Life sciences

• One of Germany's leading private hospital groups in ongoing advice on clinical trials, research collaborations, consortium agreements as well as data protection and regulatory issues relating to the handling of health data

• University Hospital Cologne on a licence and collaboration agreement with BioNTech to research novel approaches against HIV

• Ongoing advice to a leading German research-based pharmaceutical company on R&D, licensing, contract manufacturing and procurement, in particular high-volume supply agreements, collaboration agreements and clinical trials in pain and adjacent indications

• A Berlin-based biotechnology company on a licensing and distribution collaboration with a US pharmaceutical company in the field of severe bacterial infections, plus ongoing advice on all licensing and distribution collaborations

• German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), a nationwide research alliance with more than 500 scientists across 35 institutions, on a large-scale collaboration and licence option agreement with AiCuris Anti-Infective Cures to identify new antiviral targets and innovative R&D approaches for treatment and prophylaxis in immunocompromised patients

• Ongoing advice to a German biotech developing targeted cancer therapies on all R&D and licensing matters, including research and collaboration agreements, IP licence agreements, option arrangements, MTAs and NDAs

• A German pharmaceutical company focused on antiviral small-molecule therapeutics on clinical trial advice, site agreements, CRO agreements, clinical research structures and data protection issues relating to the handling of health data

• A leading European protein engineering company on multiple commercial and IP-related agreements, including global R&D collaborations and licence agreements

• An Australian pharmaceutical manufacturer on a cross-border commercial supply agreement including validation, development, regulatory support, stability matters, IP issues and divestiture-related questions

M&A, carve-outs & outsourcing

• Family Trust on the acquisition of AIS Aßmann Industrie Steckverbinder GmbH and ISK GmbH Industriesteckverbinder Zubehör & Kabelkonstruktion (IP/IT and commercial)

• Altamount Software Group, a subsidiary of CHAPTERS Group AG, on the acquisition of Somentec Software GmbH, a leading billing software provider for the energy sector (focus on IP and software)

• Warburg Pincus on the acquisition of a majority stake in Uvex, a global leader in personal protective equipment (IP/IT and data protection)

• KPS Capital Partners on the acquisition of Sport Group, a global leader in artificial turf systems and synthetic sports and leisure surfaces with more than EUR 500 million in annual revenue (IP/IT and data protection)

• Carlyle on the public takeover offer of about EUR 450 million for SNP Schneider-Neureither, a listed German IT company specialising in SAP data management, at EUR 61 per share (IP/IT and data protection)

• A leading European pharmaceutical company on manufacturing and distribution matters in connection with a carve-out and the acquisition of a broad product portfolio from a global pharma company

• Outsourcing advice to Fresenius SE and Fresenius Digital Technology on the large-scale migration of core IT systems to Capgemini covering approximately 1,000 sites in more than 80 countries

• Arcadea on the acquisition of the Brandenburg-based IT company Zedas, which provides software solutions for logistics management in long-haul and shunting operations as well as fleet and infrastructure management (IP/IT and data protection)

• The management team of Berlin-based creative agency RCKT. on the sale to Dentsu (IP/IT and data protection)

• Tradedoubler on the acquisition of Zezam (KAHA GmbH), a German creator-commerce platform, for integration into its influencer business Metapic (IP/IT and data protection)

Technology, data and commercial contracting

• A Hamburg-based leading developer of advanced real-time 3D graphics software, used for example at the Olympic Games and the Super Bowl, on ongoing advice across IT contracts

• Fast-growing mid-cap industrial company in the sanitary sector with sites in Germany, Poland, Italy and France on the design of cross-border supply and distribution agreements

• A provider of a KYC/KYB compliance platform on SaaS agreements, data protection matters and the contractual structuring of digital compliance solutions

• Leading manufacturer of magnetic alloys and value-added product solutions on terms and conditions and supply agreements

• A Hamburg eHealth specialist for patient-monitoring services in ICUs on all contracts for building central IT systems and on outsourcing and service collaborations with several hospital groups

• An international chemicals group on a complete data-protection re-baseline following a carve-out

• A digital health start-up on all legal matters, in particular clinical trials, compliance of digital health applications (DiGA), data protection, terms of use, distribution and collaboration agreements

• German mid-cap industrial company with international operations on T&Cs compliance, warranty regimes and supply agreements and terms for drive solutions in automation