Partner

Dr. Jochen Lux

Rechtsanwalt

Languages

German
English

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With a focus on the healthcare, life sciences, IT, e-commerce, real estate and automotive industries, Jochen Lux advises on German and cross-border M&A transactions as well as on complex restructurings.

He joined CMS in 2012 after four years with Hengeler Mueller in Berlin and London. During this time, he was also seconded to De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in Amsterdam. Since 2004, Jochen has been a lecturer in corporate and commercial law at the University of Bayreuth and he also teaches M&A on Dresden International University’s healthcare management MBA programme. He was made partner in 2017 and currently serves on the firm‘s partnership board.

Awards & Recognitions

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Listed for Real Estate

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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Lawyer of the year for Mergers and Acquisitions

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2025 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Listed for Real Estate

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2024 – 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
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Leading lawyer for mergers & acquisitions

Kanzleimonitor 2021, 2022
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Lawyer of the Year for Mergers and Acquisitions

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2021 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Leading lawyer for mergers & acquisitions

Kanzleimonitor 2020, 2021
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Listed for mergers and acquisitions

Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2020 – Handelsblatt in Kooperation mit Best Lawyers
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Führender Anwalt Mergers & Acquisitions

Kanzleimonitor 2022/2023

Relevant experience

Advising HIRMER Group on the sale of Travel Charme Hotels & Resorts to REWE Group
Advising British service provider Serco on the acquisition of social services provider European Homecare
Advising Salvia Gruppe on the strategic partnership with the listed French Eiffage Group
Advising QUARTERBACK Group on the purchase and sale of real estate project developments and project developments in the new energies sector
Advising EMPIRA Group on the purchase of “Langes Land” residential area development comprising more than 900 apartments in Munich
Advising Bauwert Aktiengesellschaft on the strategic partnership with Wing Group and the international investment and asset manager Griffin Capital
Advising Rockaway Ventures as Lead Investor during the series A financing of Voya GmbH
Advising Medike International on the acquisition of Landes Group from VR Equitypartner
Advising Hirmer Group on the acquisition of Travel Charme Hotels & Resorts
Advising Sosta on the sale of its production facility to Butting Group
Advising European Energy Exchange on EUR 150 million capital increase
Advising SUEZ on the acquisition of a hazardous waste treatment facility from DOW
Advising Lielje Group on the sale of four rehabilitation clinics to Median/Waterland
Advising on the setting up of various medical care centres as well as advising medical care centres on the acquisition of doctor's surgeries
Advising the shareholders of leading real estate developer GRK-Holding AG on the sale to Formart Group
Advising an international private equity investor on certain acquisitions and disposals of residential property portfolios (more than 3,500 residential units)
Advising an international private equity investor on the envisaged acquisition of residential property portfolios (approximately 23,500 residential units and 3,000 residential units)
Advising UNISTER, one of Germany's biggest e-commerce companies, on the acquisition of listed Travel Viva AG and on the subsequent squeeze out
Advising a leading OTA on the planned takeover of a British competitor
Advising several German regional state-owned banks (Landesbanken) on various restructuring projects in the maritime asset class
Advising the majority shareholder of internationally operating Rettenmeier Group on the sale to Cordes Group
Advising a German commercial bank on the sale of a retail non-performing loans portfolio

Publications

Besonderheiten der Legal Due Diligence (Particularities of Legal Due Diligence), in: Mergers & Acquisitions im Krankenhaussektor (M&A in the hospital sector) published by Christian Timmreck, 2016, p. 213 – 240
Rückforderbarkeit gewinnunabhängiger Ausschüttungen an Kommanditisten (Reclaimability of Non-Profit-Related Dividends to Limited Partners), Der Betrieb (DB) 2016, p. 948 – 949
Fehlerhafte Eintragung der Haftsumme im Handelsregister (Incorrect Registration of the Liability Amount in the Commercial Register), DStR 2013, p. 1671 et seqq.
Rückforderung gewinnunabhängiger Ausschüttungen an Kommanditisten (Claim for Return of Non-Profit-Related Dividends to Limited Partners), NZG 2013, p. 1017 et seq.
Haftung von berufsfremden Mitgliedern einer gemischten Sozietät (Liability of Non-Lawyer Partners in a Mixed Law Firm), MDR 2009, p. 957-960
Das Anwartschaftsrecht des bedingt Berechtigten in Einzelzwangsvollstreckung und Insolvenz (The Expectant Right of a Contingent Beneficiary in Foreclosure and Insolvency), MDR 2008, p. 895-899
Ausschluss des Zurückweisungsrechts nach § 174 S. 2 BGB wegen Eintragung im Handelsregister (Exclusion of the Rejection Right Under § 174 Sentence 2 of the German Civil Code due to Registration in the Commercial Register), NZA-RR 2008, p. 393-398
Rechtsscheinhaftung des Scheinsozius auch für nicht anwaltstypische Tätigkeiten (Liability of a Fictitious Partner of a Law Firm Due to Legal Appearance Also for Activities Non-Typical for a Lawyer), NJW 2008, p. 2309-2312
Kenntnisfiktion qua Eintragung im Handelsregister (Legal Fiction of Knowledge Through Registration in the Commercial Register), DStR 2006, p. 1968-1973
Gesellschaftsrechtliche Abfindungsklauseln - Feststellung der Unwirksamkeit oder Anpassung an veränderte Verhältnisse (Compensation Clauses Under Corporate Law – Establishment of Invalidity or Adjustment to Altered Circumstances), MDR 2006, p. 1203-1207
Kreditgewährung an Gesellschafter als verbotene Stammkapitalauszahlung (Granting Shareholder Loans as Prohibited Payment of Share Capital), commentary on the decision issued by the German Federal Court of Justice on 24 November 2003 - II ZR 171/01, MDR 2004, p. 342-343
Das Anwartschaftsrecht bei bedingter Übereignung - bloßes Sprachkürzel oder selbstständiges absolutes Recht? (The Expectant Right in Case of Contingent Transfer – A Mere Language Code or an Independent Right?), Jura 2004, p. 145-153
Kommt dem Arztvertrag Geschäftsbesorgungscharakter zu? - Auskunft-, Einsichtnahme- und Herausgabepflichten des Arztes (Is an Agreement for Treatment by a Doctor an Agency Agreement? – Doctor's Obligations to Inform and to Inspect and Deliver Documents), GesR 2004, p. 6-10
Beschränkung der Prospekthaftung im Prospekt (Limitation of Prospectus Liability in the Prospectus), ZfBR 2003, p. 633-639
Verjährung von Prospekthaftungsansprüchen (Statute of Limitation for Claims Based on Prospectus Liability), NJW 2003, p. 2966-2967
Generelle Haftungsprivilegierung von Sozien (General Privileged Position of Partners in a Law Firm as to Liability), NJW 2003, p. 2806-2808
Eigenes Ablösungsrecht der Mitgesellschafter bei der Verpfändung von GmbH-Anteilen (Independent Replacement Right of Co-Shareholders in Case of Pledging of Shares in a GmbH), GmbHR 2003, p. 938-941
Haftung für Altschulden bei Eintritt in eine Sozietät von Rechtsanwälten (Liability for Debts Existing at the Time of Entry into a Law Firm), commentary on the decision issued by the German Federal Court of Justice on 7 April 2003 - II ZR 56/02), MDR 2003, p. 757-758
Der Tatbestand der allgemeinen Marktbehinderung im Recht gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb. Ein Beitrag zu den Grenzen des Lauterkeitsrechts (General Obstruction of the Market under the Law against Unfair Trade Practices. A Contribution to the Limits of the Fair Trade Practices Law), publisher: Mohr Siebeck, 2006, doctoral thesis

Memberships & Roles

Young Excellence in Health Care

Education

2006: PhD, University of Bayreuth
2005 - 2007: Trainee lawyer at Bamberg Higher Regional Court
2002 - 2008: Research assistant to Prof. Dr. Peter W. Heermann at the University of Bayreuth
1997 - 2002: Law studies

Practice Areas

Corporate / M&A Mergers & Acquisitions Distressed M&A International Group Structures

sectors

Healthcare Private Equity & Venture Capital Life Sciences & Healthcare

Insights

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