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Dr. Jessica Mohaupt-Schneider

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Dr. Jessica Mohaupt-Schneider

Partner
Rechtsanwältin

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Nymphenburger Straße 12
80335 Munich
Germany
Languages German, English, French

Jessica Mohaupt-Schneider advises financial investors, large corporations and fast-growing companies on international M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions as well as on complex restructurings. She also uses her combination of corporate and financing expertise when supporting investors and start-ups in venture debt financings and advising start-ups as mentor of the CMS equIP programme.

Jessica has special tech, automotive and financial services sector expertise.

Jessica joined CMS in 2014 and has been partner since 2022. In 2018/2019, she was seconded to Silicon Valley Bank in London and Franfurt. She is Co-Head of the Private Equity Cluster of Excellence of CMS Germany.

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„Oft empfohlen“ für Private Equity und Venture Capital

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024

„immer visibler, v.a. bei Tech-VC“, Wettbewerber

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024

Lawyer of the Future for Mergers and Acquisitions

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers

"Jessica Mohaupt-Schneider: Expertise; service idea; team spirit.", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2023

"Dr. Jessica Mohaupt-Schneider is characterized by immense specialist knowledge, goal-oriented thinking, perfect project management and a strong personality."

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Key lawyer for Private Equity

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Key lawyer for Venture Capital

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

"[…] extremely accessible, quick to respond with valuable and to the point advise […] allowing me to feel very confident in making decisions leading to the successful and stress free closing of our deal […]"

CFO, International Strategic Investor, 2019

"Dr. Jessica Mohaupt-Schneider is characterized by immense specialist knowledge, goal-oriented thinking, perfect project management and a strong personality.", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

„Oft empfohlen“ für Private Equity und Venture Capital

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024

„immer visibler, v.a. bei Tech-VC“, Wettbewerber

JUVE Handbuch, 2023/2024

Lawyer of the Future for Mergers and Acquisitions

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2023 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers

"Jessica Mohaupt-Schneider: Expertise; service idea; team spirit.", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2023

"Dr. Jessica Mohaupt-Schneider is characterized by immense specialist knowledge, goal-oriented thinking, perfect project management and a strong personality."

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Key lawyer for Private Equity

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Key lawyer for Venture Capital

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

„Höchster persönlicher Einsatz […] Sehr angenehmer, verbindlicher Auftritt […] Dabei sehr gute Balance zwischen ‚Attention to Detail‘ und ‚Flughöhe‘“

Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter PE Investor, 2021

„Ich schätze Ihre pragmatische und zielorientierte Arbeitsweise im Sinne des Mandanten […] Kurzum, ich arbeite gerne mit Ihnen“

CEO, Mandant

"[…] extremely accessible, quick to respond with valuable and to the point advise […] allowing me to feel very confident in making decisions leading to the successful and stress free closing of our deal […]"

CFO, International Strategic Investor, 2019

„Pragmatisch im Ansatz/der Beratung […] Enorm hohe Einsatzbereitschaft, Responsiveness und Zuverlässigkeit. Sehr hohe Ownership […] und pro-aktives Vorantreiben von Themen im Sinne der Sache bzw. des Mandanten“

Investment Director, Private Equity Investor, 2019

"Dr. Jessica Mohaupt-Schneider is characterized by immense specialist knowledge, goal-oriented thinking, perfect project management and a strong personality.", client

The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Relevant experience

PE/VC (incl. M&A)

  • CDH Investments et al./WOW Tech Group | > 1 bn EUR Business combination with Lovehoney Group
  • Headway Capital Partners und Gründer | Sale of the majority shareholding office people Personalmanagement GmbH, Münster, to H.I.G. Capital
  • Finch Capital subsidiary Nomu Pay | Acquisition of Wirecard entities and assets in Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore from the insolvency administrator Dr Jaffé
  • Mutares | Various M&A transactions, including acquisition of two UK subsidiaries from Knorr-Bremse AG, acquisition of Innomotive Systems Hainichen GmbH from SUMEC, a Chinese state-controlled company, sale of Norsilk to Protac (part of Group Rose), sale of Finnish Nordec Group to Finnish family offices Harjavalta Oy and Tirinom Oy
  • HTGF, Milestone Venture Capital and Founders | Sale of Protected Networks to SolarWinds
  • Shareholder of Factor Eleven | Sale to ArmiraTengelmann Ventures portfolio company Pomélo + Co GmbH on the acquisition of all assets of Shyne Labs AG
  • Rigeto Unternehmerkapital et al. | Sale of WOW Tech Group to CDH Investments
  • SHS and Founders | Sale of stake in Single Use Support to Pall Corporation
  • Treasury Intelligence Solutions | Acquisition of Cashforce
  • Bruker | Investment in and acquisition of shares in PreOmics in a Series B financing round
  • Silicon Valley Bank | Venture debt financings
  • Gauss Fusion | 8-Million Pre-Seed Financing Round of European Greentech Venture
  • Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF Partners) | Late-stage financing round Movinga & Series A financing round of FinTech start-up Tomorrow
  • Luminovo (SaaS equIP start-up) | 11 million seed funding round
  • AMPEERS ENERGY (SaaS equIP start-up) | Investment of Austria’s federal real estate agency Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft (BIG)
  • CrowdDesk (FinTech equIP start-up) | Revenue Based Loan by Round2 Capital in connection with the Series A financing round

Strategic M&A/IPOs

  • Calian Group Ltd. | Acquisition of SatService Gesellschaft für Kommunikationssysteme mbH
  • Computacenter | Acquisition of ITL logistics from Interseroh
  • Pioneer & Onkyo Europe | Sale of certain business activities to Aqipa
  • Curetis AG | IPO, Euronext listing in Amsterdam and Brussels
  • 7-Industries | IPO of Sensirion Holding AG in Switzerland

Restructurings

  • Transatlantic Reinsurance Group | Restructuring of European business operations
  • Fortune 500 company | Cross-border restructuring including coordination of internal and external teams in various jurisdictions
  • International asset and investment manager (> EUR 20 billion AUM) | Restructuring of corporate governance, particularly considering regulatory requirements (German Banking Act/German Investment Code)

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Memberships & Roles

  • sdw Alumni e.V. (Foundation of German Economy alumni association)
  • ELSA Alumni Deutschland e.V. (European Law Students' Association Germany alumni association)
  • FinTech Ladies
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Publications

  • "Bridge Financing für Start-ups" – CMS Venture Capital Blog-Serie, 2019.
  • "Geschäftsleiterpflichten in der Unternehmenskrise – Entwicklung eines Drei-Phasen-Modells zur Berücksichtigung von Gläubiger- und Gesellschafterinteressen" (Directors' duties in a company crisis – Development of a three-phase model for the consideration of creditor and shareholder interests), Nomos 2017.
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Lectures list

  • "A changing Venture Capital landscape – where are we heading?" beim "CMS Neo" Event 2023 (gemeinsam mit Susie Meier, HV Capital)
  • "Start-up Financing – How Venture Debt can accelerate your Growth" at the "CMS Connect" Event 2019 (jointly with Damian Polok, Silicon Valley Bank)
  • "Growth Finance – VC vs. Venture Debt vs. ICOs" at the "CMS Connect" Event 2018 (jointly with Min-Sung Sean-Kim, Allianz X)
  • "Growth Finance: Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) vs. Venture Capital vs. ICO" (jointly with Stefan-Ulrich Müller, Dr. Tilman Weichert, Dr. Markus Kaulartz and Dr. Sebastian von Allwörden at a clients' event, 2018)
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Education

  • 2016: PhD; thesis on directors' duties in a company crisis
  • 2013 - 2014: Research Associate at the University of Muenster's Institute of Corporate and Capital Markets Law (Prof. Dr. Matthias Casper, Dipl.-Oec.)
  • 2011 - 2013: Trainee lawyer including (foreign) placement with the restructuring and corporate/M&A practice of a leading international law firm in Hamburg and Shanghai
  • 2011 - 2012: Research Assistant in the bank finance practice of a leading international law firm in Frankfurt a.M.
  • 2005 - 2011: Law studies at the University of Muenster with special focus on financial services (certificates in bank and insurance law), including foreign law and language programme in common law and French law
  • 2008 - 2009: Law studies at the University of Geneva (2008/2009); CDT certificate on cross-border law
  • Internships e.g. in Paris, Washington D.C. (German Embassy, Economic Affairs Department), Sydney
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Expertise

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09/04/2024
CMS advises TIS on sale to Marlin Equity Partners
Munich – Treasury Intelligence Solutions GmbH (TIS) has announced that it has signed a binding agreement to sell a majority stake to global investment firm Marlin Equity Partners (Marlin). TIS, a global leader in cloud-native cash management, liquidity and payment solutions, will use the investment to which Marlin has committed under the terms of the deal to drive forward growth of the company and expand the product range. The transaction is expected to complete in the second quarter of 2024. TIS co-founder Jörg Wiemer, Aquiline Capital Partners LP and the management team will retain a significant minority interest in the company.A CMS team headed by partner Dr Jessica Mo­haupt-Schneider and counsel Dr Christoph Küster advised both the company and the management team on specific legal aspects of concluding the agreement. The company and its management team have thus again relied on CMS’s expertise, after a CMS team recently worked on the acquisition of Cashforce, a Belgian fintech start-up offering AI-powered cash management and cash forecasting solutions. CMS Germany Dr Jessica Mo­haupt-Schneider, Lead Partner Dr Christoph Küster, Lead Counsel Dr Tilman Weichert, Part­ner Mar­i­elouise Emmer, Senior As­so­ci­ate Mat­thi­as Unger, Senior Associate Maria Kucher, Associate, all Corporate/M&A Jörg Schrade, Partner, TaxPress Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com
Deals
17/11/2023
CMS advises Finch Capital on acquisition of the Open Banking FinTechs Qwist...
Munich - The Warsaw-based investment company Crastorehill, which is majority-owned by Finch Capital, has acquired the Berlin-based open banking FinTech Qwist (previously finleap connect) and the open...
News
10/11/2023
CMS advises clean tech start-up DACMA on investment by Repsol
Munich – The clean-tech start-up DACMA GmbH has secured further funding to accelerate Direct Air Capture (DAC) through an investment by Repsol Energy Venture S.A. With this partnership, Repsol and DACMA...
News
11/10/2023
CMS advises IT infrastructure manager Jiliti on acquisition of IT specialist...
Munich – Jiliti, a portfolio company of the French private equity fund Chequers Capital, has acquired StorTrec AG, a major player in IT infrastructures present in ten countries and headquartered in...
News
29/05/2023
CMS European Private Equity Study 2023
We are very pleased to share with you the second edition of the CMS European Private Equity Study 2023. This study analyses hundreds of Private Equity deals that we advised on in 2022 and previous years, providing unique insights into market trends and differences between private equity and trade deals. Key findings: Deal activity remained strong until Q3 2022, but experienced a significant drop in Q4. New investments accounted for 85% of PE deals analysed, with fewer exits and secondary buy-outs in 2022 compared to 2021. Bidding processes decreased in 2022, potentially due to less involvement of PE funds on the sell-side. Entry into new markets was the most common deal driver (64% of deals), while digitalisation was no longer a deal driver­Tech­no­logy, media, and telecoms (TMT) was the busiest sector, followed by Real Estate & Construction and life sciences. Use of MAC clauses decreased to 10% in 2022, compared to 15% in 2021. Fewer FDI approvals or clearances were sought in 2022 (8%) compared to 2021 (15%).W&I insurance played a prominent role in PE M&A transactions, increasing with deal value. Locked box mechanisms for setting purchase price were preferred in 80% of PE deals, while purchase price adjustments decreased. Earn-out provisions increased overall in 2022 but were more common in smaller deals than higher value deals. ESG considerations have not yet featured in legal due diligence or transaction documents. Management incentive schemes saw shorter vesting periods, increased management allocation, but tightened leaver provisions. Overall, there were buyer-friendly developments in some deal metrics, such as the use of "tipping" baskets.
Publication
11/05/2023
CMS advises Tengelmann Ventures portfolio company Pomélo + Co on the acquisition...
Munich – Pomélo + Co GmbH, which specialises in beauty and personal care, has acquired all the assets of Shyne Labs AG and its range of brands. Through the acquisition, Pomélo + Co is further expanding...
News
14/04/2023
CMS advises Headway-Capital Partners and the company founder on sale of...
Munich – Headway Capital Partners and other shareholders have sold a majority interest in office people Per­son­al­man­age­ment GmbH, Münster, to H.I.G. Capital, LLC (H.I.G.). H.I.G. is a global private...
Deals
28/02/2023
CMS advises European greentech venture Gauss Fusion on EUR 8 million pre-seed...
Frankfurt/Main – Gauss Fusion GmbH, a green venture in the fusion technology sector based in Hanau, has raised around EUR 8 million in an initial pre-seed round of financing. Gauss Fusion is an initiative...
News
24/02/2023
CMS advises shareholders of Factor Eleven on their Exit to Armira
Munich – Factor Eleven, a leading digital marketing software company, announces a strategic collaboration with Armira, an investment holding company focused on family businesses and tech­no­logy. The...
Deals
22/09/2022
CMS advises Mutares on sale of Finnish Nordec Group
Munich - DONGES STEELTEC GmbH, a portfolio company of the listed private equity investment company Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, has signed a contract for the sale of the Finnish Nordec Group Oyj. The buyer...
Deals
22/08/2022
CMS advises software start-up Luminovo on EUR 11 million seed financing...
Munich – Munich-based software start-up Luminovo has raised around EUR 11 million in a seed round of financing to drive forward key innovations. The AI-powered software suite helps electronics companies...
News
20/06/2022
CMS advises Treasury Intelligence Solutions on the acquisition of Cashforce
Munich – Treasury Intelligence Solutions (TIS) acquires Cashforce, a Belgium-based FinTech start-up offering AI-based cash management and cash forecasting solutions. The acquisition of Cashforce is...
Deals
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