Fields we cover

Contact partner:

Dr. Thomas Lotz

Dr. Thorsten Steinhaus

Florian Schiermeyer

Matthias Jacobs
In the area of Mergers & Acquisitions, we provide comprehensive advice regarding the acquisition and sale of German and international companies, sale procedures including private auctions, and purchases of or from companies in the midst of bankruptcy proceedings or financial distress.

Whether our client is the seller or the buyer, we organize and manage the entire transaction on their behalf, including everything from preparation, observation of due diligence, negotiating and drawing up of contracts, legal and strategic deal structuring all the way to post-merger reorganization.
Contact partner:

Dr. Thomas Lotz

Dr. Thorsten Steinhaus

Florian Schiermeyer

Matthias Jacobs
We help our clients with any legal matter involving corporations and business partnerships, including the following: incorporation, execution of capital measures, structuring measures pursuant to the German Reorganization Act (“Umwandlungsgesetz“, disincorporation, division, merger, reorganization etc.), preparation of IPO or private placement, implementation of share ownership models for management, and succession planning. We also assist and represent our clients at meetings of shareholders and partners and advise the boards of corporations on any matters that concern corporate law.

Moreover, we advise our clients on the organization and reorganization of corporate structures, the conception of affiliation agreements, and the structured liquidation and shutting down of individual enterprises or entire corporations.
Contact partner:

Dr. Thomas Lotz

Florian Schiermeyer
Based on attorney Dr. Lotz’s close to ten years’ experience as a bankruptcy trustee, we at TRACC Legal consider it a key component of our transaction services to assist our clients with restructuring and recapitalization matters. Our focus lies on consultation regarding the purchase or sale of companies either in need of recapitalization or in the mist of bankruptcy proceedings. We follow up by walking our client through the recapitalization process, applying our expertise in the cross-section between bankruptcy and corporate law.

Within the context of recapitalization and restructuring, we also specialize in designing strategies to prevent bankruptcy as well as setting out, negotiating, and implementing concepts for debt conversion and refinancing; moreover, we implement insolvency plans for the transfer of business and staff, conduct well-structured liquidations, and, if need be, file for bankruptcy.We advise managers, shareholders, and creditors in all matters involving capital raising, capital maintenance, equity substitution, and prevention of transactions voidable under bankruptcy legislation. Once the bankruptcy case has commenced, we assist management, shareholders, or creditors in their dealings with the bankruptcy trustee.
Contact partner:

Dr. Thorsten Steinhaus
Trademarks, patents, and other intellectual property rights can account for substantial asset values in companies of all types and sizes. It is our job to actively support our clients in securing and strategically developing such rights.

Moreover, we assist our clients with claims related to trademark law, copyright and competition law as well as the field of other distinctive signs (trade names, business signs, work titles, and domain names), and personality rights (e.g. the right to a person’s name and likeness). Moreover, we scrutinize and issue cease-and-desist orders and declarations, coexistence agreements, and prior rights agreements. If the situation calls for it, we assert our clients’ claims arising from infringements of intellectual property rights or violation of competition law via interim legal protection.

We scrutinize and set out license agreements with respect to the entire field of industrial property law and copyright (including software and internet law). Another key aspect of our service is the protection of our clients’ technical and operative know-how through license, competition, and non-disclosure agreements.
Contact partner:

Dr. Thomas Lotz

Dr. Thorsten Steinhaus

Florian Schiermeyer

Matthias Jacobs
Within the context of private and commercial law, we provide assistance with the design, scrutiny and negotiation of contracts to entrepreneurs and companies of all sizes and industries as well as private individuals who require expert advice. As one chief aspect, we offer help with regard to the legal aspects of purchasing labor and goods, including the particularities involving commercial law; moreover, we will design and scrutinize your terms and conditions of purchase and sale as well as your supply agreements. Additional focal points within the area of private law are: real estate law, commercial leasing law, and anything falling vaguely into the category of contracts for works or services.
Contact partner:

Dr. Thorsten Steinhaus

Matthias Jacobs
We support our clients in pursuing their claims out of court by drawing up effective complaints and overdue letters; in addition, we deal with debt collection issues and settlement conferences on their behalf. Moreover, we help our clients ward off claims made against them. We have learned over the years that in conflicts of financial nature, a quick and mutually agreed-upon settlement is often in the best interest of both parties.

However, if litigation is inevitable, our clients can rest easy knowing they can count on our long and extensive experience in the courtroom. Moreover, we are well-versed with alternative dispute resolution including mediation, conciliation, and arbitration.
Contact partner:

Matthias Jacobs

Florian Schiermeyer
In the expanding market of start-ups and emerging companies, we advise Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds, Institutional Investors, Business Angels, Founders and Start-Up Hubs on the establishment, development and sale of participations.

Even before a new company is established, our advice commences with the design of participation structures and internal agreements. We also offer our assistance with financing agreements with banks and private investors, capital measures, participation and shareholder agreements. With our experience, we offer further services in formation, setting up business processes and documentation, knowledge and IP management, employee and management participation programs (ESOP, VSOP), internal organisation, holding structures and compliance processes. Not at last, we provide support with exit processes (including IPO or private placement) and any reorganisation.