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Dr. Georg Lauster

Principal Counsel
Rechtsanwalt

CMS Hasche Sigle
Theodor-Heuss-Straße 29
70174 Stuttgart
Germany
Languages German, English

Georg Lauster advises German and international private equity funds and strategic investors on M&A transactions, acting on the buyers' as well as sellers' side. He also advises companies on establishing and dissolving joint ventures. Alongside his M&A know-how, Georg has special health care sector expertise, with a focus on advising on M&A transactions related to all legal aspects of outpatient and inpatient care services as well as health care centres.

Georg joined CMS in 2011 and was made principal counsel in 2022.

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Relevant experience

  • Advising the shareholders of compassio-group on the sale of their participation to an associated company of Waterland Private Equity
  • Advising Cofinimmo SA on the acquisition of a nursing home in Lower Saxony
  • Advising Ströer Media AG on the acquisition of a majority stake in Ballroom International CEE Holding GmbH
  • Advising Cofinimmo SA on the acquisition of 17 nursing homes
  • Advising Avedo on the acquisition of the direct sales specialist Ranger
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Publications

  • Transaktionen im Pflegemarkt - Besonderheiten beachten, CARE Invest Heft 19, 20/2016
  • Kapitel 3 - Finanzierung von Familienunternehmen, in: Freiherr von Rechenberg, Thies, Wiechers, Handbuch Familienunternehmen und Unternehmerfamilien 2016, gemeinsam mit Dr. Marc Seibold und Dr. Andreas Grunert
  • Treatment of shareholder loans in the context of M&A transactions in the light of the most recent case law of the Federak Court of Justice, WM Heft 46/2013
  • Doppelbesicherung und zeitliche Reichweite von Gesellschafterfinanzierungen – Rechtssicherheit durch die jüngste Rechtsprechung des BGH, BKR Heft 3/2012, gemeinsam mit Tina Stiehler
  • Die Beteiligung privater Dienstleister an der Wahrnehmung bauleitplanerischer Aufgaben – Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von § 4 b BauGB –, Nomos 2010
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Lectures list

  • "Legal Challenges in Transactions in the Health and Nursing Care Sector " - Nursing Care 2018: The Wave of Reforms and Other Challenges, CMS and TERRANUS on 17.07.2018
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Education

  • 2011: Second state examination in law
  • Research assistant to Prof. Dr. Barbara Remmert
  • PhD: thesis on public commercial law topic
  • Law studies in Tuebingen and Geneva
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21/12/2023
CMS advises C.C.A.G. Crotti on the acquisition of Gutmann Group
Stuttgart – An international team led by Dr Georg Lauster and Susanne Waldhans advised C.C.A.G. Crotti S.r.l., based in Bergamo, Italy, on the acquisition of the Gutmann Group's operating business in...
02/06/2023
CMS advises SYNLAB on acquisition of WolfartKlinik
Stuttgart – The SYNLAB Group has acquired the WolfartKlinik hospital in Gräfelfing near Munich from the Wolfart family. The transaction was agreed in February 2023 and has now been successfully completed...
05/09/2022
CMS advises Clariant on the Signing of definitive agreement to sell Quats...
Stuttgart – Clariant, a focused, sustainable, and innovative specialty chemical company, announced that it has reached a definitive agreement for the divestment of its Quats business to Global Amines...
28/01/2022
CMS advises DermaZentrum on sale to Halder
Stuttgart – The founder of the DermaZentrum Group, Prof. Viktor Meineke, has sold a majority stake in the group to private equity firm Halder as part of an owner buy-out. The transaction has now been...
10/01/2019
CMS advises Italian measurement technology specialist Marposs on acquisition...
Stuttgart – Italian measurement technology specialist Marposs S.p.A. has acquired the long-established Thuringia-based company Lehren- und Meßgerätewerk Schmalkalden GmbH by way of a share deal. The...
15/06/2018
CMS advises Belgian real estate investor Cofinimmo on portfolio transaction...
Stuttgart – Listed Belgian real estate company Cofinimmo SA has acquired 17 care home properties spread across four German federal states in a portfolio deal. The vendor is a joint venture of European...
02/08/2017
CMS advises Avedo on acquisition of direct sales specialist Ranger
Stuttgart – Ströer is acquiring the Ranger Marketing Group, one of Germany’s largest dialogue marketing specialists. The vendor is Waterland Private Equity. This acquisition will enable Ströer to...
12/05/2016
CMS advises Sparkassen on introduction of paydirekt
Stuttgart – CMS Hasche Sigle has advised the Spar­kassen-Fin­an­z­gruppe (German Savings Banks Finance Group) on the introduction of the paydirekt online payment method. The firm was instructed by Deutscher...
22/01/2016
Properties worth EUR 300 million: CMS advises Savills on real estate investments...
Stuttgart – Savills Investment Management KVG GmbH took possession of the “Dortmunder U – Das Viertel” property at the end of last year, following its completion. It acquired the ensemble in 2013...
01/09/2015
Savills plc completes acquisition of SEB Asset Management AG with CMS support
Stuttgart – The acquisition of SEB Asset Management AG (SEBAM) by London-listed Savills plc, which was agreed in March, has now been completed. The competition and regulatory authorities have approved...
19/03/2015
CMS advises Savills plc acquiring SEB Asset Management AG
Stuttgart – London-listed Savills plc is acquiring SEB Asset Management AG (SEBAM) after a bidding process structured by investment bank Lazard. SEBAM is one of Germany’s leading real estate asset...
04/02/2015
CMS advises TRUMPF on acquisition of EHT Werkzeug­maschinen GmbH
Stuttgart – TRUMPF has reached an agreement with the current shareholders on the complete acquisition of EHT Werkzeug­maschinen GmbH, a mechanical engineering company based in the South Baden town of...