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Heike Wagner
Partner

Dr. Heike Wagner

Rechtsanwältin

Languages
  • German
  • English
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Heike Wagner advises national and international strategic investors and private equity funds on all aspects of corporate law. She specialises in international and domestic M&A and corporate restructurings. She is experienced in a broad range of national and cross-border transactions, both sell- and buy-side as well as the assistance of clients in their ongoing activities in Europe. Heike has a particular expertise in the technology, consumer goods and life sciences sector.

Heike has been a partner of the Corporate/M&A team at CMS since 1998 and was appointed as chair of the CMS council in 2020. Heike spent one year with an investment bank and a law firm in New York.

Awards & Recognitions
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    Listed for Corporate
    Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2025 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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    Listed for Mergers and Acquisitions
    Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2025 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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    Listed for Mergers and Acquisitions
    Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2024 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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    Listed for Mergers and Acquisitions
    Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers

Relevant experience

  • Advising Ametek Inc. on the acquisition of Motec GmbH
  • Advising Coherent, Inc. on the acquisition of O.R. Lasertechnologie GmbH
  • Advising Coherent on the acquisition of ROFIN-SINAR
  • Advising Equistone Partners Europe on the acquisition of a majority stake in TriStyle Mode GmbH
  • Advising Hill-Rom Inc. on the acquisition of TRUMPF Medizin Systeme GmbH & Co. KG.
  • Advising Ametek Inc. on the acquisition of Luphos GmbH
  • Advising Coherent on the acquisition of InnoLight Innovative Laser und Systemtechnik GmbH
  • Advising an Orlando Management AG fund on the sale of a majority stake in Vivonio Group
  • Advising Kennametal Inc. on the acquisition of Deloro Stellite Group from Duke Street Capital
  • Advising Mani Inc. on the acquisition of Schütz Group
  • Advising Qingdao Machinery Industry Corp. on the acquisition of Künkel-Wagner Prozesstechnologie from its insolvency administrator

Education

  • PhD; comparative law thesis (US constitutional law)
  • Law studies in Wuerzburg

Insights by Heike

CMS advises Embla Medical on investment in Streifeneder ortho.production

21 Jul 2025 1 min read

CMS advises AMETEK on USD 920m acquisition of FARO Technologies

11 Jun 2025 2 min read

CMS named Europe Law Firm of the Year at the Chambers Europe Awards 2025

30 May 2025 2 min read

CMS advises AMETEK on the acquisition of Kern Microtechnik

05 Feb 2025 2 min read
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