born 1968, university studies (Law and Physics) in Göttingen, Berkeley/USA and Kiel; funded by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, visiting associate at the Boston Consulting Group in Munich, admitted as attorney in 2001, Certified Specialist for trade and corporate law, and tax law, notary since 2014
Specialisation: Mergers and acquisitions, company succession, business restructuring, corporate law, tax law
Dr Hauke Thilow specialises in corporate transactions, in particular the acquisition and sale of companies. He has assisted in scores of company acquisitions and business restructuring projects for family-owned companies and listed public limited companies. In addition, he advises businessmen and companies on corporate law, including stock corporation law and company succession arrangements. Prior to 2005, Dr Thilow was part of a law firm in Hamburg specialising in mergers and acquisitions. In 2004, he was seconded to US law firm King & Spalding in New York.
Dr Hauke Thilow is a lecturer at the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel in the field of corporate law and chair of the Admissions Committee of the Schleswig-Holstein Bar Association for Certified Specialists for trade and corporate law.
Selection of published reference assignments
- Advising shareholders of the northern German TNG FTTH fibre-optic group on the sale of a majority holding to a subsidiary of listed infrastructure investor ICG
- Advising shareholders of SAP and IT consultancy QUANTO AG on the sale of a majority holding to the listed company adesso SE
- Advising EDEKA on plans to take over 72 stores belonging to the REAL supermarket chain.
- Advising shareholders of payment service provider allpago GmbH which focuses on South American business through its subsidiaries there, on the sale of the group to international payment service provider PPRO
- Advising shareholders in the Kleintierzentrum Asterlagen (Asterlagen Veterinary Centre) in Duisburg on the sale of the company to AniCura
- Advising on the sale of other veterinary clinics and practices throughout Germany to AniCura, Evidensia, and Tierarzt Plus Partner, including matters surrounding the sale of majority holdings in Tierklinik Haar to AniCura, and the Tierärztliche Klinik für Kleintiere in Norderstedt to Evidensia
- Advising shareholders on the sale of IT safety and consultancy firm ESE Engineering und Software-Entwicklung GmbH in Osnabrück to a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG
- Advising EDEKA Handelsgesellschaft Nord GmbH with regard to the acquisition of a stake in Heinrich von Allwörden GmbH
- Advising the founders and management of PAYONE GmbH on the sale of a majority holding to the Sparkasse (German Savings Bank) Finance Group, on the subsequent merger with B+S Card Service GmbH based in Frankfurt, and the addition of PAYONE GmbH to the Ingenico Group
- Advising the shareholders of FLS GmbH on the majority sale of the software development company involved in real-time scheduling and route optimisation to listed company Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
- Advising the management team at ppi Media GmbH on the Eversfrank Group management buyout
- REGIOCAST GmbH & Co. KG on numerous media-for-equity transactions and the acquisition of various radio enterprises, such as current broadcaster RADIO BOB based in Hessen
- Advising the shareholders of Netzkontor Nord GmbH on the majority sale of the telecommunications service provider to listed company Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
- Advising the owner of Helmer Maschinenbau GmbH based in Osnabrück and Dörfel Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG on the structured sales process involved in selling the companies to Haspa Beteiligungsgesellschaft Hamburg
- Advising the shareholders and members of the Management Board of Virtual Minds AG based in Freiburg on the acquisition of subsidiaries and subsequent sale of the digital marketing and media technology provider to ProSiebenSat.1 Digital GmbH
- Advising the management of ppi Media GmbH on a management buyout; the company develops and sells software for well-known media companies
- Advising listed company United Internet AG based in Montabaur on the acquisition of holding companies in the software and IT markets, most recently on the acquisition of a stake in search engine optimisation company rankingCoach GmbH based in Cologne
- Advising the shareholders of the AHG rehabilitation clinic group on its sale to financial investor Waterland
- Advising the sole partner of INOTEC Barcode Security GmbH based in Neumünster on the sale of the barcode and RFID product manufacturer and developer to financial investor Obermark
- Advising EDEKA Handelsgesellschaft Rhein-Ruhr mbH based in Moers on the acquisition of beverage wholesaler chain Trinkgut Deutsche Getränke-Holding GmbH based in Krefeld and of the related production and logistics companies
- Advising the management team at Impulse Medien GmbH on the management buyout of the Gruner + Jahr magazine IMPULSE
- Advising EUROCAST GmbH Radio Venture & Management on the sale of Czech radio broadcaster LONDA to a strategic investor
- Advising the shareholders of R. Thomsen EU-Großschlachterei GmbH & Co. KG and Rüdiger Thomsen EG-Zerlegebetrieb GmbH & Co. KG based in Bad Bramstedt, on the sale of the companies to Tönnies Group
- Advising the shareholders of vacuum chamber manufacturer Trinos Vakuum-Systeme GmbH based in Göttingen on the acquisition of their company by listed company Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG
- Advising shareholders of temp agency SH-IP GmbH on the acquisition of their company by DEKRA Arbeit GmbH based in Stuttgart
- Advising the shareholder of Dr.-Ing. Bernd Kriegel Ingenieure GmbH on the sale of the utilities planner to Kofler Energies Power AG
- Advising EUROCAST GmbH Radio Venture & Management on the sale of Polish radio broadcaster Radio WAWA to a strategic investor
- Advising the shareholders of CRM company econnex AG with sites in Hamburg, Kiel, and Nuremberg, on the sale of the company to Avanade Deutschland GmbH
- Advising the shareholders of geohmuns, a company based in Frankfurt that develops soil conditioners, on the acceptance of SKion GmbH as an investor
- Advising shareholders of Andreas Paulsen Group with sites in Kiel, Hamburg, and Rostock, on the sale of the bathroom supply wholesaler to a Dutch subsidiary of the listed CRH Group