accelerate Volocopter’s commercial launch in first cities worldwide.

Raue hat das deutsche Flugtaxi-Unternehmen Volocopter umfassend bei einer Series E-Finanzierungsrunde im Volumen von 153 Millionen Euro beraten. Volocopter plant, mit dem neuen Kapital die Zertifizierung des elektrischen Passagierflugtaxis und die Markteinführung in ersten Städten zu beschleunigen.

Raue advised Zeitsprung on the production of the feature film "Lieber Thomas" (Dear Thomas) The film has been shortlisted for the German Film Award.

As of March 1, Raue is further expanding its real estate law practice with the arrival of Associate Partner Stefanie Rzeniecki. Stefanie Rzeniecki joins Raue from EY Law in Berlin, where she advised as Associate Partner on real estate law since mid-2019.

Raue has advised the EdTech startup Tomorrow’s Education GmbH on its seed financing round. The round is led by Mediahuis Ventures, the venture capital firm of European media group Mediahuis. Other investors include the leading UK Education Fund Emerge Education and angel investors like Verena Pausder, Celine Flores Willers, and Kai Roemmelt.

Raue advised Zeitsprung on the production of the Documentary „The Schettino Files".

Raue advised the Swiss Life ESG Health Care Germany fund on the acquisition of two medical centres in Mannheim and Heidelberg from Heidelberg-based project developer Erhard & Stern.

Raue hat den Swiss Life ESG Health Care Germany Fonds beim Erwerb von zwei Ärztehäusern in Mannheim und Heidelberg vom Heidelberger Projektentwickler Erhard & Stern beraten.

Raue, together with Swedish partner law firm Cederquist, comprehensively advised Prima Materia on a 100 million euros investment in Munich-based AI start-up Helsing. The investment is still subject to investment approval by the relevant authorities.

Raue advised the shareholders of Labiotech UG (haftungsbeschränkt), which operates an independent news media covering European biotech innovation, on the sale to Inova, the leading biopharma partnering platform.

Raue has elected Counsel Dr. Hans Heller to Equity Partner effective from 01. January 2022. Two senior associates were appointed as counsels.

Raue has comprehensively advised the planning consortium "Das Neue Gartenfeld" on the legal planning for the model quarter of the future Das Neue Gartenfeld in Berlin-Spandau. For this purpose, ENGIE Deutschland and GASAG are forming a joint venture and investing a double-digit million sum in the development of sustainable solutions for energy, mobility and digitalisation. Both energy service providers have now signed the contract for the realisation of the new Gartenfeld district with the developers, Planungsgemeinschaft Das Neue Gartenfeld GmbH & Co.KG. The development plan is expected to be approved at the end of 2022.

On October 1, the six-part documentary series COLONIA DIGNIDAD. EINE DEUTSCHE SEKTE IN CHILE, a co-production of LOOKSfilm, Netflix, WDR, SWR, ARTE, Canal 13, and Surreal Films will launch on Netflix.

Raue advised energy system provider GP JOULE on the conclusion of a power purchase agreement (PPA) for regional solar power with Airbus Helicopters in Donauwörth. The PPA, as signed by both companies, will secure long-term low electricity prices for Airbus, thereby strengthening its Donauwörth plant and helping to reduce the company's CO2 emissions.

Raue advised the French energy group ENGIE SA on the conclusion of a renewable energy power supply contract for the chemical group BASF. Both companies signed a corresponding Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), which is to run for 25 years.

Raue advised Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) AöR, Germany’s largest local transport company, on the acquisition of a 42.000 sqm transport logistics site in Berlin from a private operator. In addition to the property and real estate, the acquisition also included substantial transport infrastructure and employees.

Raue comprehensively advised proptech start-up Tiko Real Estate Technologies ("Tiko") on its US$65 million Series A financing round. The financing round was led by the digital tech fund and private investor network of btov Partners. Tiko's shareholder base includes other well-known venture capital investors such as Rocket Internet and business angels. The equity financing round was accompanied by a debt investor. Tiko's innovative tech platform allows any homeowner to sell their house in a few days. This is done using a data-driven valuation algorithm. The financing round ensures Tiko's continued rapid growth. The capital raised will be used to further strengthen Tiko's data-driven valuation algorithm and to continue the international expansion beyond its home market of Spain. Raue advised Tiko on all German law aspects of the financing round especially on all corporate issues. About Tiko Tiko is a Proptech company, launched in 2018 in Spain by its founder and CEO, Sina Afra, and co-founders Ana Villanueva, Can Günay and Paco Sahuquillo. Today, Tiko is present in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, Malaga and Seville. With an ambitious expansion plan in Europe, its model is based on applying technology to the real estate sector. The key to its rapid success is its technology platform, which only needs homeowners to fill out a short form to send them a purchase offer within 24 hours. Advisors to Tiko: Raue, Berlin (German Law): Prof. Dr. Andreas Nelle (Partner, Lead, Corporate/M&A, PE/VC), Dr. Michael Gläsner (Counsel, Corporate/M&A, PE/VC).

Raue advised Turin-based technology start-up Tau ACT GmbH („Tau“) on an extension of its Series A- financing round to raise a further 10.25 million euros. Investment company Finindus N.V., founded by the international steel group ArcelorMittal S.A. and the Flemish Region, joined Tau as a new investor. In addition, various existing shareholders, including the German specialty chemicals company ALTANA, took the opportunity for further investments. Raue had already comprehensively advised Tau in its Series A financing round in 2020 and in February 2021. Raue advised Tau on all corporate and tax issues related to the financing round. About Tau Focused on applications for automotive, energy and agriculture, Tau makes protective coatings for copper, aluminum and steel wire more durable, resistant and light. Tau’s proprietary DryCycle and LILIT technologies meet the demands of electrical automotive engineering for ever smaller, lighter and yet more powerful and reliable electric motors. DryCycle technology offers higher performance, greater sustainability and stronger reliability in wire enameling. By using only solvent-free polymers, DryCycle reduces the production of harmful VOC during the coating process and lowers carbon dioxide emissions. Tau has offices in Turin (Italy), Moscow (Russia) and Berlin (Germany). Advisor to Tau, Berlin Raue, Berlin: Prof. Dr. Andreas Nelle (Partner, Lead, Corporate/M&A, PE/VC), Dr. Friedhelm Unverdorben (Partner, Tax), Dr. Michael Gläsner (Counsel, Corporate/M&A, PE/VC), Susann Steinecke (Associate, Tax).

Raue, together with BGH attorney Dr. Peter Rädler, secured a historic victory for GASAG/NBB. On 9 March 2021, the Cartel Panel of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) handed down its decision that the State of Berlin is bound to award the tendered concession for the operation of the gas supply network in Berlin to NBB Netzgesellschaft Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH & Co. KG, the network subsidiary of GASAG, the Berlin-based utility.

Mit Wirkung zum 1. Januar 2021 hat Raue Dr. Felix Stang in die Partnerschaft aufgenommen. Ebenfalls zum Jahreswechsel werden Anna von Bremen und Dr. Anna-Sophie Hollenders zu Associate Partnerinnen sowie vier Senior Associates zu Counseln ernannt. Zwei Associates werden zu Senior Associates befördert.

Berlin, 25. März 2020 - Die Bundesregierung hat weitreichende Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung des Coronavirus erlassen. Ziel ist es, den Kontakt der Menschen untereinander auf ein Minimum zu begrenzen. Das öffentliche Leben soll zum Erliegen kommen. Umgesetzt werden diese Maßnahmen in den einzelnen Bundesländern durch Rechtsverordnungen. Rechtsgrundlage ist insoweit § 32 Abs. 1 des Infektionsschutzgesetzes vom 20. Juli 2000 (BGBl. I S. 1045, zuletzt geändert durch Artikel 1 des Gesetzes vom 10. Februar 2020, BGBl. I S. 148).

Berlin, 24. März 2020 - Raue hat das in Turin ansässige Technologie-Startup Tau, ein Spezialist für Elektroisolierstoffe, bei seiner Series A Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 4,5 Millionen Euro, bei der der deutsche Spezialchemie-Hersteller Altana eingestiegen ist, beraten.

Berlin, 24. März 2020 - Raue comprehensively advised Tau, the Turin-based e-mobility and advanced materials venture, on its Series A-financing round led by a EUR 4.5 million investment of German specialty chemicals company Altana.

Raue gehört nach dem jüngst veröffentlichten azur100 Ranking zu den TOP-Arbeitergebern für Juristen in Deutschland und konnte seine Attraktivität als Arbeitgeber auf Platz 42 steigern.

Mit Wirkung zum 1. Januar hat Raue Friedhelm Unverdorben zum Partner gewählt. Ebenfalls zum Jahreswechsel werden sieben Senior Associates in die neu geschaffene Position des Counsels befördert. Vier Associates werden zu Senior Associates ernannt.

With effect from 1 January, Raue elected Friedhelm Unverdorben as partner. In addition, seven senior associates are promoted to the newly created counsel position. Four associates have been appointed senior associates.

According to the recently published azur100 ranking, Raue is one of the TOP employers for lawyers in Germany and was able to move up to the 42nd place.

With the sentence of the 26th of September 2019, cause C-63/18, the European Court of Justice has held the Italian legislation that limits, in a general and abstract manner, the portion of a contract that the tenderer is authorised to subcontract to third parties, as non-compatible with European law in subject of public contracts.