+49 711 220 45 79-15 +49 711 220 45 79-44 a.schott@heuking.de
- Corporate Succession
- Carve-outs
- IT-Outsourcing Tech-driven transactions
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Stock Corporation Law
- Going Public
- Capital Markets
- Reorganisation [of group of companies]
- Reorganization
- Automotive
- Limited Liability Company (GmbH) Law
- Partnership law
- Private M&A
- Venture Capital
Vita
- Admitted to the bar since 2015
- Education and former activities
- Legal Clerkship, Frankfurt am Main and Stuttgart 2013-2015
- Ph.D. in Law (Dr. jur.), University of Bayreuth 2013
- Research Associate, Hengeler Mueller, Frankfurt am Main2012
- Research Assistant, University of Bayreuth 2011-2012
- Working student, KPMG AG 2009
- Law studies, University of Bayreuth
Qualifications/Current topics
Alexander Schott is a Salaried Partner at HEUKING, where he advises entrepreneurs, shareholders, and investors on M&A transactions in the small- and mid-cap segment, representing both buyers and sellers.
A particular focus of his practice is on transactions in the succession context: he advises shareholders and entrepreneurial families on the transfer of company shares to successors, investors, or co-shareholders, structures succession arrangements, and supports the entry of investors in the context of generational change. In doing so, he guides his clients from the initial structuring of a transaction through to signing and closing. In addition, he advises on corporate law matters that arise throughout a company’s entire life cycle – from shareholder structure to shareholders’ agreements and governance issues for growing companies.
For Alexander Schott, M&A in the small- and mid-cap segment is more than a legal process. A company sale or a succession often concerns a life’s work and far-reaching entrepreneurial decisions – accordingly, he places great importance on advice that takes economic considerations as seriously as the legal structure. His clients value his personal and pragmatic approach, as well as his commitment to seeing processes through to a consistent conclusion.
Alexander Schott is regularly recommended by Best Lawyers, Handelsblatt, and Legal500 in the Corporate practice area.
Affiliations
- Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA)
- International Bar Association (IBA)
Dr. Alexander Schott's Distinctions
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2026
Legal 500 Deutschland 2026
Legal 500 Deutschland 2025
Best Lawyers 2026
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands beste Anwälte 2025
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2024
Best Lawyers 2025
Best Lawyers 2024
Handelsblatt: Deutschlands Beste Anwälte 2023
Selected references
Transactions in a succession context (sell-side)
- Shareholders of OMIKRON Data Solutions on the sale to the DQE Group
- Shareholders of an engineering services provider on the sale to a globally active testing organization
- Shareholders of REDPOINT.TESEON GmbH on the sale to Dataciders
- Shareholders of the SanTec Group on the sale to the ARTUS Group
- Shareholders of Supremo Shoes & Boots on the sale of a 51 percent stake to Deichmann
- Shareholders of Systemhaus Bissinger on the sale to Liberta Partners
- Shareholders of Kemmler Kopier Systeme on the sale to Liberta Partners
- Shareholders of Insilico Biotechnology AG on the sale to Yokogawa Electric
- Shareholders of Trompetter Guss Chemnitz on the sale to the Gienanth iron foundry group
- Shareholders of OMIKRON Data Quality ("FACT-Finder") on the sale to GENUI
- Shareholders of the digital specialist diconium group on the sale to Volkswagen AG
- Shareholders of SyBIT GmbH on the sale to itelligence AG
Transactions for strategic investors (buy-side & sell-side)
- HANDVERKSGRUPPEN on acquisitions of companies in the surface treatment sector (ongoing)
- International company in the printing and photo services sector on the acquisition of a competitor
- ad pepper media International N.V. on the divestment of its majority stake in ad agents GmbH
- G. Heinemann Medizintechnik on SHS Capital's investment in its endoscopy group
- Shareholders of a padel facility operator on the sale to an international competitor
- ad pepper media International N.V. on building a majority stake in solute Holding GmbH & Co. KG
- USU Ventures on the sale of USU GmbH to Thoma Bravo
- Visionet Deutschland on the acquisition of all shares in Rödl Dynamics GmbH
- G. Heinemann Medizintechnik on the acquisition of EMOS Technology GmbH
- Automobile manufacturer on the acquisition of a logistics site
- Copus Group NV on the acquisition of Primus Personaldienstleistungen GmbH
- SEMODU AG on the sale of the real estate project "Kleines Olympisches Dorf" in Berlin
- Alfred Kärcher SE on the acquisition of the Max Holder Group
- TRUMPF Hüttinger on the acquisition of HBH Microwave GmbH
- TimePartner on the acquisition of the personnel services business of the Weiderer Group
- BALLUFF on the acquisition of innovative software services GmbH and Matrix Vision GmbH
- House of HR on the acquisition of the TimePartner Group
- SODECIA on the acquisition of automotive supplier Kemmerich
Transactions for financial investors (private equity / venture capital / family office)
- 3TS Capital Partners as lead investor in an 11 million euro financing round for Patronus
- Family office on a stake in a start-up in the intralogistics industry
- EP Corporate Group on its entry into the steel division of thyssenkrupp AG
- Family office on a stake in a start-up in the food industry
- Lenbach Equity Opportunities II on the acquisition of the chain drive systems business from Schaeffler AG
- Storskogen on the acquisition of A & K - Die frische Küche GmbH
- Artum on its investment in EppsteinFOILS GmbH & Co. KG
- Marondo Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Oxid eSales AG