DLA Piper advises Scout24 on the acquisition of neubau kompass, a digital marketing platform for new construction projects

DLA Piper has advised Scout24 SE on the acquisition of neubau kompass AG, a digital marketing platform for new construction projects for housing and real estate development in Germany.

neubau kompass is a specialised platform for purchase and sale of new properties and supports both buyers in their search for high-quality properties and project developers and marketers in the sales process. The company was founded in Germany in 2008 and started its activities on the Austrian market in 2018.

The integration of neubau kompass into the ImmoScout24 network creates new synergies. Real estate developers and agents gain direct access to prospective buyers. At the same time, neubau kompass benefits from the reach, innovative strength and strong brand of ImmoScout24, which, with over 19 million users per month, is one of the market leaders for digital real estate marketing and listing.

For Scout24 SE, the transaction was managed by an in-house team led by General Counsel Dr Christian Ronge and Senior Legal Counsel Dr Juliane Rau.

The DLA Piper team was led by partner Dr Murad Daghles together with senior associate Timo Heppner (both Corporate/M&A, Dusseldorf).

Also involved were partners Jan Pohle (IT/Data Protection, Cologne), Dr Henriette Norda (Employment, Hamburg), Dr Konrad Rohde (Tax), Semin O (Antitrust; both Frankfurt), counsel Dr Philipp Kynast (Corporate/M&A), Lukas Weidner (Real Estate; both Dusseldorf), Sven Bischoff (Tax, Frankfurt), Nils Grunicke (Employment, Hamburg/Frankfurt), Jörn Manhart (Pensions, Dusseldorf), Dr Enno Ahlenstiel (Antitrust, Cologne), senior associates Hubertus Neu (Corporate, Cologne), Hannah Modi (Employment, Hamburg), Andreas Rüdiger (Data Protection, Cologne), Dr Nina Oldehaver (Employment, Hamburg), associates Colin Kastrup, Tim Meyer-Meisel (both Corporate/M&A, Dusseldorf), Theresa Richter (Employment, Hamburg), Verena Reichstein, Dr Philipp Adelberg (both IT/Data Protection, Cologne), Dr Julian Zimara (IP, Frankfurt), Vincent Wehner (Real Estate, Munich), Franziska Golombek and Hazel Franke (both Employment, Hamburg).

HERBST Anwaltskanzlei were the legal advisors of the previous stockholders of neubau kompass AG in the course of the sale, under the lead of Dr Jochen Herbst and Oliver Stankovic.