Marc Urlichs

Marc Urlichs specialises in national and international corporate acquisitions and in providing general corporate and commercial law advice, including advice on joint ventures and restructuring and transformation law advice. In this area, he also has experience advising on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies according to the European Merger Directive. His clients include both international groups and German medium-sized companies, as well as public companies (e.g. municipal utilities companies).

Corporate/M&A

Marc Urlichs studied law in Düsseldorf (Germany) and then carried out his legal training, which included working for two large international law firms in the area of corporate law. In 2006, Marc Urlichs joined the Düsseldorf office of Simmons & Simmons as a lawyer. He moved to Luther in 2018.

• VNG AG – Advised on the sale of a minority stake in BALANCE Erneuerbare Energien GmbH to an investment company of DIF Infrastructure VII Coöperatief U.A. and on the conclusion of a shareholders’ agreement on future cooperation
• Ingka Group – Advised on various corporate transactions in the renewable energy sector, including the acquisition of a PV development portfolio (approx. 300 MWp) from solar project developer ENERPARC, as well as the setting up of a consortium with other investors (including Commerz Real) and the acquisition of a majority stake in the Veja Mate offshore wind farm by this consortium in a bidding process
• Global mineral oil and energy company – Advised on the planned establishment of two joint ventures for the large-scale industrial production of green hydrogen
• E.ON SE – Advised on the planned establishment of a joint venture with Nikola Corporation in the field of hydrogen
• E.ON Energy Solutions GmbH – Advised on a restructuring through several asset deals with group companies
• Commerz Real AG – Advised on the acquisition of PV projects by way of share deals
• Bayernwerk Natur GmbH – Advised on the acquisition of various PV projects in different stages of development by way of share deals
• Bayernwerk Netz GmbH – Advised on the acquisition of all shares in KWH Netz GmbH
• Fronteris – Advised on a strategic partnership with Stadtwerke Krefeld
• Haus Cramer Group (Warsteiner Brewery) – Advised on various corporate transactions, including the acquisition by the Thielemann Group of a stake in BOXX Intermodal Logistics GmbH & Co. KG, the logistics subsidiary of the Haus Cramer Group, and on corporate law issues
• Douglas Group – Advised on various corporate transactions and on an internal restructuring