Dr Joachim Heinemann
Areas of practice
Dr. Joachim Heinemann advises his clients on all matters relating to company acquisitions. He particularly represents sellers in succession situations or in connection with exit transactions. On the buyer side, he advises his clients on the acquisition of suitable target companies in order to realize long-term investments, management buyouts or private equity strategies.
In this context, Dr. Joachim Heinemann is regularly engaged by his clients to carry out due diligence investigations and to draw up all the relevant contracts in order to realize his clients' goal of a structured transaction. He guides them safely through the complex issues of each individual transaction and leads them to a tailor-made solution. In addition to the actual company purchase agreement, this also includes any re-investments by the sellers, shareholder agreements, revenue distribution agreements, trust agreements, call and put options, earn-out provisions, vesting, capital and financing measures, as well as all the accompanying documents required for this.
Dr. Joachim Heinemann has particular expertise in the reorganization and restructuring of companies, in particular by means of national and cross-border mergers, demergers and changes of legal form. Dr. Joachim Heinemann provides his clients with comprehensive support for a successful change management with the aim of increasing efficiency in the group and leveraging synergies through consolidation. In doing so, he provides comprehensive advice, together with his colleagues, in particular in the areas of labor, commercial, tax and IT law, as well as public law.
Dr. Joachim Heinemann's clients include financial investors, portfolio companies, strategic investors, entrepreneurs, family offices, founders and managers.
Vita
Dr. Joachim Heinemann studied law in Tübingen and Hamburg. After completing his doctorate and legal clerkship in Celle, Hamburg and Berlin, he has been working as a lawyer in the areas of M&A / Private Equity / Corporate since 2013.
Dr. Joachim Heinemann is a lecturer in commercial and corporate law at the University of Europe.
Honors and distinctions
- Best Lawyers 2025: Recommendation in "Ones to Watch" in "Mergers and Acquisitions Law"
Clients
- Advising on an ongoing basis on the acquisition of companies in various industries, including marketplace online merchants (e.g. FBA businesses), automotive, insurance companies and insurance brokers, online marketing, nursing care providers, renewable energy sources (wind power, photovoltaics, biogas), shipping, e-learning, food and dietary supplements, machine and plant engineering and construction, hardware and software, electronic equipment, mechatronics and 3D printing
- Advising on mergers, hive-downs, divisions and spin-offs of companies and parts of companies
- Advising on joint ventures
- Advising on the formation of start-ups
- Assisting on a regular basis with corporate actions, also by listed companies (including preparing securities prospectuses)
Publications
- Das 13. Österbergseminar zum Wirtschaftsrecht, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Gesellschaftsrecht (NZG), Heft 18/2023, S. 832
- Schiedsklauseln, Business Judgment Rule und Banker-Boni – 8. Praktikerseminar auf dem Österberg
- Die Unternehmergesellschaft als Zielgesellschaft von Formwechsel, Verschmelzung und Spaltung nach dem Umwandlungsgesetz
Memberships
- Administrative committee (management committee) of the professional pension scheme for lawyers in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Dr SHEN Yuan / 沈媛 博士 LL.M. (CUPL/Köln)
Counsel
Cologne
Yann Spiegelhalter
Counsel
Luxembourg
Xinyue Zhu, LL.M.
Business Lawyer
Cologne
Wolfgang Liebau
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Vivien Insa Seifert
Associate
Hanover
Victoria Schöll
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Dr Ulrich Philippi
Partner
Stuttgart
Timo Reckert
Associate
Hanover
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Tiffany Lessing, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Dr Thorsten Becker
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Thomas Weidlich, LL.M. (Hull)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Dr Thomas Hufnagel
Partner
Singapore
Thomas Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Kuhnle
Partner
Stuttgart, London
Thiri May Thu
Associate
Yangon
Thierry Joseph
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Thi Thuy Trang Phan, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City
Thi Ha
Associate
Yangon
Swe Yee Htun
Associate
Yangon
Dr Sven C. Stumm MJur (Oxon)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Stefanie Samosny
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Stefan Hubertus Tolksdorf, LL.M. (King's College London)
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Stefan Jokel
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Dr Sonja Daniela Kellermann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Silke Gottschalk, LL.M. (London)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Shi Yin Khoo, M.A. (Cantab)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Sebastian Fedder
Partner
Hamburg
Saw Thaw Tu Htoo
Associate
Yangon
Samantha Oehlke
Associate
Singapore
Sabrina Rosbroj
Associate
Singapore
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Robert Goerend
Partner
Luxembourg
Robert Schindler
Counsel
Essen
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Rares Holonec
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Raffaela Hauenstein
Associate
Munich
Dr Pia Rademaker, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Munich
Pia Grahmann
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Philipp Glock
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Philip Dohse
Partner
Hamburg
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Paula Dresler
Associate
Berlin
Paul Jakob Kurz
Associate
Leipzig
Pascal Brinkmann, LL.B. (London), LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Kuala Lumpur
Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Oliver Krall, LL.M. (Wellington)
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Oliver Zaruba
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Ofeliia Assa, LL.M., CAIA
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Nadine Schreiber, M.A.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr Moritz Mentzel
Counsel
Berlin
Mike Hillers
Associate
Hanover
Michael Ströbel, LL.M. (University of Auckland)
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Ebert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Michael Pfeiffer
Associate
Hamburg
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Maximilian Kressner, M.Jur. (Oxford)
Partner
Singapore
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
Maung Maung Min Khaung
Associate
Yangon
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Mathieu Laurent
Partner
Luxembourg
Maryana Slyusarchuk
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
Martin Zackor, LL.M. (UCD)
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Martin Hüwel
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne
Marion Lanne
Counsel
Luxembourg
Dr Marilen Hilbert
Counsel
Stuttgart
Marie Pauline Fay
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Marco Dauner
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Marc Peters, LL.M. oec.
Counsel
Cologne
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Marc Theiner
Associate
Singapore
Lukas Kirchhof, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Senior Associate
Kuala Lumpur
Lukas Baumgärtner, Mag. Iur, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Bangkok
Lida Karra
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Leon C. Schmitter, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Lasse Langfeldt, LL.M. (Uppsala), LL.M. (Brussels School of Competition)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Konrad Prokop, LL.M.
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Knut Unger
Partner
Singapore
Dr Klaus Schaffner
Partner
Leipzig
Katja Neumüller
Counsel
Cologne
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Karl-Christian Stopp
Of Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Julian Monden
Senior Associate
Hanover
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jörgen Tielmann, LL.M.
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Jörg Rodewald
Partner
Berlin
Johannes Klausch, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Johannes Pieper, LL.M.
Counsel
Singapore
Dr Joachim Heinemann
Partner
Hamburg
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Janis Rentrop
Associate
Cologne
Jan-Patrik Welter
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jan-Christian Schmid
Senior Associate
Leipzig, Hamburg
Jan Zimmer
Senior Associate
Singapore
Jael Marquardt
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Jacqueline Dutz
Associate
Leipzig
Isabel Hoyer
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Imke Glücks
Partner
Essen
Huguette Ashley Ntsangha
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Hla Yadanar Win
Associate
Yangon
Henning Brockhaus
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Prof. Dr Hans-Georg Hahn
Of Counsel
Hanover
Hajar Assebbane
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Guido Wenzel
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Gregor Wecker
Partner
Cologne
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
Georgios Patsinaridis
Senior Associate
Luxembourg
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Frances Wolf
Senior Associate
Hamburg, Hanover
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Florian Plambeck
Associate
Hamburg
Felix Imelmann
Associate
Leipzig
Falco Rohrberg, LL.M. (Uppsala)
Senior Associate
Cologne
Fabienne Scharfe, LL.M. (Tulane, New Orleans)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Fabian Lorenz, M.A.
Partner
Bangkok
Euryale Didillon
Counsel
Luxembourg
Estelle Bichon Sun, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Singapore
Erik von Kügelgen
Senior Associate
Cologne
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Eckart Petzold
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Eberhard Vetter
Partner
Cologne
Dragana Mendes-Bozic
Luxembourg
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Dominique Kurtz
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Denis Ullrich
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Dr Daniel Schubmann
Counsel
Hanover
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Daniel Latta
Partner
Berlin
Daniel Hilmer
Associate
Hamburg
Dr. Daniel Krauspenhaar
Partner
Luxembourg
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
Berlin
Constance Xue Yao Valsemey, LL.M.
Associate
Singapore
Clemens Leitner, LL.M. (UCL)
Partner
Singapore
Dr Claus Trenner, LL.M.
Partner
Singapore, Delhi-Gurugram
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Charlotte Buck
Associate
Hanover
Charlotte Riese
Senior Associate
Berlin
Céline S. H. Breitenmoser, M.A. HSG
Associate
Singapore
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Bob Scharfe
Managing Partner Luther S.A.
Luxembourg
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Birgitta von Dresky
Partner
Singapore
Dr Bernd Götze
Of Counsel
Singapore
Dr Benjamin Hub
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Axel Mühl
Partner
Stuttgart
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Artur Winkler
Counsel
Hamburg
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Dr Arnd Becker
Partner
Essen
Anton Spinty
Senior Associate
Berlin
Anneleen Hofkens
Counsel
Luxembourg
Anne-Sophie Fischer
Associate
Munich
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Alina Kühn
Associate
Essen
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Alexander Mönnig, LL.M. (Manchester), E.M.L.E.
Counsel
Hamburg
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Senior Associate
Essen
Alexander Bohusch
Partner
Yangon, Singapore
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Achim Pütz
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., Cologne