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Joachim Heine

Dr. Joachim Heine

Partner

joachim.heine@morganlewis.com

Frankfurt Phone +49.69.714.00.759 Fax +49.69.714.00.710

OpernTurm//Bockenheimer Landstrasse 4//60306 Frankfurt am Main//Germany

Dr. Joachim Heine leads clients through complex public and private mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, joint ventures, private equity transactions, and venture capital financings with an emphasis on life sciences transactions. During his accomplished career of more than 20 years, he has handled over 100 international projects ranging from multibillion-dollar public takeovers, to mid-size M&A deals and venture capital financing for clients in Germany, Sweden, the United States, China, and Japan.

Joachim adeptly tailors solutions to meet each client’s distinctive needs, and serves as a trusted advisor to corporations in the medical devices, pharmaceutical, biotech, media and communication, and financial services sectors.

He also brings a unique perspective to his legal work by drawing on his experience as a banker with one of the premier international German banks, and as an in-house lawyer with the investment banking division of a worldwide leading international Swiss bank. Using this relevant background, he applies pertinent insights into the business needs of his clients, and the commercial and financial mechanisms used in complex and high-end M&A projects and venture capital financings. His life sciences and healthcare clients receive comprehensive regulatory advice and benefit from his thorough understanding of their economic environment.

Joachim regularly assists clients in shareholder disputes and corresponding civil court and injunction proceedings.

Since the outset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Joachim manages distressed M&A projects and distressed financings and work from companies that want to change their business model to support emerging medical technology resources.

Awards and Affiliations

Recommended, Mergers and Acquisitions, JUVE Handbook of German Corporate and Commercial Law Firms (2019/2020)

Admissions

  • Germany

Education

  • University of Cologne, 2003, Dr. Jur.
  • Appellate Court of Düsseldorf, 1998, Second State Examination
  • University of Cologne, 1995, First State Examination

Sectors

  • Life Sciences
  • Technology
  • Financial Services

Services

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Emerging Business & Technology
  • Corporate, Finance & Investment Management

Regions

  • Europe
  • North America
  • Asia Pacific

Events

10/14/2021 - European Perspectives on Life Sciences (Part I): Market Dynamics, Corporate Transaction Trends, Competition and Disputes Developments, Technology Trends
9/1/2021 - The Life Sciences Growth Series – Japan
11/17/2020 - International Hot Topic: COVID-19's Impact on Global M&A
10/7/2020 - European Life Sciences Perspective: Corporate, Competition, IP, and Collaboration Trends in the European Life Sciences Market — Session 2

News

3/8/2021 - Elekta Wins Lawsuit Against Livian GmbH, Elekta
4/1/2020 - Morgan Lewis Deepens Cross-Border Transactions Team with Joachim Heine in Frankfurt

Publications

March 2022 - World in Motion, PharmaTimes Magazine
February 2022 - Takeover Monitor: Special Issue: German Federal Court of Justice on Non-Tendering Shareholders
2/3/2021 - EU Imposes Authorization Requirements for COVID-19 Vaccine Exports
October 2020 - Takeover Monitor: Current German Public Tender Offers | Issue 2
September 2020 - Takeover Monitor: Current German Public Tender Offers | Issue 1
June 25, 2020 (Updated August 13, 2020) - Telehealth Use Surges Around the World Amid COVID-19
5/11/2020 - Germany Approves New Forms for Patient Consents