Corporate Law
M&A
Business Succession
Helge Kolaschnik specializes in corporate and commercial law. He advises medium-sized companies on all structural changes and supports startups from the founding phase through to the sale of the business. In M&A transactions, he advises both buyers and sellers. Another key area of his practice is advising entrepreneurs and high-net-worth families on the transfer of assets to the next generation and on drafting business wills.
Vita
Of Counsel at Leo Schmidt-Hollburg Witte & Frank (since 2026)
Attorney and Managing Director with Kolaschnik Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH in Hamburg (since 2010)
Attorney and Founding Partner with Kolaschnik Partner Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB in Hamburg (2005–2025)
Associate/Partner at a medium-sized interdisciplinary law firm in Hamburg (1998–2004)
Attorney in the legal department of an international auditing and tax consulting firm, Hamburg (1995–1997)
Lectureships in corporate, competition and commercial law at the Universities of Hamburg and Hagen (1991–1994)
Research assistant at the Chair of Commercial Law held by Prof. Dr. Dr. Erlinghagen, Director of the Institute for Commercial Law, University of Hamburg (1991–1994)
Study of law in Hamburg and Constance with a focus on commercial and tax law Training to Become and Working as a Bank Clerk
Select Transactions
Various mandates as a board member in family-owned and (listed) stock corporations as well as in family offices.
Sale of a leading provider of Al-driven building energy management systems to an English private equity investor, including reinvestment/roll-over by management
Investment by a French private equity investor and a German family office in a hydrogen technology company, on behalf of another family office
Due diligence, acquisition, and sale of various retail locations of a major German retail chain, including real estate, for a German corporate group in the franchise sector
Sale of an SAP consulting company to a German corporate group in the IT sector
Acquisition of a stake in a northern German healthcare company for a group of private investors, involving the exit of the company’s founder and his family
Sale of a German bank to another major German bank
Due diligence and acquisition of a regional corporate group in the retail sector in southern Germany, including real estate, for a German corporate group in the franchise sector
Sale of a German office furniture manufacturer (operating business/real estate) to a US private equity investor, including extensive pre-sale reorganization
Sale of a German medical technology manufacturer (operating business/real estate) to a strategic investor from Switzerland (including its US subsidiary), including extensive pre-sale reorganization
Acquisition and sale of 17 retail locations (operating businesses/real estate) in southern Germany for a major German retail chain
Co-counsel mandate on the sale of an investment company to a UK private equity investor on behalf of a client in the banking sector
Investment by a domestic private equity investor in parallel in both the German parent company and a Luxembourg sister group of an international real estate services provider in the franchise sector, and advice on the subsequent exit
Debt restructuring, share buy-back, and consolidation of the shareholder structure of a client, involving shareholders/investors from Spain and Luxembourg
Sale of an IT company to a strategic investor, including advice on the pre-sale reorganization
Sale of shares in a French societe anonyme and a related trading cooperation involving third-party participation
Dissolution of an online joint venture and acquisition and integration of the relevant business unit into the client’s corporate group in the retail sector
Cross-border merger of two corporate groups in the services sector, involving a change of legal form and relocation of one parent company’s registered seat to Germany for further integration Acquisition of a regional airport in northern Germany for a foreign investor
Languages
German
English