02-12-2025News

With HEUKING, NWL takes over eurobahn to ensure stability of the service

A HEUKING team led by Dr. Ute Jasper and Dr. Christopher Marx has provided legal advice to the Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (NWL) on the temporary takeover of eurobahn GmbH & Co. KG for a symbolic euro. The takeover is intended to guarantee the continued existence of the company and jobs and stabilize operations. By 2027, the profitability of eurobahn is to be restored and then sold.

The Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (NWL), founded in January 2008, is a public transport authority based in Unna. The NWL organises and finances local rail passenger transport (SPNV) in Westphalia-Lippe, including the regions of Münsterland, Ostwestfalen-Lippe, South Westphalia and the Sauerland. It comprises 206 cities and municipalities and manages a route network of 1793 km in length. The focus of the NWL is on maintaining a reliable and efficient local transport system.

The "Public Sector and Public Procurement" department of the law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek has been one of the market leaders in public procurement law for years. The lawyers occupy the best positions in relevant German and international lawyer rankings. Since 1991, they have been advising on public sector awards, restructurings, major projects and cooperations and have accompanied several hundred major projects of the federal, state and local governments and their subsidiaries with a total volume of more than 40 billion euros, without any proceedings having been successfully challenged so far.

Advisor to Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe
HEUKING:
Dr. Ute Jasper,
Dr. Christopher Marx (both lead, both Transport, Traffic & Infrastructure),
Dr. Volker Howe (Restructuring & Insolvency), all Düsseldorf,
Prof. Dr. Georg Streit (Restructuring & Insolvency Law), Munich,
Christoph Hexel (Employment),
Dr. Roland Reichert (Corporate/M&A),
Christoph Nöhles, LL.M. (Boston University) (Real Estate & Construction), all Düsseldorf,
Dr. Stefan Jöster , LL.M. (Insurance / Reinsurance), Cologne,
Mike Steffen (Transport, Traffic & Infrastructure),
Astrid Luedtke (Competition & Advertising Law),
Sarah Rose (Transport, Traffic & Infrastructure),
Laura-Felicia Bokranz, LL.M. (University of Cape Town), Employment),
Moritz von Voß,
Felix Schütte,
Jakob Papendell (all Transport, Traffic & Infrastructure), all Düsseldorf