Dr. Marco Eickmann, LL.M.
Reputation
- Legal 500 Germany 2021: recommended lawyer, next generation lawyer
- JUVE handbook 2020|2021: leading lawyer in venture capital, often recommended lawyer (Venture Capital)
- Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers 2020: Dr. Marco Eickmann is one of the best lawyers in the field of Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law and M&A in Germany
- Legal 500 Germany 2020: recommended lawyer, next generation lawyer
- JUVE handbook 2019|2020: leading lawyer in venture capital
- Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers 2019: Dr. Marco Eickmann is one of the best lawyers in the field of Corporate Law and Venture Capital Law in Germany
- Legal 500 Germany 2019: recommended lawyer
- JUVE handbook 2018|2019: often recommended lawyer ("strong negotiator, economic focus, constructive, high availability", client)
- Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers 2018: Dr. Marco Eickmann is one of the best lawyers in the field of Corporate Law in Germany
- Legal 500 Germany 2018: recommended lawyer
- JUVE handbook 2017 | 2018: frequently recommended lawyer
- Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers 2017: Dr. Marco Eickmann is one of the best lawyers in the field of Corporate Law in Germany.
- Legal 500 Germany 2017: "pragmatic and efficient"
- JUVE handbook 2016 | 2017: frequently recommended lawyer PE/VC (“pragmatic, solution-oriented, economic thinking”, competitor)
career
- Studied law at the Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster
- 2003–2005 Research Assistant at the Institute for Tax Law (Prof. Dr. Dieter Birk) of the Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster
- 2005–2007 Legal traineeship in Münster und New York
- Dissertation in international tax law at the Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster
- Admitted to the bar in 2007
- 2007–2015 Lawyer at a leading German law firm in Munich and Berlin
- 2010 Master of Laws (“Mergers & Acquisitions”) at the Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster
- Joined LUTZ | ABEL in 2015
Recent transactions
- WeSustain on the sale to Cority
- Perpetual on USD 160 m series D financing round of sennder GmbH
- Clark on EUR 69m series C financing round
- Heal Capital on series A financing round of CereGate GmbH
- Notion Capital on EUR 7m series A financing round of claimsforce
- Candis on series B financing round
- Laserhub on series A financing round
- RTP Global and HV Ventures on series B financing round of Penta Holdings GmbH
- AlphaPet Ventures on acquisition of Healthfood24 and series E financing
- Tomorrow on EUR 8.5m series A financing
- RTP Global on EUR 10m series A2 financing of CoachHub
- klarx on EUR 12.5m financing round
- RTP Global on investment in E-Bot7
- Paul Wurth on financing of SunFire
- Vitafy on EUR 10m financing round
Memberships
- M&A Alumni Deutschland e.V.
- Westfälischer Steuerkreis e.V. (Westphalian Tax Group)
One of the best lawyers in the field of Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law and M&A in Germany.
Handelsblatt & Best Lawyers 2020
News
LUTZ | ABEL advises AlphaPet Ventures in equity financing and acquisition
AlphaPet Ventures GmbH secures equity financing led by capiton AG and acquires Healthfood24.LUTZ | ABEL advises Munich based premium pet food company AlphaPet Ventures in both equity financing and acquisition.
The LUTZ | ABEL team led by Dr. Marco Eickmann and Philipp Hoene (both M&A/VC, Munich) included Dr. Sebastian Sumalvico (M&A/VC, Munich), Frank Hahn (M&A/VC, Hamburg), Dr. Marius Mann (Commercial, Stuttgart), Dr. André Schmidt (IP/IT, Hamburg), Claudia Knuth (Employment, Hamburg) and Sebastian Schreiber (Real Estate, Hamburg).
The transaction is subject to pending merger control approval.
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LUTZ | ABEL advises fintech start-up Tomorrow in its series A equity financing
Fintech Tomorrow closed EUR 8.5 Mio series A equity financing. The Hamburg-based sustainable mobile banking provider plans to expand to the European market within the next year.The financing round was led by British VC Fonds ETF Partners. Amongst Tomorrow’s investors are former N26 CFO and entrepreneur Christian Rebernik, green power pioneer Matthias Willenbacher and Vitafy founder Georg Bader.
Dr. Marco Eickmann, LL.M., Philipp Hoene and Dr. Sebastian Sumalvico assisted Tomorrow with comprehensive legal advice.
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LUTZ | ABEL advises RTP Global in EUR 10 mio series A2 financing at CoachHub
CoachHub, located in Berlin, managed to secure EUR 10 million within the frame of a series A2-financing round. Leading investor is the international early stage investor RTP Global, while the current investors HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, Partech and Speedinvest increase their investment. LUTZ | ABEL advised RTP Global as part of the financing round.CoachHub operates a digital training platform. The Berlin-based company aims at offering different kind of trainings, such as time management, stress reduction and leadership skills for anybody throughout entire businesses rather than to managers only. CoachHub is already working with over 400 qualified coaches and employs 70 people. The platform does not only make trainings available for more clients around the world but also helps coaches to enlarge their customer circle worldwide and improve their expert skills. CoachHub will focus on its international sales program during the upcoming year. The company expects an increase of its number of employees up to 200 until mid-2020.
Consulting lawyers RTP Global
LUTZ | ABEL Rechtsanwalts PartG mbB
Dr. Marco Eickmann, Partner
Philipp Hoene
Dr. Sebastian Sumalvico
