Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

About this office:

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is a leading international law firm. Consistently ranking among the world's top law firms in industry surveys and major publications, Gibson Dunn is distinctively positioned in today's global marketplace with 1000 lawyers and 15 offices in major cities throughout the United States and Europe. Committed to providing the highest quality legal services to its clients. Gibson Dunn's representative clients include some of the world's largest multinational corporations in all major industries, leading government entities, commercial and investment banks, start-up ventures, emerging growth businesses, partnerships and individuals.

Munich, Germany Office Profile: The Munich office's clients include German and international blue chip corporations, investment banks, as well as private equity and venture capital funds. Clients also include significant hi-tech and emerging technology companies.

The Munich team is staffed with partners and associates with broad expertise in German, European Union and U.S. law. They have an impressive record of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions, as well as capital market work, including IPOs and delistings. The Munich attorneys are capable of handling all corporate law, securities and regulatory issues, in addition to related issues in the fields of labor, tax, and administrative law.

The Munich office is highly focused on German and European antitrust and trade regulation practices. This includes merger control work as well as advice in antitrust investigations involving the European Commission and national competition authorities. The office also has extensive experience in advising clients on all regulatory issues related to the opening of former monopolized markets, such as the telecommunications and energy sectors. Due to increasing client demands, a litigation practice has been established in Munich, which covers both antitrust and corporate litigation, including arbitration matters.

Lawyers in the Munich office also have noteworthy information technology and intellectual property expertise. Areas of practice include license agreements and software development projects, drafting and negotiating research and development and technology transfer agreements, as well as complex project related work in hi-tech environments including telecommunications networks, plant construction and outsourcing.

Corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, information technology, intellectual property and antitrust matters.

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