M&A
Heuking advises German and international companies from the automotive, IT, life sciences and telecommunications sectors on public M&A transactions, distressed M&A and joint ventures, especially in the small and mid-cap sector. Capital markets and transaction expert Thorsten Kuthe jointly heads the practice with M&A and tax lawyer Jörg Schewe, who succeeded Boris Dürr (private equity and venture capital in the healthcare, life sciences and automotive sectors) in January 2023. Helge-Torsten Wöhlert acts for French companies, while Bodo Dehne, who made partner in January 2023, advises private equity and venture capital transactions. Other changes to the team include the departure of private equity lawyer Slaven Kovacevic to Fieldfisher in April 2023 and the promotion of financing and capital markets lawyer Kai Erhardt to the partnership in January 2023.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Helge-Torsten Wöhlert is outstanding.'
- 'Helge-Torsten Wöhlert: Friendly and has an excellent strategic overview.'
- 'Jörg Schewe: An absolute professional who always delivers pragmatic and appropriate solutions! In addition, he is a top negotiator who keeps a cool head even in difficult situations and gives his clients goal-oriented advice.'
- 'Excellent, interdisciplinary teams.'
- 'Very good full service law firm.'
- 'Excellent team with great market knowledge and high responsiveness.'
- 'Excellent and very reliable team. Very responsive and always to the point.'
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Thorsten Kuthe, Jörg Schewe