Private Equity | Venture Capital

Private Equity | Venture Capital: In this phase, start-ups and young companies receive capital to develop and realize their business idea. SONNTAG can support you in the following areas, among others:

• Structuring the investment from a tax and legal perspective
• Vesting
• Drawing up a financial plan
• Development of participation programs and agreements for employees

Private Equity | Venture Capital: In the "Seed" phase, the focus is on research activities and product development. The aim is to transform an idea into usable results, right through to the prototype. The protection of the results is of central importance here. SONNTAG can support you in the following areas, among others:

• Structuring and agreement of investments and participations
• Discussion of the appropriate form of financing (equity, debt, mezzanine)
• Drafting of pool agreements
• Securing the protection of minority interests
• Review and negotiation of investment documentation

Private Equity | Venture Capital: Companies at the "Expansion" stage are more established but need capital to accelerate their expansion or enter new markets. SONNTAG can support you in the following areas, among others:

• Advice on the acquisition of additional companies and support during financing rounds
• Consideration of antitrust law issues
• Veto rights
• Review and negotiation of investment documentation

Private Equity | Venture Capital: In the "Turnaround" phase, the company is to be restructured with the help of fresh capital. A positive market outlook and a good market position of the company are decisive for the entry of a private equity investor. SONNTAG can support you in the following areas, among others:

• Advice on the acquisition of shareholdings in companies in crisis
• Advice on compensatory capital increases and downrounds
• Advice on exits

Private Equity | Venture Capital: After a successful restructuring or growth phase, the private equity company looks for opportunities to sell its investment, to "Exit". This usually takes the form of a sale to another company. SONNTAG can support you in the following areas, among others:

• Comprehensive support with exit structuring - also from a tax perspective
• Advice on transformation law issues including the negotiation of participation documentation
• Discussion of exit and liquidation preferences
• Initial public offering (IPO)

Private equity | venture capital: In buyout financing, a significant share or full control of an existing company is acquired. In practice, there are various constellations here. For example, a company can be purchased by its management or financed with the help of a certain amount of outside capital. SONNTAG can support you in the following areas, among others:

• Management buyout (MBO)
• Leveraged buyout (LBO)

Private equity | venture capital: Real estate serves as a form of investment for private and commercial investors. Real estate transactions can be structured very differently in terms of purchase and sale. SONNTAG can support you in the following areas, among others:

• Fund structuring and design of other investment vehicles
• Supervisory law, AIFM Directive, KAGB advice
• Tax declaration obligations for investment structures
• Assistance in extrajudicial and judicial disputes