Munich, 5 August, 2025: Rödl & Partner provided comprehensive legal advice to VIB Vermögen AG on the acquisition of the institutional business of BRANICKS Group AG. The transaction volume amounted to about EUR 360 million.
As part of the complex transaction, VIB Vermögen AG was supported by a team from Rödl & Partner consisting of 19 experts from various locations and disciplines, including Corporate Law, Capital Markets Law, Financial Law and Regulation, Insolvency Law, Labour Law, Real Estate Law, and Financing. The legal advice provided under the leadership of attorney and partner Tobias Reiter covered all aspects relevant to the transaction: from structuring and reviewing the project to contract negotiations and regulatory support to the final signing of the contracts as well as closing of the transaction.
Rödl & Partner made a significant contribution to the strategic expansion of VIB Vermögen AG's business with institutional investors. “We are making steady progress in the further development of our business strategy. The acquisition of the institutional business of BRANICKS Group AG with its revenue is another milestone in this process,” said Dirk Oehme, Speaker of the Management Board of VIB Vermögen AG.
The complexity of the transaction was the result of several reasons: Due to BRANICKS Group AG's approximately 69 percent stake in VIB Vermögen AG, this was a transaction within a de facto group, which required compliance with specific stock corporation law requirements. Both companies involved are issuers on the capital market, which necessitated accompanying capital market law advice. Since the acquired institutional business consists mainly of fund structures, a comprehensive advice in Financial Law and Regulatory was also necessary. Another component of the structure was the partial payment of the purchase price by offsetting existing loan receivables of VIB against BRANICKS Group AG – Rödl & Partner also provided financial law advice in this regard. Finally, Rödl & Partner also advised VIB Vermögen AG on insolvency law issues regarding the transaction.
About VIB Vermögen AG
VIB Vermögen AG is a company specialized in the development, acquisition and management of modern and sustainably profitable commercial real estate with over 30 years of experience.
About Institutional Business
Institutional Business refers to the institutional business of BRANICKS Group AG and covers all services related to real estate investments by institutional investors, in particular the management and structuring of funds, club deals, and individual mandates in all phases of the cycle.
About BRANICKS Group AG
BRANICKS Group AG is a listed company specialized in the German real estate market with over 25 years of experience in office and logistics real estate.
Advisors of VIB Vermögen AG
Rödl & Partner
Legal
Tobias Reiter, Partner, Munich – Project Lead, Corporate Law, M&A, Capital Markets Law, Financing
Dr. Michael Braun, Partner, Hof – Labour Law
Dr. Christian Conreder, Partner, Hamburg – Financial Law and Regulatory
Dr. Alexandra Giering, Partner, Nuremberg – Corporate Law, M&A
Raik Müller, Partner, Cologne – Insolvency Law and Restructuring
Dr. Johannes Scherzinger, Partner, Stuttgart – Antitrust and Competition Law
Michaela Engler, Associate Partner, Hamburg – Financial Law and Regulatory
Meike Farhan, Associate Partner, Hamburg – Financial Law and Regulatory
Nadine Schug, Associate Partner, Nuremberg – Insolvency Law and Restructuring
Katrin Mikschl, Manager, Nuremberg – Corporate Law, M&A, Capital Markets Law
Nicole Heinrich, Senior Associate, Hof – Labour Law
Dr. Malte Kroll, Senior Associate, Munich – Corporate Law, M&A, Capital Markets Law
Manuel Roch, Senior Associate, Nuremberg – Real Estate Law
Daniel Rybacki, Senior Associate, Bielefeld – Corporate Law, M&A
Hanna Bess, Associate, Hamburg – Financial Law and Regulatory
Diandra Friedl, Associate, Nuremberg – Corporate Law, M&A
Florian Hoßfeld, Associate, Munich – Corporate Law, M&A
Giulia Petretti, Associate, Munich – Corporate Law, M&A, Capital Markets Law, Financing
Benjamin Weiß, Associate, Munich – Corporate Law, M&A, Capital Markets Law, Financing