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 16 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.

The American Lawyer has named Gibson Dunn the 2010 Litigation Department of the Year. In awarding this honor, the magazine dubbed Gibson Dunn's litigators the "Game Changers," adding, "when other firms and conventional strategies come up short, clients in deep trouble turn to Gibson Dunn for fresh, aggressive thinking and innovative rescues."

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.

Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate and Constitutional Law; Business Restructuring and Reorganization; Capital Markets; Class Actions; Corporate Governance; Corporate Transactions; Crisis Management; Electronic Discovery and Information Law; Emerging Technologies; Energy and Infrastructure; Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort; Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits; Financial Institutions; Global Finance; Government and Commercial Contracts; Health Care and Life Sciences; Insurance and Reinsurance; Intellectual Property; International Arbitration; International Trade Regulation and Compliance; Investment Funds; Labor and Employment; Latin America; Legal Malpractice Defense; Litigation; Media, Entertainment and Technology; Mergers and Acquisitions; Outsourcing Transactions; Private Equity; Public Policy; Real Estate; Securities Enforcement; Securities Litigation; Securities Regulation; Tax; White Collar Defense and Investigations.

Germany to Ban "Stealth Takeover" Strategies
Philip Martinius,Markus Nauheim,Benno Schwarz, February 22, 2011
On February 11, 2011, the German Parliament approved the bill for the so-called "Investor Protection and Capital Markets Improvement Act" (Anlegerschutz- und Funktionsverbesserungsgesetz) which is part of the ongoing legislative activity responding to the financial crisis. The bill is now...

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