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ROHDE BAIER advises EVANA on capital increase

Frankfurt am Main, September 2025 ROHDE BAIER has provided comprehensive legal advice to EVANA AG on a successful capital increase. The transaction included the conversion of several convertible loans...

ROHDE BAIER advises shareholders of Autodarts GmbH on sale to Nodor Group

Frankfurt am Main, September 2025 ROHDE BAIER has advised the shareholders of Autodarts GmbH on the sale of their shares to the British Nodor Group, a...

ROHDE BAIER advises GWH on entry into PropTech company othermo

Frankfurt am Main, September 2025 ROHDE BAIER has advised GWH Immobilien Holding GmbH on the acquisition of a 25.01 % stake in othermo...

ROHDE BAIER advises RUHE Group on the sale of the service business of its subsidiary RUHE Biogas Service GmbH to Byont Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

Frankfurt am Main, September 2025 ROHDE BAIER advises RUHE Group on the sale of the service business of its subsidiary RUHE Biogas Service GmbH to...

M&A in the defence industry: mastering complexity, securing opportunities

by Thorsten Rohde, Mag. iur. (Dublin), Charlotte Seltenreich and Anna-Lena Volkmann The European defence industry is currently experiencing a phase of profound change: geopolitical tensions, technological upheavals and new...

ROHDE BAIER advises Sustainable Thinking GmbH in the context of a share deal

Frankfurt am Main, August 2025 ROHDE BAIER has advised Sustainable Thinking GmbH on the acquisition of its own shares as part of a...

ROHDE BAIER advises saint sass on further financing round

Frankfurt am Main, August 2025 ROHDE BAIER Rechtsanwälte has provided legal advice to the Berlin fashion label saint sass as part of a current financing round. Saint sass,...

ROHDE BAIER advises on successful founder buy-out of OLO GmbH

Munich, July 2025 ROHDE BAIER has advised the shareholders of OLO GmbH (formerly Hydration Labs GmbH) in connection with a buy-out...

ROHDE BAIER advises evosec GmbH & Co. KG in the context of an asset deal

Munich, July 2025 ROHDE BAIER Rechtsanwälte advises evosec GmbH & Co. KG on a strategically important asset deal in the automotive software sector. evosec GmbH & Co. KG expands and...

Deal News - ROHDE BAIER advises on the sale of the energy consulting business of ppt Ingenieur- & Sachverständigenbüro to PPT Energieberatung GmbH as part of a management buy-out

Frankfurt am Main, June 2025 The energy consulting business of the long-established Frankfurt-based ppt Ingenieur- und Sachverständigenbüro will be taken over by the newly founded PPTEnergieberatung GmbH in the course of...

Deal News - ROHDE BAIER advises Hoppers GmbH on asset deal to acquire the bouncy castle business of KUNO GmbH

Munich, May 2025 The transaction boutique ROHDE BAIER Rechtsanwälte has acquired Hoppers GmbH, an event specialist focussing on the rental and...

Scale up your Business Service Group - Buy and Build in Audit, Tax and Legal

By Dr Johannes Baier, Viktor Amadé Baron and Charlotte Seltenreich Professional services and private equity investors are no strangers to each other. In the search...

ROHDE BAIER advises RUHE Group on the sale of biogas plants to Byont

Frankfurt am Main, March 2025 The RUHE Group, an owner-managed group of companies based in Lüsche, Lower Saxony, has acquired two advanced plants for the production of...

Carve-out transactions - best practices

by Thorsten Rohde, Mag. iur. (Dublin) and Charlotte Seltenreich Carve-out transactions, as a specific form of M&A transactions, are becoming increasingly important in the current economic...

Against the wagon-castle mentality - The role of the supervisory board in important decisions (article "The Supervisory Board")

Which management and supervisory board constellations are particularly susceptible to escapism and a wagon-castle mentality? Which group-psychological patterns play a role in this - and...

Deal News - ROHDE BAIER advises acquirer on combined management buy-out and management buy-in in purtel.com GmbH

Frankfurt am Main, 07 November 2024 Transaction boutique ROHDE BAIER Rechtsanwälte advises the acquirers of purtel.com GmbH based in Munich...

ROHDE BAIER advises seller on 100% sale of MFI to PHSE

Frankfurt am Main, 07 October 2024 Transaction boutique ROHDE BAIER advises the shareholders on 100% sale of shares in Moving Forward International GmbH to PHSE Germany GmbH....

Deal News - ROHDE BAIER advises MECOTEC on acquisition of ZIMNO Tech from Restore - Austin Cryo Ventures

Frankfurt am Main, 23 September 2024 - Transaction boutique ROHDE BAIER advises MECOTEC GmbH (Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany) on the purchase and acquisition of ZIMNO...

Deal News - ROHDE BAIER advises management of DemoUp Cliplister on sale to Bregal Unternehmerkapital

Frankfurt am Main, 09 September 2024 - Transaction boutique ROHDE BAIER advises the management of DemoUp Cliplister GmbH (Berlin) on the sale to E-Commerce Software Group, a portfolio...

Deal News - ROHDE BAIER advises Nanoris Holding on investment in MoleQlar

Frankfurt am Main, 23 July 2024 - Transaction boutique ROHDE BAIER advises Nanoris Holding GmbH on investment in MoleQlar GmbH. MoleQlar (pronounced Molecular) is a science-based company that...

The electronic share (article "The Supervisory Board")

The Future Financing Act (ZuFinG), which came into force on 15 December 2023, also introduced the electronic share. It is intended to fulfil the...

Downround Protections - A difficult balancing act!

Particularly in the current, very dynamic phase of the VC world, one thing is clear to investors: no investment without downside protection. The anti-dilution clause...

Deal News - ROHDE BAIER advises seller on 100% sale of regelmatic to Dussmann Technical Solutions

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Knowledge of the buyer vs. "sandbagging" - regulatory concepts and liability risks

The contractual liability concept within the framework of a company purchase agreement deviates to a large extent from the statutory provisions of the law on the sale of goods. It is...

Definition of damages in the M&A context

The negotiation of the guarantee catalogue is a substantial part of the M&A process. The seller's liability is a key negotiating point in every M&A process.

M&A Purchase Price Mechanisms - Overview & Best Practices

Nothing is more important than the purchase price! - Many sellers in M&A transactions might think so. Even if this is certainly...

Hurdle Shares - New share class replaces employee participation programmes

Traditionally, companies use employee stock option plans (ESOPs) or phantom stock options (VSOPs) to incentivise employees.

Structured liquidation preferences as an alternative to downrounds

The recent favourable interest rate environment has led to venture capital funds being pumped full of investment pressure. The more successful the fundraising of the VC funds, the...

M&A liability trap: statements into the blue

An M&A process is ultimately nothing more than finding a compromise between the conflicting interests of buyer and seller. Typically,...