Practice Areas & Industries: Holme Roberts & Owen LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

The HRO Munich office provides German and US legal services to a broad variety of clients worldwide. HRO Munich has both resident German and US attorneys who practice in a variety of areas, including business transactions, competition, corporate law, estate law, intellectual property, restructurings, tax and venture capital with an emphasis on IT, telecommunications, biotech and media.

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Selected HRO Munich Practice Areas:

Mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic investments, and management buyouts, including all commercial and tax law aspects. Diverse clients include venture capital firms, research institutes, public and private companies as well as start-ups in the areas of biotechnology, telecommunications, information technology (IT) and media.

Antitrust, competition, regulatory issues and litigation.

Corporate planning, corporate conversions, finance, tax planning and labor law for companies ranging from family-owned businesses to public corporations.

Trademark and copyright law, with emphasis on internet-related hardware and software products licenses and agreements.

Estate law, succession planning, testaments, asset tracing and related German and international tax issues.

Bankruptcy, insolvency, workouts and related finance transactions and tax aspects.

Public offerings of stock, debt and other securities, including joint listings on exchanges in Germany and the United States.

Private placements and investment funds for biotechnology, IT and other high-growth industries