Raue stands out for its particularly strong capability in contentious healthcare matters for hospital groups and online health and pharmaceutical platforms, and the practice also brings experience in corporate law from across the firm to advise in investments, financings, and acquisitions of medical and life science firms for strategic investors, as well as for advisory work on buy-and-build strategies. The practice heads are Katharina Wodarz, whose experience in pharmaceutical law is implemented in healthcare transactions and litigation, and Maren Bedau, who leads on major hospital financings and consolidations as well as holding company establishment. Another name of note is Jörg Adam, who has unique experience in state aid law.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Testimonials
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- ‘Highly competent, well-coordinated, complementary skills, very collegial, excellent coordination within the firm on issues that lie outside their own areas of expertise, convincing solutions and proposals, quick when needed.’
- 'Maren Bedau is outstandingly knowledgeable, very responsive to our needs, highly understanding of our concerns and receptive to our questions, and pragmatic and combative.'
- ‘Great team, great excellence and profound knowledge of the health care sector.’
- ‘Katharina Wodarz, Maren Bedau and Jörg Adam are excellent lawyers, with great business perspective and deep business acumen.’
- 'Extensive knowledge of the industry, commitment to the cause.'
- 'Fast and solution-oriented interaction, in-depth discussion, availability at all times.'
Key clients
- DocMorris Services BV
- DRK Kliniken Berlin
- Sonic Healthcare
- Lauxera Capital Partners
- Stiftung kreuznacher diakonie
- DocMorris
- ALM
- Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss
- Omnicare Beteiligungen GmbH/Dr. Römer Kliniken GmbH
- Centric Health Deutschland GmbH
- Wellster Healthtech Group GmbH
- St. Joseph Krankenhaus Berlin-Tempelhof GmbH
Work highlights
Advised DocMorris on a BGH judgement in favour of the digital marketplace models for pharmacies.
Advised Lauxera Capital Partners on €50m investment in Acandis.
Advised DRK Kliniken Berlin and Agaplesion gAG in model case proceedings on selective hospital financing.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Maren Bedau; Katherina Wodarz
Other key lawyers
Jörg Adam