3. November 2025
honert supports empact GmbH in a financing round worth around EUR 100 million
PRESS RELEASE
Munich, November 3, 2025
A team from honert, led by Dr. Kai-Klemens Wehlage, has supported empact GmbH in a financing round. As part of the financing round, empact will receive approx. EUR 100 million in growth financing.
The Cologne-based start-up empact has set itself the goal of driving forward the transformation of energy supply in buildings, thereby accelerating the path to a climate-neutral future. As a “one-stop shop for the path to climate neutrality”, empact develops individual energy concepts for real estate and supports owners, project developers, and investors in providing climate-neutral energy supply for entire buildings and neighbourhoods. The focus is on the rapid and comprehensive reduction of CO₂ emissions and the integration of renewable energies and charging infrastructure to make buildings fit for the future. In addition to consulting, empact also implements the measures. The company now employs around 100 people at its locations in Cologne, Berlin, and Munich.
The financing round was led by London-based investment company Sustainable Development Capital LLP (SDCL), accompanied by several family offices as existing investors.
The fresh capital will be used to further advance empact’s mission and make clean, resilient energy systems in buildings a reality. The goal is to effectively and purposefully advance climate neutrality in the building sector and to develop empact into the leading energy service provider for the decarbonization of buildings in Germany with engineering expertise, technology, and capital.
Many thanks also to the team of Perella Weinberg (London) in particular consisting of Kevin Kaiser and Martin Hilbig (M&A Advisor of empact GmbH) for the good cooperation
honert (Munich): Dr. Kai-Klemens Wehlage (lead), Judith Kutter (M&A/VC), Samuel Wimmer, Johanna Schöbener (both corporate law), and Felix Strobel (M&A/VC)
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Julian Bahnsen
honert hamburg
Attorney-at-Law
Gesellschaftsrecht, Allgemeines Wirtschaftsrecht, Transaktionen (M&A)
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| j.bahnsen@honert.de |
Nicole Bühler
honert munich
Attorney-at-Law
Corporate, Business Law, M&A
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| n.buehler@honert.de |
Dr. Simon Busch, LL.M.
honert munich
Tax Advisor
Tax, International Taxation, Succession Planning
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| s.busch@honert.de |
Dr. Malte Drews
honert hamburg
Attorney-at-Law
Corporate, Business Law, M&A
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| m.drews@honert.de |
Irina Eppenstein
honert hamburg
Salary Partner, Attorney-at-Law, Lawyer for Commercial and Corporate Law
Capital Markets, Litigation, M&A, Gesellschaftsrecht, Allgemeines Wirtschaftsrecht, Transaktionen (M&A)
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| i.eppenstein@honert.de |
Christina Frigger
honert hamburg
Attorney-at-Law
Succession Planning, Litigation, M&A, Corporate
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| c.frigger@honert.de |
Dr. Thomas Grädler, LL.M. (Birmingham)
honert munich
Partner, Attorney-at-Law, Tax Advisor, Tax Lawyer
Tax, Corporate, International Taxation, Business Law, Succession Planning, M&A
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| t.graedler@honert.de |
Dr. Arne Hansen, LL.M. (Wellington)
honert hamburg
Partner, Attorney-at-Law, Lawyer for Commercial and Corporate Law
Corporate, Business Law, Employment, Litigation, M&A, Venture Capital
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| a.hansen@honert.de |
Dr. Jan-Christian Heins
honert hamburg
Partner, Attorney-at-Law
Corporate, Capital Markets, Management Participation, M&A, Venture Capital
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| j.heins@honert.de |
Dr. Jürgen Honert
honert munich
Partner, Attorney-at-Law, Tax Advisor, Tax Consultant
Tax, Corporate, Capital Markets, M&A
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| j.honert@honert.de |
Bastian Hosp
honert munich
Attorney-at-Law
Transaktionen (M&A), Allgemeines Wirtschaftsrecht, Gesellschaftsrecht
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| b.hosp@honert.de |
Judith Kutter
honert munich
Salary Partner, Attorney-at-Law
Transaktionen (M&A), Allgemeines Wirtschaftsrecht, Gesellschaftsrecht
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| j.kutter@honert.de |
Susanne Labus
honert munich
Salary Partner, Tax Advisor
International Taxation, Succession Planning, Nachfolge, Tax
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| s.labus@honert.de |
Tobias Lämmle
honert munich
Attorney-at-Law
Real Estate, Transaktionen (M&A), Allgemeines Wirtschaftsrecht, Gesellschaftsrecht, Real Estate
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| t.laemmle@honert.de |
Florian Leßniak
honert hamburg
Partner, Attorney-at-Law
Corporate, Business Law, Insolvency Law, M&A, Venture Capital
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| f.lessniak@honert.de |
Dr. Claudius Mann
honert hamburg
Counsel, Attorney-at-Law
Corporate, Business Law, Employment, Litigation, Gesellschaftsrecht, Allgemeines Wirtschaftsrecht
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| c.mann@honert.de |
Dr. Hanspeter Maute
honert munich
Partner, Tax Advisor, Certified Accountant, Dipl.-Kfm.
Tax, International Taxation, Succession Planning
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| h.maute@honert.de |
Nick Miller
honert hamburg
Attorney-at-Law, Wirtschaftsjurist (univ. Bayreuth), LL.B. (Recht & Wirtschaft)
Nachfolge, Transaktionen (M&A), Allgemeines Wirtschaftsrecht, Gesellschaftsrecht
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| n.miller@honert.de |
Dr. Jochen Neumayer
honert munich
Partner, Attorney-at-Law, Tax Advisor, Tax Lawyer
M&A, Tax, Corporate, International Taxation, Succession Planning
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| j.neumayer@honert.de |
Veronika Nößner
honert munich
Attorney-at-Law
M&A, Business Law, Corporate, Gesellschaftsrecht, Allgemeines Wirtschaftsrecht
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| V.Noessner@honert.de |
Deniz Özkan
honert munich
Attorney-at-Law
Gesellschaftsrecht, Prozessrecht, Allgemeines Wirtschaftsrecht
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| d.oezkan@honert.de |
Sebastian Schleehauf
honert hamburg
Attorney-at-Law
Corporate, Business Law, M&A, Venture Capital
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| S.Schleehauf@honert.de |
Dr. Jörg Schwichtenberg
honert munich
Partner, Attorney-at-Law
Corporate, Business Law, Compliance, Capital Markets, Litigation
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| j.schwichtenberg@honert.de |
Timo Senger
honert hamburg
Attorney-at-Law
Allgemeines Wirtschaftsrecht, Nachfolge, Transaktionen (M&A), Gesellschaftsrecht
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| t.senger@honert.de |
Dr. Peter Slabschi, LL.M. (London)
honert hamburg
Partner, Attorney-at-Law
Corporate, Capital Markets, Succession Planning, Litigation, M&A
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| p.slabschi@honert.de |
Patrick Spalek
honert munich
Partner, Attorney-at-Law
M&A, Business Law, Corporate
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| p.spalek@honert.de |
Dr. Franziska Strobel, LL.M. (LSE)
honert hamburg
Attorney-at-Law
Business Law, Litigation, M&A
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| f.strobel@honert.de |
Felix Strobel
honert munich
Attorney-at-Law
Transaktionen (M&A), Allgemeines Wirtschaftsrecht, Gesellschaftsrecht
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| felix.strobel@honert.de |
Martin Walter-Schunke
honert munich
Attorney-at-Law, transactions (M&A), general business law, corporate law
Gesellschaftsrecht, Transaktionen (M&A), Allgemeines Wirtschaftsrecht
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| m.schunke@honert.de |
Dr. Kai-Klemens Wehlage
honert munich
Partner, Attorney-at-Law
Venture Capital, M&A, Corporate
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| k.wehlage@honert.de |
Arik Widenhorn, LL.M. (The University of Melbourne)
honert munich
Attorney-at-Law
M&A, Tax, Corporate, Business Law, Gesellschaftsrecht, Allgemeines Wirtschaftsrecht, Transaktionen (M&A)
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| a.widenhorn@honert.de |
Dr. Anja Wiedemann
honert hamburg
Attorney-at-Law
Corporate, Capital Markets, Succession Planning, M&A, Venture Capital
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| a.wiedemann@honert.de |
Samuel Wimmer
honert munich
Attorney-at-Law, Business law, corporate law, transactions (M&A)
Allgemeines Wirtschaftsrecht, Transaktionen (M&A), Gesellschaftsrecht
| phone | +49 (89) 388 381 0 |
| s.wimmer@honert.de |
Dr. Jörn-Ahrend Witt
honert hamburg
Partner, Attorney-at-Law
Corporate, Business Law, M&A
| phone | +49 (40) 380 37 57 0 |
| j.witt@honert.de |