Private Equity & Venture Capital

We act for private equity houses, venture capital funds, family offices and portfolio companies in a wide range of sectors, including technology, industry, healthcare, consumer & retail and services. We are used to operating in highly competitive environments and in processes where time is often a crucial factor. Clients value us for our pragmatic approach, short lines of communication and our ability to translate commercial priorities into workable legal structures and documentation.

Our practice covers the full life cycle of an investment:
• entry: term sheets, investment agreements, shareholders’ arrangements, management participation schemes and ESOPs;
• growth: add-ons, refinancings, restructurings and governance within portfolio companies;
• exit: sale processes, secondary transactions and management roll-overs.

We work in small multidisciplinary teams together with specialists in, among other things, financing, employment law (management and key employees), commercial contracts, IP/IT, real estate and restructurings. We are used to working with foreign law firms and other advisers and integrate smoothly with international documentation standards and deal practices.

Where necessary, we conduct proceedings on post-M&A disputes, warranties and indemnities, earn-out arrangements and shareholder conflicts. With this integrated approach, we help investors and companies to complete transactions quickly and carefully, keep risks manageable and secure value creation throughout the entire investment period from a legal perspective.

Please contact our specialists or fill in the form on our contact page.