Hogan Lovells advises KIRKBI on the acquisition of a minority stake in AMBOSS

AMBOSS is a leading global medical knowledge platform that offers learning tools, as well as evidence-based medical guidance and clinical decision support, to medical students, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.

KIRKBI is the holding company of the LEGO Group and other companies owned by the Kirk Kristiansen family. KIRKBI develops and owns businesses that help build a better future for children around the world and actively engages in its businesses with the long-term perspective needed to make a lasting difference. 

Hogan Lovells advised long-standing client KIRKBI on all legal aspects of the transaction, including legal due diligence, transaction structuring, and transaction documentation, including corporate law, intellectual property, data protection, employment, and regulatory considerations.

Hogan Lovells team for KIRKBI A/S

Dr. Alexander Koch (Partner), Joy Baur, Dr. Daniel Schwiete, Gesa Unland-Miramov (all Senior Associates), Viktoria Voth (Associate) (all Corporate/M&A, Hamburg);

Thiemo Woertge (Counsel), Dr. Kilian Pfahl (Senior Associate) (both Private Equity/Venture Capital, Munich);

Dr. Falk Schöning (Partner, Brussels), Christian Ritz (Partner, Munich), Brian P. Curran (Partner, Washington, D.C.), Stefan Kirwitzke (Senior Associate, Brussels), Dr. Dennis Cukurov (Senior Associate, Munich), Zachary Alvarez (Senior Associate, Washington, D.C.) (all Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation);

Dr. Henrik Hanßen (Counsel, Hamburg), Prof. Dr. Fabian Pfuhl (Counsel, Frankfurt), Dr. Jasper Siems (Senior Associate), Dr. Lennart Knutzen-Lohmann (Associate) (both Hamburg, all Intellectual Property);

Dr. Hendrik Kornbichler (Partner), Axel Huber (Senior Associate) (both Employment, Munich);

Dr. Ingmar Dörr (Partner, Tax, Munich).