LARK

We are LARK. The Business Law Powerhouse. We specialise in Corporate Law, M&A/Private Equity, Public Companies, Emerging Companies/Venture and Growth Capital, Banking & Finance and Tax. Established in 2024 and based in Munich, Germany, LARK is a young and dynamic team led by experienced partners. LARK stands for excellent advice, outstanding service and entrepreneurial thinking.

Partners: 9; Counsel: 3; Associates: 14

Recently completed representative matters for our clients include:

• Staffbase GmbH on the change of legal form to an SE
• Zalando SE on executive compensation and employee participation plans
• zooplus AG on the change of legal form to an SE

Your contact: Dr. Tobias Nikoleyczik ([email protected])

• Afinum on the exit of FAST LTA to Summa Equity
• FSN Capital and its portfolio company TASKING on the acquisition of LDRA group
• Egeria Capital on the acquisition of Meyer Menü group

Your contact: Dr. Ludger Schult ([email protected])

• ABOUT YOU Group on business combination with Zalando
• MorphoSys in connection with the public takeover offer by Novartis, the subsequent taking private as well as the delisting and squeeze-out
• EQS AG in the public takeover by Thoma Bravo, the subsequent taking private as well as the delisting and squeeze-out

Your contact: Dr. Tobias Nikoleyczik ([email protected])

• Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) as lead investor in DeepL’s Series B financing
• Thrive Capital on German portfolio investments, among others in Pitch Software
• AUDI on various participations in fast-scaling start-up companies

Your contact:Dr. Daniel Gubitz ([email protected])

• FSN Capital and its portfolio company Tasking on unitranche financing provided by Arcmont for acquisition of US, UK, India and Germany based LDRA group
• teccle group on debut syndicated credit financing by UniCredit Bank, Landesbank Baden-Würtemberg, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg and Frankfurter Sparkasse for refinancing purposes and further expansion of the group pursuant to its buy-and-build strategy
• Patient 21 on growth debt financing by BNP Paribas and roll-in of existing growth debt financing by IPF Partners

Your contact: Dr. Anselm Lenhard ([email protected])

• Mercer on the acquisition of hkp///group
• Green Structures on the acquisition of Kai Laumann Zimmerei- und Bedachung GmbH
• Staffbase on €50,000,000 revolving credit facility by J.P. Morgan and KfW

Your contact: Dr. Tobias Stuppi ([email protected])

LARK regularly cooperates with many law firms in Germany and abroad. In this way, LARK has built up a strong international network that enables us to handle international mandates across national borders with ease. Often times, LARK also acts as lead counsel for client's international work in multiple jurisdictions.